English Level 2
Introduction
Functional Skills English qualifications at Level 2 indicate that learners should be able to speak, listen, communicate, read and write clearly, accurately, confidently and with effectiveness. Learner also need to know how to apply functional skills to a range of formal and informal contexts, in the workplace and in real life.
Speaking, Listening and Communicating
At level 2, student will learn to:
- Identify relevant information and lines of argument in explanations and presentations
- Follow narratives and lines of argument
- Respond effectively to detailed and extended questions and feedback
- Make requests and ask detailed and pertinent questions to obtain specific information in a range of contexts
- Communicate information, idea and opinions clearly and effectively, providing further detail and development if required
- Express opinions and arguments and support them with relevant and persuasive evidence
- Use language that is effective, accurate and appropriate to context and situation
- Make relevant and constructive contributions to move discussion forward
- Adapt contributions to discussions to suit audience, purpose and medium
- Interject and redirect discussion using appropriate language and register
Reading
At level 2, student will learn to:
- Identify the different situations when the main points are sufficient and when it is important to have specific details
- Compare information, ideas and opinions in different texts, including how they are conveyed
- Identify implicit and inferred meaning in texts
- Understand the relationship between textual features and devices, and how they can be used to shape meaning for different audiences and purposes
- 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
- Understand organisational features and use them to locate relevant information in a range of straightforward and complex sources
- Analyse texts, of different levels of complexity, recognising their use of vocabulary and identifying levels of formality and bias
- Follow an argument, identifying different points of view and distinguishing fact from opinion
- Identify different styles of writing and writer’s voice
Writing
At level 2, student will learn to:
- Punctuate writing correctly using a wide range of punctuation markers (e.g. colons, commas, inverted commas, apostrophes and quotation marks)
- 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)
- Spell words used in work, study and daily life, including a range of specialist words
- Communicate information, ideas and opinions clearly, coherently and effectively
- Organise writing for different purposes using appropriate format and structure (e.g. standard templates, paragraphs, bullet points, tables)
- Convey clear meaning and establish cohesion using organisational markers effectively
- Use different language and register (e.g. persuasive techniques, supporting evidence, specialist words), suited to audience and purpose
- Construct complex sentences consistently and accurately, using paragraphs where appropriate
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