Resources for English Functional Skills

This quote from the QCA may be useful when considering resources for English Functional Skills:

It is essential to think of learners becoming functional with their English, rather than thinking that there is a vital body of knowledge known as “Functional Skills”.

When considering the assessment of Functional Skills, it’s also useful to bear in mind that the relatively high pass mark required means that your students must demonstrate their ability to function in all the different areas of English – even when they are presented with questions set in very unfamiliar contexts.

The Guroo service provides you and your students with a great collection of Functional Skills resources designed specifically for English at entry levels 1-3, level 1 and level 2, plus vocational themes that include English alongside ICT and maths:

• Learning challenges that set functional English in different scenarios that are specifically constructed to help your students practice their functional English skills in different ways
• Online and printable materials
• Functional English quizzes
• My Functional Skills™ tracking and reporting

… plus a purpose-built Functional Skills Initial Assessment and Diagnostic system.

Many English teachers who are perhaps not entirely “ICT confident” appreciate that the Guroo service includes Functional Skills resources for English that are not purely online.

For example, many materials can be downloaded and used on paper, we supply curriculum mappings on large format posters, and every Challenge includes comprehensive Teacher Notes and lesson plans for English Functional Skills sessions.

The functional English lesson plans include versions you can use in a typical English department classroom – you dont have to be in an ICT suite to use Guroo! Indeed, the Guroo service includes our “beyond training” Active Engagement Plan where our educational consultants can work with you to integrate and embed Functional Skills in your English classes.

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