Read for Information

Overview

Framework:
RQF
Level:
Entry Level 3
Unit No:
H/505/6127
Credits:
3
Guided learning hours:
30 hours

Assessment Guidance

This unit maps to the Adult Literacy Core Curriculum in the following areas: Rt/E3.5; Rt/E3.7; Rt/E3.8; Rw/E3.1; Rw/E3.2; Rs/E3.1; Rw/E3.3; Rw/E3.5.

Aim

In this unit, learners will learn how to listen and respond in conversations and discussions.

Unit Learning Outcomes

1.

Be able to read and obtain information from everyday sources.

Assessment Criteria

  • 1.1
    Scan texts to locate information.
  • 1.2
    Obtain information through detailed reading.
  • 1.3
    Show understanding of straightforward instructional texts.
  • 1.4
    Identify common and specialist key words, including words on forms.

    LO1: Learners should read different types of commonly occurring text, including electronic and paper-based media. Texts should contain some unfamiliar words and some complex structures. They should cover diverse but broadly familiar topics. Recognise language of instructions in own life such as use of imperatives, second person.

2.

Be able to use a dictionary to obtain information.

Assessment Criteria

  • 2.1

    Find the meaning of unfamiliar words in a simple dictionary.

    2.1: Look up unknown words in their personal reading.

  • 2.2

    Use alphabetical order to support dictionary use.

    2.2: Use first and second place letters to order words alphabetically.