Basic Skills Online - Level 2 - Literacy Standards
Below are the standards for adult literacy (including spoken communication) for this level.
Speaking and listening - At this level, adults can:
- Listen and respond to spoken language, including extended information and narratives, and follow
detailed explanations and multi-step instructions of varying length, adapting response to speaker, medium
and context.
- Speak to communicate straightforward and detailed information, ideas and opinions clearly, adapting speech
and content to take account of listener(s), medium, purpose and situation.
- Engage in discussion with one or more people in a variety of different situations, making clear and
effective contributions that produce outcomes appropriate to purpose and topic.
and will be expected to:
- listen for and identify relevant information from extended explanations or presentations on a range of topics.
- listen to, understand and follow lengthy or multi-step instructions and narratives on a range of topics and in a range of contexts.
- speak clearly and confidently in a way which suits the situation.
- respond to detailed or extended questions on a range of topics.
- respond to criticism and criticise constructively.
- make requests and ask questions to obtain detailed information in familiar and unfamiliar contexts.
- express clearly statements of fact, explanations, instructions, accounts, descriptions using appropriate structure, style and vocabulary.
- present information and ideas in a logical sequence and provide further detail and development to clarify or confirm understanding.
- make relevant contributions and help to move discussions forward.
- adapt contributions to discussions to suit audience, context, purpose and situation.
- use appropriate phrases for interruption and change of topic.
- support opinions and arguments with evidence.
- use strategies intended to reassure (eg body language and appropriate phraseology.)
in a wide range of formal social exchanges.
Reading - At this level, adults can:
- Read and understand a range of texts of varying complexity accurately and independently.
- Read and obtain information of varying length and detail from different sources.
and will be expected to:
- trace and understand the main events of continuous descriptive, explanatory and persuasive texts.
- identify the purpose of a text and infer meaning which is not explicit.
- identify the main points and specific detail.
- read an argument and identify the points of view.
- read critically to evaluate information, and compare information, ideas and opinions from different sources.
- use organisational features and systems to locate texts and information.
- use different reading strategies to find and obtain information (eg skimming, scanning, detailed reading.)
- summarise information from longer documents.
- read and understand technical vocabulary.
- use reference material to find the meaning of unfamiliar words.
in a wide range of text types.
Writing - At this level, adults can:
- Write to communicate information, ideas and opinions Clearly and effectively, using length,
Format and style appropriate to Purpose, content and audience.
and will be expected to:
- plan and draft writing.
- judge how much to write, and the level of detail to include.
- present information and ideas in a logical or persuasive sequence, using paragraphs where appropriate.
- use format and structure to organise writing for different purposes.
- use formal and informal language appropriate to purpose and audience.
- use different styles of writing for different purposes (eg persuasive techniques, supporting evidence, technical vocabulary.)
- construct complex sentences.
- use correct grammar (eg subject-verb agreement, correct and consistent use of tense.)
- use pronouns so that their meaning is clear.
- punctuate sentences correctly, and use punctuation accurately (eg commas, apostrophes, inverted commas.)
- spell correctly words used most often in work, studies and daily life, including familiar technical words.
- proof-read and revise writing for meaning and accuracy.
- produce legible text.
in a wide range of documents.
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