Popular documents

Specification (second edition)

PDF, 927 Kb

View all documents associated with this qualification.

Overview

Entry Level Certificate English is a well-established course which has been running successfully (as the Certificate of Achievement (CoA) in English) since 1998.

This course is designed to cater for those students unlikely to achieve a grade in GCSE English and for post-16 students, including adult learners, who wish to gain an initial qualification in English.

Throughout the course, students will develop understanding and basic skills in reading, writing, speaking and listening.

Students may progress either directly to employment or to Foundation Level courses within the National Qualification Framework.

Specification aims

In Speaking and Listening to assess the student's ability to:

• Formulate and express ideas.
• Listen, understand and respond appropriately to others.
• Recognise the need to adapt speech to situation and audience.
• Use the vocabulary and grammar of standard English.

In Reading, to assess the student's ability to:

• Read accurately and fluently.
• Understand and respond to texts.
• Retrieve and organise information.

In Writing, to assess the student's ability to:

• Organise and express ideas and information.
• Recognise the main features of different forms of writing.
• Spell simple words accurately.
• Use basic punctuation accurately.
• Write legibly, using joined handwriting.