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Highfield Functional Skills Qualification in English at Level 2

6 Weeks

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Course Overview

Guided learning hours (GLH)

55
Qualification number

603/4997/9
Total qualification time (TQT)

65

The Highfield Functional Skills Qualification in English at Level 2 equips learners with essential skills for work, education, and daily life. This qualification supports progression to further study and can be undertaken as a stand-alone course or as part of a larger programme.

Assessment

The qualification is internally and externally assessed and consists of THREE mandatory components: Reading (externally assessed); Writing (externally assessed); Speaking, Listening and Communicating (internally assessed). The qualification outcome is pass or fail.

Speaking, Listening and Communication

This component is internally assessed and quality assured by the centre and externally moderated by Highfield. Learners must complete 2 assessed tasks:

a presentation and Q&A
a group discussion
Reading

Learners must complete 1 written examination that is set, marked and moderated by Highfield.

Writing

Learners must complete 1 written examination that is set, marked and moderated by Highfield. The reading and writing examinations are available on demand in either on screen or paper-based formats.

Practice Examinations

Our practice examinations are available to support learners in their preparation for their examination of functional skills and are available in both paper-based and on-screen formats. On-screen practice examinations help learners to familiarise themselves with the various features of the system such as how to navigate through the exam and text formatting options.

To access the on-screen mock exams, please visit https://www.highfieldcore.com/ and select ‘Mock Exams’. Guidance and tutorials on how to use the system are included.

The duration of the course is 6 weeks including teaching delivery and assessment.

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Curriculum

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Course Objectives
Functional Skills English qualification at level 2 indicates that learners should be able to speak, listen, communicate, read and write clearly, accurately, confidently and with effectiveness. Learners should be able to: listen, understand and make relevant contributions to discussions with others in a range of contexts; apply their understanding of language to adapt delivery and content to suit audience and purpose; read a range of different text types confidently and fluently, applying their knowledge and understanding of texts to their own writing; write texts of varying complexity, with accuracy, effectiveness, and correct spelling, punctuation and grammar; and understand the situations when, and audiences for which, planning, drafting and using formal language are important, and when they are less important.
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Assessment
The qualification is internally and externally assessed and consists of THREE mandatory components: Reading (externally assessed); Writing (externally assessed; Speaking, Listening and Communicating (internally assessed) The qualification outcome is pass or fail.
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