Level 2
Identified Skills : Literacy - Numeracy - Digital Competence - Oral Communication - Civic Participation
Can read and write continuous texts with speed and fluency
The adult should be able to
- read and write by using automatic decoding and spelling skills
- make use of everyday texts and ordinary sources of information
- use personal reading and writing skills to perform simple, everyday tasks
- make use of strategies for active reading
Level 2 examples of arenas for reading and writing in private and social life, in working life, and in education and training were taken from Competence goals - Read and write (by Vox, Norway)] (page 7).
Competence goals
Develop basic reading and writing strategies
At this level the adult should be able to
- read both frequent and unfamiliar words in automatic way
- read sentences and get the implication without focusing too much on individual words
- manage both reading aloud and reading silently
- talk about the relationship between form and content of words
- recognise prefixes, roots and endings of words and know what these imply for the meaning of the word and the sentence
- identify the parts of compounds and the connection between these
- use knowledge of sentence structure and grammar when working with a text
- get an overview of texts by accounting for and summarising the content
Read and understand
At this level the adult should be able to
- read and understand well-structured texts about familiar topics in direct and clear language
- identify the main content of newspaper articles or texts about familiar topics
- read and understand notices, lists and other short information without help
- read and understand written messages
- read and follow simple written instructions and user manuals
- use a dictionary to find the meaning of unfamiliar words
Write and communicate
At this level the adult should be able to
- write fluently and at an even pace with functional handwriting an by means of word processing
- write simple instructions or messages for others
- organise texts with a heading, an introduction and a conclusion
- structure texts according to time sequences and themes and make a cohesion between sentences and paragraphs
- write short formal texts with factual information and reasoning
- have command of orthography, punctuation, a varied vocabulary and the use of various sentence constructions
- use spell check or a dictionary to check his/her own spelling
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