NCFE Entry Level 1, 2 & 3 Functional Skills Qualification in English
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Total Qualification Time (TQT) : 61 hrs
Guided Learning Hours (GLH): 55 hrs
Minimum age: There is no minimum age requirement for registration.
Aim references: 60350593, 60350568, 60350520
Aims and objectives:
Functional Skills English qualifications at these levels indicate that learners should be able to speak, listen, communicate, read and write with increasing clarity, accuracy and effectiveness at each level. They should be able to:
- Listen, understand and respond to verbal communicating in a range of familiar contexts.
- Acquire an understanding of everyday words and their uses and effects, and apply this understanding in different contexts.
- Read with accuracy straightforward texts encountered in everyday life and work and develop confidence to read more widely.
Write straightforward texts and documents with clarity and effectiveness, and demonstrate a sound grasp of spelling, punctuation and grammar.
Learners should, with some direction and guidance, be able to apply these functional skills to informal and some formal contexts, in familiar situations.
Qualification purpose:
A key aim for Functional Skills English specifications is that they should enable the learner to develop confidence and fluency in, and a positive attitude towards, English. Learners should be able to demonstrate their competence in English by using it in real-world situations as well as demonstrating a sound grasp of basic English knowledge and skills.
The purpose of Functional Skills English Entry Level qualifications are to demonstrate the ability at an appropriate level to read, write, speak, listen and communicate in English, and to apply this knowledge and these skills in familiar situations.
