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Hi, I’m Dave Fernandez and I’m the lead tutor for functional skills at The NHC. I teach English, and I am here to support you with your work towards achieving level 2.

My contact details are below. You can use email, my NHC Facebook page or messenger to get in touch.

Email: d.fernandez@theNHC.co.uk

My Facebook page can be found by searching for Dave Fernandez NHC - ask your roving instructor or email me if you have difficulty finding this.

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Here at the NHC, all of our functional skills exams are sat through City & Guilds.

You can find information about the exams including all of the sample papers here on their website.

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These qualifications can be delivered in a wide range of different settings.

The Entry level qualifications are internally assessed and quality assured. This is also the case for the Speaking, Listening and Communicating component for Functional Skills English at levels 1 and 2

Flexible assessment - onscreen or on paper, it's your choice
All of our externally marked Functional Skills assessments at levels 1 and 2 are available to take on any day at any time. There are two options:

Onscreen
Assessments can be booked with as little as 30 minutes' notice using e-volve, our onscreen assessment platform.

Named on Demand
Paper based/delivered assessments available with just two weeks' notice using our Named on Demand facility.

City & Guilds has a wide range of digital learning resources to support English and maths learning in almost any context, including learners working towards Functional Skills qualifications.

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City & Guilds Functional Skills qualifications. Leading vocational education and training organisation.

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This consists of

-  Reading (1 hour exam)

- Writing (1 hour 20 minute exam)

- A speaking and listening assessment.

You can find support for each strand under the labelled tabsl

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You need to be using BKSB regularly.

Alongside this, practice the sample papers available on the city and guilds website.  You can contact me for help, or send your work to be marked.

In addition, if you know what you need to revise further search my resources or the useful website links

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All work based learners are registered on BKSB.  If you have forgotten your password please email me.

BKSB is a brilliant resource for you to revise from.  It is individualised and you will have your own learning programme to support you in understanding and learning the topics that you need to master.

Please do login regularly and make use of this!

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All of the sample papers and the mark schemes are on here. Practice all of the papers as they will give you a good feel for how your exam will be set out, and the types of questions you will be given

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These qualifications can be delivered in a wide range of different settings.

The Entry level qualifications are internally assessed and quality assured. This is also the case for the Speaking, Listening and Communicating component for Functional Skills English at levels 1 and 2

Flexible assessment - onscreen or on paper, it's your choice
All of our externally marked Functional Skills assessments at levels 1 and 2 are available to take on any day at any time. There are two options:

Onscreen
Assessments can be booked with as little as 30 minutes' notice using e-volve, our onscreen assessment platform.

Named on Demand
Paper based/delivered assessments available with just two weeks' notice using our Named on Demand facility.

City & Guilds has a wide range of digital learning resources to support English and maths learning in almost any context, including learners working towards Functional Skills qualifications.

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City & Guilds Functional Skills qualifications. Leading vocational education and training organisation.

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Functional Skills English (Levels 1 and 2) - BBC Bitesize

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Tips and tricks for reading, writing, speaking and listening. English learning resources for students of Functional Skills in England.

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Work book is available through your roving instructor. 

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Work book is available through your roving instructor. 

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A great resource for you to work through in your revision and exam preparation

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Read the documents then have a go at the questions.

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A task to practice your reading skills at Level 2

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The second part of this activity gives you practise in writing a blog - something that you may be asked to do in the exam

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A reading task which revises some level 1 content as well as extending in level 2. Great revision.

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Just practice writing ... Anything and everything!!!

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Just practice writing ... Anything and everything!!!

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Here are some ideas to get you started...

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Writing to persuade

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At Level 2 you need to understand various language features: a rhetorical question, a simile, alliteration etc

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A descriptive phrase that uses as or like to compare for dramatic effect

Like, Im so very hungry I could eat a cow and a horse and a pig. Also another one would be, The cliffs loomed over me like predatory giants.

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Alliteration- This video uses examples to help explain what alliterations are.

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A mnemonic to help you remember writing techniques to persuade in your exam

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Check this handy summary of layout features to make sure that you have included all of the correct features

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Language Features: Functional Skills English Level 2 Reading

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Purpose of Texts: L2 Functional Skills Reading Exam Practice

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How to Pass Functional Skills English Reading Level 2

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Read and Summarise Information and Ideas from Different Sources:  Functional Skills English L2

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In order to pass the level 2 Functional Skills Reading exam you need to be able to read and summarise information and ideas from different sources. In plain English what that means is that you must be able to take two texts and say how they are similar (or different) using short quotations from the texts.

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How Meaning is Conveyed: Functional Skills English Level 2 Reading