Basic Skills Online - Entry Level 3 - Literacy Requirements

Speaking and listening - At this level, adults are expected to:

• Listen for and follow the gist.
• Listen for detail.
• Listen for and identify relevant and new information.
• Listen for and follow explanations and instructions.
• Use strategies to clarify and confirm understanding.
• Speak clearly to be heard and understood.
• Use formal language and register when appropriate.
• Make requests and ask questions.
• Engage in discussion with one or more people in a familiar situation.

Reading - At this level, adults are expected to:

• Read and understand short, straightforward texts on familiar topics.
• Recognise and understand the organisation and language of instructional text.
• Skim read to decide if material is of interest.
• Relate an image to print and use it to obtain information.
• Understand and use organisational features to locate information.
• Use a dictionary to find the meaning of unfamiliar words.
• Use first and second place letters to find and sequence words in alphabetical order.

Writing - At this level, adults are expected to:

• Complete forms and records.
• Write to convey information.
• Plan and draft writing.
• Organise writing in short paragraphs.
• Sequence chronological writing.
• Write in complete sentences.
• Use correct basic grammar.
• Use capital letters, full stops, question marks and exclamation marks correctly.
• Spell correctly common words and relevant key words.
• Proof read and correct writing for grammar and spelling.
• Write legibly.

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