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Who are the learners? Over 7 million adults in England have difficulties with literacy and numeracy. This means that they are unable to read and write very well and have difficulty doing some of the simplest tasks such as writing a letter, reading a piece of text or calculating change – tasks that most of us take for granted. But we know that the 7 million adults struggling with literacy and numeracy are not a homogeneous group. They’re 7 million individuals with different needs, attitudes and interests. We also know that they don’t all have the same degree of difficulties with literacy and numeracy. Research by the Basic Skills Agency has identified three attainment groups that make up the 7 million: • a higher-level group (just over 4 million adults) who need fairly modest help to ‘brush up’ their skills to the required level; • a middle-level group (just under 1.5 million adults) who have greater difficulty and need more specific and in-depth help; • a lower-level group (just under 1.5 million adults) who require intensive teaching by specialist teachers. In addition, there are an estimated 500,000 adults for whom English is an additional language. A separate but related curriculum has been developed for this group of learners. Many of those with low levels of literacy and numeracy are working. For example, recent research showed that, among the 7 million adults with very low or low literacy, the following proportions were employed: • 57 per cent of men in their twenties • 72 per cent of men in their thirties • 74 per cent of women in their forties. 1 However, we know that low levels of literacy and numeracy limit the employment opportunities available to individuals. A 1993 survey found that: • people without any Entry level skills had access to only one in 50 of lower level jobs; • those with Entry level skills had access to 50 per cent; • those with Level 1 skills had access to 75 per cent. 2 As jobs continue to change, and new technological, quality and work organisation systems are introduced, this situation is likely to get worse. 1. Literacy, Leaving School and Jobs: the effect of poor basic skills on employment in different age groups, The Basic Skills Agency, 1999 2. Basic Skills and Jobs, Institute for Employment Studies, 1993 Introduction 5
6 The Adult Literacy Core Curriculum Standards Curriculum element number Curriculum sub-section Using the adult literacy core curriculum The new adult literacy core curriculum is organised across double pages as follows: National standard Each standard for speaking and listening, reading and writing is listed in the adult literacy core curriculum. A summary page showing progression between capabilities at each level is included on pages 10–11. Curriculum element The adult literacy core curriculum is broken down into the skills and knowledge required to meet each standard. The curriculum elements are made up of the descriptors (the term given to skills listed underneath each standard at each level in the national standards for adult literacy and numeracy published by QCA) for each standard, as well as additional skills and knowledge necessary for the achievement of the standard. Descriptors are shown in bold; additional skills and knowledge are in a lighter typeface. (At Levels 1 and 2 the curriculum’s alignment to the key skills of communication is given on the left-hand page.) Example An example of a relevant literacy task is attached to each of the curriculum elements. The examples are not intended to define or prescribe tasks, but to make the demands of the level clear. Sample activities The right-hand pages list sample activities that can be used to develop the skills and knowledge related to each curriculum element. Guidance The right-hand pages also contain guidance on techniques and approaches that teachers will use to develop literacy. Example Curriculum reference See also in the Key Skills: Communication Key Skills level 1 Part A: In writing documents . . . Part B: C1.3 Sample activities Guidance
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