10 January 2025 - 6 June 2025 ( 45 hours, 18 weeks )
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Waterloo Centre
Gain the confidence and skills to write effectively, read with greater fluency and understanding and express your ideas and opinions in formal settings. You will work towards achieving a Level 2 Functional Skills English qualification.
You will work on reading, writing, speaking and listening, developing techniques to check and correct your work. You will learn through tutor instruction, discussion, group work, independent study and individual presentations. You will be given regular homework assignments in reading and writing. Achievement on your course will be measured by a pass at Level 2 Functional Skills English. Your progress towards achieving the learning outcomes will be reviewed throughout the course. At the start of the course you will have an opportunity to discuss these with your tutor and set your own personal targets.
You must be fluent in spoken English. You need to have passed Level 1 Functional Skills English or you may have had a disrupted education in an English-speaking country. All new students need to take an assessment before they can enrol. Assessment dates are updated regularly on our website.
Excellent attendance and punctuality is required from all students. You will be required to complete homework outside of class time, including researching topics using the internet.
You will need A4 lined paper, a pen, a ring binder folder for your work and a dictionary.
