Introduction and guidance

This free badged course, Everyday English 2, is an introduction to Functional Skills English Level 2 and Essential Skills Wales Communication Level 2. It is designed to inspire you to improve your current English skills and help you to remember any areas that you may have forgotten. Working through the activities, and learning the tips and techniques outlined in this course, will help you to communicate more effectively in everyday life and make progress in your career.

You can work through the course at your own pace. You may find it helpful to have at hand a notepad and pen, although you can make and save notes online within the course material.

The course has three sessions, with a total study time of approximately 48 hours. The sessions cover the following topics: speaking and listening, reading, and writing. There are plenty of examples to help you as you progress, together with opportunities to practise your understanding.

The regular interactive quizzes form part of this practice, and the end-of-course quiz is an opportunity to earn a badge that demonstrates your new skills. You can read more on how to study the course and about badges in the next sections.

After completing this course you should be able to:

• listen, understand and make relevant contributions to discussions with others in a range of contexts

• apply your understanding of language to adapt delivery and content to suit audience and purpose

• read a range of different text types confidently and fluently, and apply your knowledge and understanding of texts to your own writing

• write texts of varying complexity, with accuracy and effectiveness, and correct spelling, punctuation and grammar

• understand the situations when, and audiences for which, planning, drafting and using formal language are important, and when they are less important.