Adult Literacy Core Curriculum - Nationally developed Skills for Life ...

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The Adult Literacy
Core Curriculum
At this level,
adults can
listen and respond
to spoken language, including
straightforward information and
narratives, and follow
straightforward explanations and
instructions, both face to face and
on the telephone
speak to communicate
information, feelings and opinions
on familiar topics, using
appropriate formality, both face to
face and on the telephone
engage in discussion
with one or more people in a
familiar situation, making relevant
points and responding to what
others say to reach a shared
understanding about familiar
topics
in familiar formal exchanges
connected with education,
training, work and social roles
Skills, knowledge and understanding
Adults should be taught to:
1 listen for and follow the gist of
explanations, instructions and
narratives in different contexts
– know how to listen for gist, making use of
their own knowledge, context clues, linking
words and sequence markers
– understand that listening on the phone can
be more demanding than face-to-face
listening (usually less knowledge of the
context, no visual clues, so more reliance
on hearing)
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3
4
Listen and respond SLlr/E3
listen for detail in explanations,
instructions and narratives in different
contexts
– use key words to clue into a particular topic
– focus listening in relation to purpose
– understand the differences between
listening for detail in real time on the
telephone, and listening to recorded
messages which can be replayed
listen for and identify relevant
information and new information from
discussions, explanations and
presentations
– understand that judging the relevance of
information will depend on the context and
purpose of the listening
– understand the need to register new
information in order to decide whether it is
relevant or not
– understand that significant points are often
emphasised, repeated, or summarised at
the end of an explanation or presentation
use strategies to clarify and confirm
understanding (e.g. facial expressions
or gestures)
– understand that a listener can signal
response to a speaker using visual and
verbal signals depending on context
– know and use some feedback signals to
check understanding when listening
face to face
Example
Listen for gist in different contexts, e.g. in a
large group at a talk to parents about a school
trip, at a union meeting, or on the telephone
to follow up why an expected delivery did not
arrive.
Listen to a message on a telephone
answering machine and pass on details to
another person.
Listen at work (face to face or on the
telephone) to a complaint from a customer, to
decide who should deal with it.
Follow a demonstration of some equipment
(e.g. in a store or at work), signalling
understanding and querying by confirming
statements, questions and non-verbal signs.