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Please note: this course will no longer be available from 1 March 2022.
1 day, 7 hours
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Would you like to improve your current English skills or perhaps remember areas you may have forgotten? Do you work, or are you preparing to work, in the health and social care sector? This free course is an introduction to Level 1 Functional Skills in English with tips and techniques to help you communicate more effectively in everyday life.
The content of the course is linked to the health and social care sector so that you will be developing your English skills through activities and using resources that are more likely to be familiar.
Enrolling on this course will give you the opportunity to earn an Open University digital badge. The badge is a great way to demonstrate your interest in the subject. What you learn by completing the course will really help if you wish to enrol on a formal qualification.
Once you are signed in, you can manage your digital badges online from your OpenLearn Profile. In addition, you can download and print your OpenLearn Statement of participation – which also displays your badge.
This course has been produced as part of the Department for Education’s Flexible Learning Fund and with the kind support of Dangoor Education , the educational arm of The Exilarch’s Foundation.
This course was written by Bedford College Group in partnership with Middlesbrough College, West Herts College and The Open University.
Earn this free Open University digital badge if you complete this course! The badge can be displayed, shared and downloaded as a marker of your achievement. The badge is awarded for completing the course and passing the quizzes.
Course learning outcomes
After studying this course, you should be able to:
- Understand how to make a range of relevant and extended contributions to formal and informal discussions
- Read and understand the main points and ideas in a range of straightforward texts
- Utilise information contained in various texts and identify suitable responses
- Construct a range of texts to communicate information, ideas and opinions
- Utilise accurate spelling, punctuation and grammar to communicate clearly in writing.
Course Currilcum
- Introduction and guidance 00:20:00
- What is a badged course? 00:15:00
- How to get a badge 00:10:00
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- Introduction 00:15:00
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- Speaking and listening in everyday life 00:05:00
- Speaking 00:15:00
- Articulation, volume and speed 00:05:00
- Articulation 00:10:00
- Volume 00:10:00
- Speed 00:15:00
- Listening 00:15:00
- When should you listen carefully? 00:10:00
- Responding appropriately 00:10:00
- Body language 00:20:00
- Discussions 00:20:00
- Formal and informal language 00:10:00
- Register 00:15:00
- Tone 00:15:00
- Being informal 00:15:00
- Taking part in discussions 00:10:00
- Types of discussion 00:20:00
- Asking questions 00:15:00
- Answering questions 00:20:00
- Disagreeing 00:15:00
- Taking turns 00:10:00
- Encouraging others 00:12:00
- Making your point 00:20:00
- Speaking and listening assessments 00:20:00
- Summary 00:15:00
- The texts you read 00:10:00
- What do you read? 00:10:00
- Why do you read? 00:15:00
- Being an active reader 00:15:00
- The purpose of texts 00:20:00
- Texts that instruct 00:15:00
- Texts that describe or explain 00:10:00
- Texts that persuade 00:20:00
- Texts that inform 00:15:00
- Intended audience 00:10:00
- Structure, presentation and layout 00:10:00
- Structure 00:20:00
- Layout and presentation 00:30:00
- Images 00:15:00
- Using the information you read 00:05:00
- To read or not to read 00:20:00
- Facts and opinions 00:25:00
- Finding and using information 00:30:00
- Introduction 00:15:00
- What you write 00:10:00
- Letters 00:45:00
- Emails 00:25:00
- Articles and news reports 00:20:00
- Speeches 00:10:00
- Grammar 00:07:00
- Proper sentences 00:07:00
- Subjects and verbs 00:15:00
- Longer sentences 00:20:00
- Past, present and future 00:10:00
- Verb and subject agreement 00:40:00
- Writing for real 00:07:00
- Paragraphs 00:10:00
- Handwriting 00:15:00
- Writing for assessments 00:45:00
- Self-assessing 00:15:00
- Summary 00:15:00
