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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