This unit is part of the Functional Skills and has the following learning outcomes and assessment criteria:
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- Speaking, listening and communicating
- L2.1 Identify relevant information from extended explanations or presentations
- L2.2 Follow narratives and lines of argument
- L2.3 Respond effectively to detailed or extended questions and feedback
- L2.4 Make requests and ask detailed and pertinent questions to obtain specific information in a range of contexts
- L2.5 Communicate information, ideas and opinions clearly and effectively, providing further detail and development if required
- L2.6 Express opinions and arguments and support them with relevant and persuasive evidence
- L2.7 Use language that is effective, accurate and appropriate to context and situation
- L2.8 Make relevant and constructive contributions to move discussion forward
- L2.9 Adapt contributions to discussions to suit audience, purpose and medium
- L2.10 Interject and redirect discussion using appropriate language and register
- Reading
- L2.11 Identify the different situations when the main points are sufficient and when it is important to have specific details
- L2.12 Compare information, ideas and opinions in different texts, including how they are conveyed
- L2.13 Identify implicit and inferred meaning in texts
- L2.14 Understand the relationship between textual features and devices, and how they can be used to shape meaning for different audiences and purposes
- L2.15 Use a range of reference materials and appropriate resources (e.g. glossaries, legends/keys) for different purposes, including to find the meanings of words in straightforward and complex sources
- L2.16 Understand organisational features and use them to locate relevant information in a range of straightforward and complex sources
- L2.17 Analyse texts, of different levels of complexity, recognising their use of vocabulary and identifying levels of formality and bias
- L2.18 Follow an argument, identifying different points of view and distinguishing fact from opinion
- L2.19 Identify different styles of writing and writer’s voice
- Writing
- L2.20 Punctuate writing correctly using a wide range of punctuation markers (e.g. colons, commas, inverted commas, apostrophes and quotation marks)
- L2.21 Use correct grammar (e.g. subject-verb agreement, consistent use of a range of tenses, definite and indefinite articles) and modality devices (e.g. to express probability or desirability)
- L2.22 Spell words used in work, study and daily life, including a range of specialist words
- L2.23 Communicate information, ideas and opinions clearly, coherently and effectively
- L2.24 Write text of an appropriate level of detail and of appropriate length (including where this is specified) to meet the needs of purpose and audience
- L2.25 Organise writing for different purposes using appropriate format and structure (e.g. standard templates, paragraphs, bullet points, tables)
- L2.26 Convey clear meaning and establish cohesion using organisational markers effectively
- L2.27 Use different language and register (e.g. persuasive techniques, supporting evidence, specialist words), suited to audience and purpose.
- L2.28 Construct complex sentences consistently and accurately, using paragraphs where appropriate
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