Read for Purpose and Meaning

Overview

Framework:
RQF
Level:
Entry Level 1
Unit No:
H/505/6113
Credits:
3
Guided learning hours:
30 hours

Assessment Guidance

This unit maps to the Adult Literacy Core Curriculum in the following areas: Rt/E1.1; Rs/E1.1; Rt/E1.2.

Aim

In this unit, learners will learn how to decode a limited number of familiar words and locate information from simple written sources.

Unit Learning Outcomes

1.

Be able to follow a simple text.

Assessment Criteria

  • 1.1
    Follow simple text on a familiar topic or experience.

    LO1: Use understanding of the concepts of initial capitalisation, a full stop and that capital letters are used for places, names and the personal pronoun I, to follow texts and extract meaning. Learners are likely to be following simple narratives or descriptions and recognising key steps, stages or basic chronology. Texts should be approximately 50 words. Sentences should not be compound and will normally be in the present tense, with a limited requirement for de-coding.

  • 1.2
    Recognise and read simple sentence structures in order to extract meaning.
2.

Know about purpose in text.

Assessment Criteria

  • 2.1

    Recognise that there are different types of text, for example from layout, visuals, headings.

    LO2: Learners should consider a range of different types of text, relevant to their daily living (e.g. a menu, a bus pass, a course leaflet).