Before you can join this course, you will need to talk to a member of staff and do an initial assessment to make sure the course is right for you. For more information and to book an appointment please call 0300 303 3464. We will use a wide range of real life examples to practise different reading techniques, including descriptions, instructions, explanations and stories. This will help you to improve your dictionary skills and broaden your vocabulary. We will look at the layout and different features of longer texts, and how these can help us to understand the purpose of the text and find information in it
Course aim
This course will help you to develop your reading skills. It leads to a City & Guilds ESOL Entry 3 Reading qualification.
Do I need any particular skills or experience?
By the end of the course I should be able to:
- Identify the purpose and main points in a range of texts, e.g. a description or instructions.
- Use skim-reading techniques to decide if a text is interesting/useful.
- Identify and use features of different types of texts to help find information.
- Read a text to find specific / detailed information.
- Use 1st and 2nd place letters to organise a list of words alphabetically, and find words in a dictionary.
What else do I need to know?
- What you need: You will need an internet connection, speakers, a microphone and a webcam so that you can use our video learning platform, Zoom. If you’d like to understand more Zoom please visit: http://bit.ly/ZoomSpec - Official document(s) showing your name, address, date of birth Certificates for English / English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) qualifications you have.
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English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) Entry 3 Reading
