Course details
This course is for adult learners who need English to:
- communicate using basic phrases and sentences to handle some difficult situations in everyday life;
- read and write letters of the English alphabet and numbers, sight words and simple phrases;
- write basic personal information on simplified forms;
- handle routine entry-level jobs that involve only basic oral and written communication in English to do their tasks.
Course Outline
The course integrates Listening, Speaking and Reading skills and covers the following:
- Read letters, vowels, consonants, basic sounds in the English alphabet with correct stress and intonation.
- Use basic grammar and structures e.g. simple present and past tenses, nouns, verbs, pronouns, prepositions, imperatives
- Read text using contextual clues to find main idea and key points
- Read days, dates and months, clock times and schedules
- Handle basic communication in social and workplace context
- Handle basic telephone conversation
- Interpret transportation schedules, fares and traffic information
- Ask for and give directions
- Interpret health related vocabulary and problems.
- Follow, clarify, give or follow feedback to instructions
- Interpret advertisements, labels, charts and price tags in selecting goods and services.
Requirements
Trainee must pass the Pre-Computer Adaptive Test (CAT) to determine their workplace literacy & numeracy level
How will I be assessed?
All trainees for Workplace Literacy (WPL) are required to sit for a Pre-Computer Adaptive Test (CAT) assessment to evaluate their language proficiency levels before they are recommended to the different levels for class.
- The CAT assessment is computer-based and consist of four components - Reading, Listening, Speaking and Writing.
- After the completion of the training, all trainees are required to sit for a Post-Computer Adaptive Test (CAT) assessment to assess their improvements
Will I recieve a certificate of completion?
Statement of Attainment (SOA) from Workplace Development Agency (WDA)
Updated on 08 November, 2015Course Location
About NTUC Learninghub
NTUC LearningHub Private Limited was corporatised in 2004 with the mission to enhance the lifelong employability of Singapore’s workforce by providing high quality, innovative products and affordable learning. The training programmes provided by NTUC LearningHub comprise Infocomm Technology, Professional IT Certificates, Soft Skills & Literacy, Workplace Safety & Health, Employability Skills System, Customer Service Training, Trades, Cleaning, WSQ Security and Manufacturing Skills. To date, it has trained more than 1,000,000 executives and working adults, and has worked with more than 10,000 companies to identify training needs, define curriculum roadmaps and deliver contemporary training programmes. The organization has evolved to meet the burgeoning training needs of Singaporeans to continuously keep pace with the dynamic business economy.
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