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. This course will help you to communicate confidently in a wide range of everyday and formal situations. You will develop your planning skills to help you to write and improve your reviewing skills so you can identify and correct a range of errors in a text. You will consider the use of sentence grammar and punctuation to ensure you communicate effectively and clearly. You will look at how we change our communication depending on who we are talking to. You will develop skills to predict the meaning of a text when reading, using vocabulary, grammar and other clues. Please note: Before you can join the course, you will need to attend an initial assessment session to make sure that this course is the right one for you.
Course aim
This course will help you to practise your reading, writing, speaking and listening skills in English. This course leads to the Functional Skills English assessment at Level 1.
Do I need any particular skills or experience?
By the end of the course I should be able to:
- Take part in a range of formal and informal topical discussions and presentations, listening carefully and responding appropriately to others, explaining my personal views clearly and with reference to research where appropriate.
- Identify the purpose, main arguments and tone of a piece in a range of pieces of writing, e.g. informative leaflets, fiction, websites and letters.
- Use an appropriate layout and structure (e.g. paragraphs, headings, bullet points) to write a letter, email, blog or article showing a logical order of events or information.
- Use strategies and prior knowledge to spell the majority of words accurately
- Write simple and more complex sentences accurately, with consistent and appropriate use of grammar and punctuation.
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 - You will also need access to the internet outside of your sessions. You could do this using a smart phone, tablet, laptop or a desktop computer (at home or through a library etc.). - You will need a personal email address to join the WEA’s digital learning platform, Canvas so that you can receive resources, record your progress and achievement and to work with others and share ideas. If you want to understand more about our digital learning platform please visit: http://bit.ly/WEAonline - The tutor will give you work for most lessons and can tell you about other books or websites that will help if you want to study more at home.
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FREE Functional Skills English Level 1 (accredited) (t&cs apply)
