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Teaching Functional English 2

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• to review the levels and assessment

structure of Functional English

• to recommend some sources of ‘ready

made’ teaching and learning materials

• to identify some literacy support strategies

& e learning tools appropriate for all levels

• to explore how reading activities can

prepare for writing skills development

Objectives

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3 skill areas

Functional English

Speaking

and listening

Reading

Writing

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Functional English – assessment overview

Entry Level

- externally set, internally assessed tasks for all 3 elements

- some modification of contexts for Speaking and Listening

Level 1

- externally set, externally marked papers for reading & writing

- internally set and internally marked tasks for Speaking and Listening

Level 2

- externally set, externally marked papers for reading & writing

- internally set and internally marked tasks for Speaking and Listening

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Skillsworkshop

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Awarding Organisations - OCR

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• use of graphic organisers

• classifying activities

• text marking

• matching

• domino activities

• sequencing

• table reconstruction

• ranking

• ‘jigsaw’ activities

• webquests

Active learning teaching strategies

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The Basic Skills Agency

My Club - Norwich City

Word Magnets

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Languages: English

Subtitles: English

Colour: PAL

Running Time:

127 mins

Widescreen format: 2.35:1 Letterbox

Dual Layer format: Layer may trigger a slight pause

Not for Rental This DVD is for retail sale for private home use only

Language: Infrequent mild

Sex/nudity: None Violence: Some moderate

Suitable only for persons of 12 years and over Not to be supplied to any person below that age

Other: Some moderate horror

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Activate prior knowledge

• before you look at the text question the group

about what they already know about it –

• purpose – what kind of information are we

• looking for?

• lay out – what are the typical features?

• where do we look first?

• how do we expect the information to be presented

– under headings? in a table? next to a diagram?

• what are some of the key words & phrases

we might expect to find?

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Text level

Sentence level

Word Level

purpose, lay out, audience

vocabulary, spelling, word structure

punctuation & grammar

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‘As (learners) read and discuss an increasing range of text types, their implicit understanding of style will be extended and made more explicit. They can then draw on this knowledge for their own writing.’

(p 121 Adult Literacy Core Curriculum)

Using reading tasks to prepare for writing

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‘learners need to be encouraged

to read as writers’

The link between reading and writing

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Often asks pupils to draw conclusions and take decisions Involves pupils in being

cognitively active – not just in behaviour

Explores reading as a problem solving activity

Can help pupils learn about their ability to cope with ‘challenge’

Encourages independence and critical thinking

Allows pupils to tackle problems harder than those they could do alone

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• to review the levels and assessment

structure of Functional English

• to recommend some sources of ‘ready

made’ teaching and learning materials

• to identify some literacy support strategies

& e learning tools appropriate for all levels

• to explore how reading activities can

prepare for writing skills development

Objectives