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- English Functional Skills (Level 2)Course start date: Mon 7 Nov 2022 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Online
Do you want to develop your English skills and gain a qualification? Do you need to show employers you have a good level of reading and writing and can speak well in a variety of situations. A level 2 functional skills qualification is equivalent to a GCSE and often required by employers. The course will develop your analytical skills, ensure you are confident in the most essential areas of literacy, and you will come to appreciate the variety and richness of English language use.
You must have passed the Getting Ready for English Functional Skills (level 2) course before you do this Functional Skills qualification.
(Assessments including mock tests will take place in the City Lit building and you need to be able to attend these in person as required).
You also need to do an initial pre-course assessment face-to-face or online. Contact universal.skills@citylit.ac.uk / (telephone temporarily unavailable) or click the Start Assessment button on the webpage. Log on with your email address (not name).
At the same time you complete your pre-course assessment, please also complete our pre-course form and tell us more about yourself.
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This course is free for learners who meet the residency criteria and have not achieved a GCSE grade C (4) and higher in English
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £0.00 Senior fee £0.00 Concession £0.00 - English communication skills - for life and work (level 1)Course start date: Mon 16 Jan 2023 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Do you want to improve your communication skills and become a more confident reader, writer, speaker and listener in English? On this course, you will develop all your English language skills so you can act confidently in the most important everyday situations inside and outside work. You will become a skilled communicator when writing, using digital resources and in face-to-face interactions. You will develop your active listening skills so you can understand and empathise better. You will work on how to express yourself when speaking in different situations. You will practise your reading so you can see the whole picture and find details, make effective decisions about what you read, and prioritise matters. You will focus on your writing so you can write whole stories, letters, emails and other expressive texts. By the end of this three-term programme, you will be a competent speaker, listener, reader and writer both at work and home and ready to do exams such as Functional Skills Level 2.
Before this course, you need to do a pre-course assessment. Contact universal.skills@citylit.ac.uk / (telephone temporarily unavailable) or click the Start Assessment button on this page. Log on with your email address (not name). Use Chrome if possible.Full fee £0.00 Senior fee £0.00 Concession £0.00
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