NCFE Level 2 Functional Skills Qualification in English

About Course

The NCFE Level 2 Functional Skills Qualification in English is designed to develop and strengthen practical English skills needed for everyday life, work, and further education. This course equips learners with the ability to communicate confidently and effectively in both written and spoken forms.

Learners will focus on key areas including:

Reading: Understanding and interpreting a variety of texts, identifying key information, and using evidence to support ideas.
Writing: Producing clear, structured written communications such as letters, reports, emails, and essays.
Speaking and Listening: Engaging in discussions, presenting information, and demonstrating active listening skills.

By the end of the course, learners will have the competence to apply English skills in real-life contexts, demonstrating understanding, clarity, and accuracy suitable for work, study, and everyday interactions. This qualification is ideal for those looking to progress to higher education, employment, or improve essential communication skills.

1. Develop strong reading skills – Learn to understand, interpret, and evaluate a range of texts, including articles, letters, and reports.
2. Improve your writing ability – Gain confidence in writing clear, structured, and accurate texts for different purposes and audiences.
3. Enhance speaking and listening skills – Communicate effectively in discussions, presentations, and everyday conversations.
4. Use correct grammar, punctuation, and spelling – Strengthen your technical accuracy in both formal and informal communication.
5. Build confidence for the workplace or further study – Apply your English skills in real-life situations such as job applications, interviews, and academic settings.
6. Develop critical thinking and comprehension – Learn how to summarize information, compare ideas, and draw conclusions from written materials.

Course Content

Level 2 Speaking, Listening and Communicating

Start

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Identify relevant information from extended explanations or presentations
Follow narratives and lines of argument
Respond effectively to detailed or extended questions and feedback
Make requests and ask detailed and pertinent questions to obtain specific information in a range of contexts
Communicate information, ideas and opinions clearly and effectively, providing further details and development if required
Express opinions and arguments and support them with relevant and persuasive evidence
Use language that is effective, accurate and appropriate to context and situation
Make relevant and constructive contributions to move discussions forward
Adapt contributions to discussions to suit audience, purpose and medium
Interject and re-direct discussions using appropriate language and register

Level 2 Reading

Compare information, ideas and opinions in different texts and how they are conveyed
Identify implicit and inferred meanings in texts
Understand the relationship between textual features and devices, and how they shape meaning for different audiences and purposes
Use a range of reference material and appropriate resources (e.g., glossaries, legends/keys) for finding meanings of words in straightforward and complex sources
Understand organisational features and use them to locate relevant information in various sources
Analyse texts of different complexity, recognising vocabulary use, formality and bias
Follow an argument, identifying different points of view and distinguishing fact from opinion
Identify different styles of writing and the writer’s voice

NCFE Level 2 Functional Skills Qualification in English

About Course

What Will You Learn?

Course Content

Level 2 Speaking, Listening and Communicating

Start

Identify relevant information from extended explanations or presentations

Follow narratives and lines of argument

Respond effectively to detailed or extended questions and feedback

Make requests and ask detailed and pertinent questions to obtain specific information in a range of contexts

Communicate information, ideas and opinions clearly and effectively, providing further details and development if required

Express opinions and arguments and support them with relevant and persuasive evidence

Use language that is effective, accurate and appropriate to context and situation

Make relevant and constructive contributions to move discussions forward

Adapt contributions to discussions to suit audience, purpose and medium

Interject and re-direct discussions using appropriate language and register

Level 2 Reading

Compare information, ideas and opinions in different texts and how they are conveyed

Identify implicit and inferred meanings in texts

Understand the relationship between textual features and devices, and how they shape meaning for different audiences and purposes

Use a range of reference material and appropriate resources (e.g., glossaries, legends/keys) for finding meanings of words in straightforward and complex sources

Understand organisational features and use them to locate relevant information in various sources

Analyse texts of different complexity, recognising vocabulary use, formality and bias

Follow an argument, identifying different points of view and distinguishing fact from opinion

Identify different styles of writing and the writer’s voice

Level 2 Writing – Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar

Punctuate writing correctly using a wide range of punctuation markers (e.g., colons, commas, inverted commas, apostrophes, quotation marks)

Use correct grammar (e.g., subject-verb agreement, consistent use of tenses, definite/indefinite articles) and modality devices (e.g., probability or desirability)

Spell words used in work, study, and daily life, including a range of specialist words

Level 2 Writing Composition

Communicate information, ideas and opinions clearly, coherently and effectively

Write text of appropriate detail and length to meet purpose and audience

Organise writing for different purposes using suitable format and structure (e.g., templates, paragraphs, bullet points, tables)

Convey clear meaning and establish cohesion using organisational markers effectively

Use different language and register (e.g., persuasive techniques, supporting evidence, specialist words) suited to audience and purpose

Construct complex sentences consistently and accurately, using paragraphs where appropriate

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