English Language Manuals

These Language, Literacy and Numeracy (LLN) resources are built around the Australian Core Skills Framework targeting LLN skills in an educational context. These resources are aimed at learners who are needing to update their LLN skills to gain entry into non-industry specific vocational courses, gain confidence in the use of English language for people from non-English speaking backgrounds or who left school early for various reasons and are now looking to improve their English skills.

These manuals provide activities in the following aspects or contexts of communication:
* Personal (expressing identity)
* Cooperative (interacting in groups)
* Procedural (performing tasks)
* Technical (using tools and technology)
* Systems (interacting in organisations)
* Public (interacting with the wider community)

The core skill of Learning recognises that:

* Learning is a purposeful, goal directed activity
* Learning is an active process of gaining understanding and developing skills
* Learning is socially constructed
* An individual’s knowledge and skills are contextualised and do not necessarily transfer neatly from one situation to another without adaptation
* Learning does not necessarily occur in a logical, exponentially increasing fashion
* The emotional and social dimensions of learning are as important as the cognitive dimension

The rapid rate of change affecting all aspects of contemporary life has implications for participation in community, social, training and work spheres. Crucial to adapting to rapidly evolving environments is an individual’s orientation towards learning, and the range of strategies they can draw on to assist their learning.

The core skill of Reading recognises the degree to which a reader can:

* Critically evaluate the purpose of a text
* Critically reflect on meaning
* Interpret and analyse texts
* Source, sort and categorise information from a range of texts
* Understand specialised vocabulary and the grammatical expression of ideas

Reading takes into account performance in deriving meaning from different text types, including developing a critical awareness of the purpose of these texts. In order to actively engage with texts, readers also need to develop and manage the conventions of reading.
Readers employ different strategies according to the type of text that is being read e.g. continuous and non-continuous text:

* Continuous texts are defined as those where sentences are organised into paragraphs, pages, sections, chapters
* Non-continuous texts are defined as those where information is organised in graphic or diagrammatic form and include lists, tables, graphs, maps, forms

The core skill of Oral Communication (Speaking & Listening) recognises the following:

* The range of interactional strategies as determined by audience, context and purpose
* Use of register
* Fluency and sustained interaction
* Use of generic structures
* Use of appropriate paralinguistics
* Aural information processing demands

Oral Communication is based on the view that language is a social event, the purpose and context of which shape the construction of Oral Communication has been divided into two areas - speaking and listening

The core skill of Writing recognises the following:

* Writing performance is influenced by whether the writing fulfils its purpose and meets the needs of its intended audience
* Writing performance at higher levels includes the ability to write for an increasing range of purposes and audiences
* Writing performance at higher levels incorporates increasing depth of knowledge and skill in writing in specialist areas

The Writing skill includes traditional pen and paper modes of writing. In different contexts it can also include other forms of writing such as computer literacy (e.g. word processing or emailing), and mobile phone SMS

The core skill of Numeracy recognises the following:

Numeracy is about using mathematics to make sense of the world. Numeracy assists in dealing with situations that involve the use and application of a range of mathematical skills and knowledge which arise in workplace, personal, training and community settings.

Whilst numeracy necessarily involves understanding and applying mathematical ideas and techniques, it also involves drawing on knowledge of particular contexts and circumstances in deciding when to use mathematics, choosing the appropriate mathematics to use, reflecting on and evaluating its use, and then communicating about the outcomes.

Introductory

Contains: 1 manual
This resource is a pre-literacy tool for learners who are not yet able (NYA) to achieve ACSF level 1 it is built around the Australian Core Skills Framework (ACSF)...

Applied Core Skills - Level 1

Contains: 1 manual
This resource is built around the Australian Core Skills Framework (ACSF) and it is aligned to ACSF level 1...

Applied Core Skills - Level 2

Contains: 1 manual
This resource is built around the Australian Core Skills Framework (ACSF) and it is aligned to ACSF level 2...

Applied Core Skills - Level 3

Contains: 1 manual
This resource is built around the Australian Core Skills Framework (ACSF) and it is aligned to ACSF level 3...