Level 2 - Tutor's Toolkit - Communication: Introduction

The Skills Areas

Skill Area 1

1.1 Reading for information and understanding

This skill area covers the following skills in Part A and relates to Comms 2.1 in Part B:

• Skim materials to gain a general idea of content and scan text to identify the required information from straightforward extended documents (e.g. reports, text books, articles).
  1 - 5 marks per paper
• Identify main lines of reasoning (e.g. by signal words such as 'therefore', 'so', whereas') and main points from text and images (e.g. pictures, charts, diagrams). Recognise the writer's intentions (e.g. by tone, vocabulary, structure of text).
  10 - 14 marks per paper

Total marks: 15

1.2 Understanding writing techniques

• Recognise the writer's intentions (e.g. by tone, vocabulary, structure of text).
  4 - 6 marks
• (Recognise how other writers) present written information in different forms (e.g. letters, memos).
  1 - 3 marks
• (Recognise how other writers) structure the material to help readers follow what has been written and to understand the main points (e.g. use paragraphs, headings and sub-headings).
  2 - 4 marks
• (Recognise how other writers) use different styles of writing to suit different purposes (e.g. persuasive techniques to present arguments, technical vocabulary, supporting evidence for reports).
  2 - 4 marks

Total marks - 15

Skill Area 2

Proof-reading

This skill area covers the following skills in Part A and relates to Comms 2.3 in Part B:

Make meaning clear by writing, proof-reading and re-drafting documents so that:

• words used most often are spelled correctly;
• complex sentences are formed correctly (e.g. use of 'but', 'then', 'because', consistent use of tense) and organise into paragraphs where appropriate;
• o punctuation is accurate (e.g. use of commas, apostrophes, inverted commas).

Total marks 10