Functional Skills English Level 2 Excluding Exams

Functional Skills English Level 2 Excluding Exams

This Course at a Glance

• Boost your literacy skills in one course
• Take up to 12 months to complete your course
• Fast completion possible
• 100% online study

About Your Course

Functional Skills are essential for success in any form of future study, qualifications and work opportunities. As a recognised alternative to GCSE qualifications, Functional Skills courses were created to offer you the most convenient solution to learn and develop practical skills in the essential subjects of maths and English.

To provide an efficient method of quickly equipping learners with skills in the core subjects that are required for most jobs and higher-level learning opportunities, this Functional Skills Level 2 English course was developed.

The Functional Skills English Level 2 online course includes everything you need to prepare for a Functional Skills exam.

What's included:

• Access to our online English Level 2 content including tutorials, activity sheets, video lessons, fact sheets, quizzes and assignments for 12 months
• Email support from a qualified tutor to help you when you get stuck
• One hour of tutorial time with a qualified tutor
• Tutor marked assignments
• Marked mock exams
• Detailed feedback on areas where revision is needed

Getting Started

learndirect is a leading UK distance learning provider. Studied completely online, the flexibility of this Functional Skills Level 2 course enables you to upskill and prepare for the Functional Skills exams outside of your current commitments. Therefore, there’s no concern that work, childcare or other existing commitments will get in the way of you achieving your goals.

You get up to one year to complete your English Level 2 course, however, the freedom to move through the modules at your pace sees most of our students complete them within a matter of a couple of months.

This means you can be on the way to reaching your goal much quicker. Whether that be using this Level 2 course to prepare for the exams*, or obtaining the knowledge and confidence to tackle daily numeracy and literacy-related challenges.

*Please note that exams are not included in this course.

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Modules

Functional Skills Level 2 English consists of the following units:

• Reading – This Functional Skills Level 2 English module looks at reading for information, including looking at biased pieces of work and will help you to work out how much the opinions of certain authors can be trusted. It also looks at the different types of layout features and how these can impact the reader. All of the reading skills that you will look at will be tested in quizzes at the end of each section, followed by a tutor-marked assignment.
• Writing – This Functional Skills Level 2 English module looks at the best way to write certain pieces. This may include letters, newspaper articles, emails and blogs amongst others. This area will also test your spelling, punctuation and grammar skills.  At the end of your learning are quizzes and tutor-marked assignments.
• Speaking, Listening and Communication – The speaking, listening and communication (SLC) element of English functional skills is one of the most useful and fun areas to strengthen. This Functional Skills Level 2 English module helps you prepare for the SLC assessment by showing you examples of the best ways to tackle everyday situations at home and in the workplace. These will help build your confidence and effectiveness in these scenarios. This section is finalised with our quizzes and a tutor-marked assignment.

Once you’ve passed all tutor-marked assignments you will be ready to take your mock exam.  The mock exam is marked by your tutor and feedback and any recommended revision areas are given.

Entry Requirements

There are no entry requirements.

Average completion timeframe

The average time it takes to complete the course is 12 months.

Exams required

Exams are not included.

Is Membership Required?

No membership is required to enrol on this course.

Course Fees

All course fees, inclusive of all payment plans including our Premium Credit Limited option, must be settled before exams can be booked.

*You will have access to the course for 12 months.

During your Functional Skills English Level 2 course you will be assessed throughout your learning by our online quizzes. If you achieve 80% or more on our quizzes, you’re ready to take your assignment.  Once all your assignments are passed, you’ll be ready for the mock exams. This Functional Skills Level 2 combined course package includes one marked mock exam for each exam. If you already know you want to purchase our remotely invigilated exam, please look at one of our value packages that include learning materials, tutor support and an exam for one great price.

Once you’ve completed this course, you’ll have worked on all the skills you need for a Level 2 Functional Skills English exam. If you decide to sit an exam, you’ll need to arrange this with us and buy this separately at a later date if you don't want to buy it now. After sitting and passing an exam, you’ll have gained a Functional Skills Level 2 qualification in English. This is equivalent to a grade C or above (4) at GCSE. It will enable you to go on to further education programmes and can also give you access to some universities. If you are looking to progress and are missing that C grade then this is the programme for you.

Functional Skills courses were devised by the UK Government to help improve the literary, numeracy and Information Communication Technology (ICT) skills of people in the UK. As a direct equivalent to GCSE grade C/4, completing Functional Skills Level 2 courses can help you meet job and university entry requirements that require a passing grade in these subjects.

Recognised unanimously as core subjects, an understanding of English and Maths is regarded as essential for the comprehension of all other academic forms of study. Not only that but both numeracy and literary skills are required for the successful navigation of day-to-day life.

As such, this Functional Skills English Level 2 course will help you develop skills and knowledge to overcome everyday challenges.

By boosting your literacy skills, you will be able to put your thoughts into words effectively and communicate with people clearly in person and across a myriad of platforms.