Functional Skills English Level 2 Syllabus
The syllabus for Functional Skills English Level 2 includes the following modules and units.
Speaking, Listening and Communicating
- Identify relevant information from extended explanations or presentations
- Follow narratives and lines of argument
- Respond effectively to detailed questions
- Make requests and ask detailed and pertinent questions
- Communicate information, ideas and opinions clearly and effectively providing further detail where required
- Express opinions and arguments and support them with relevant evidence
- Use language that is effective, accurate and appropriate to context
- Adapt contributions to suit audience
- Interject and redirect discussion
Reading
- Identify when the main points are sufficient and when it is important to give specific details
- Compare information, ideas and opinions
- Identify implicit and inferred meaning in texts
- Textual feature and devices
- Use a range of reference material and resources for different purposes
- Understand organisation features and use them to locate relevant information
- Analyse texts of varying complexity
- Follow an argument, identifying points of view
- Distinguish fact from opinion
- Identify styles of writing and writer’s voice
Writing
- Spelling, punctuation and grammar
- Punctuate correctly using a wide range of punctuation marks
- Use correct grammar (subject-verb agreement, tenses, definite and indefinite arguments) and modality devices (probability or desirability)
- Spell words used in work, study and daily life
- Writing composition
- Communicate information, ideas and opinions clearly, coherently and effectively
- Write text of and appropriate level of detail and length to meet the needs of purpose and audience
- Organise writing for different purposes using format and structure
- Convey clear meaning
- Use different language and register, suited to audience and purpose
- Construct complex sentences using paragraphs where appropriate