6 ECTS
Award in English Language Proficiency - Level 2
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Module Description
This unit helps learners build practical English skills for both everyday and workplace use. It strengthens their speaking, writing, listening, and reading abilities through interactive tasks rooted in real-life situations.
By engaging with content relevant to their personal interests and career goals, learners develop the confidence to communicate clearly and effectively, and recognise the essential role of English in today’s diverse and multicultural world.
The course encourages active participation, collaboration, and critical thinking, ensuring that language learning remains engaging and meaningful.
By the end of the unit, learners will be able to use English more naturally and independently across various personal and professional settings.
Entry Requirements
Candidates who apply for this course will possess:
- A Level 1 qualification in English such as IDEA College’s Award in English Language Proficiency – Level 1 or equivalent.
Target Audience
- Individuals who would like to acquire and/or improve their English language skills.
Career Paths
- This award is aimed at equipping the target audience with the knowledge, skills, and competences to become more proficient in their use of the English language.
How you’ll be assessed
The assessment for this award comprises of an oral in the form of a picture interpretation followed by some generic questions on the theme stemming out of the picture and a time constrained assessment including a listening comprehension, a reading comprehension, and a short guided writing task.
Furthermore, formative assessment will take place during the session in the form of discussions, feedback, etc., but it will not be graded and, therefore, will have no weighting.
Assessment
The assessment aims to provide the learner an opportunity to produce evidence of their competences aligned to the learning outcomes of this
module. Furthermore, the tasks may include different forms of assessment which allow and promote students’ knowledge in the area.
For successful completion of this award, the student is required to achieve an overall pass mark of 50%
Module Intake Dates
TBA 2025
Learning Outcomes
Competences:
At the end of the module/unit the learner will have acquired the responsibility and autonomy to:
- Understand the main ideas and supporting details in conversation and spoken texts.
- Speak effectively using suitable vocabulary and register to convey a clear message.
- Read and comprehend level-appropriate texts.
- Write level-appropriate texts in a clear and coherent manner demonstrating control of basic grammar and vocabulary.
Knowledge:
At the end of the module/unit, the learner will be able to:
- Understand the main ideas and supporting details in conversation and spoken texts.
- Speak effectively using suitable vocabulary and register to convey a clear message.
- Read and comprehend level-appropriate texts.
- Write level-appropriate texts in a clear and coherent manner demonstrating control of basic grammar and vocabulary.
Skills:
At the end of the module/unit, the learner will have acquired the following skills:
- Express thoughts, ideas, and opinions in both spoken and written form.
- Understand the speaker’s tone and intent, whether they are informing, persuading, entertaining, or expressing an opinion to interpret the information they are conveying.
- Read and comprehend level-appropriate English texts, including non-linear and digital texts.
- Develop the ability to draw appropriate conclusions based on clues, and context provided in the text.
- Write level-appropriate English texts (such as emails, dialogues, reports, letters, speeches, magazine/newspaper articles, travel writing, cover letters, etc.), keeping in mind the target audience.
- Recognise and use appropriate register in various contexts.
- Make use of vocabulary relevant to personal, social, and professional situations.
- Make use of sentence structures, verb tenses, and grammatical concepts.
- Able to listen and understand the context of a conversation and other text types.
- Formulate more complex questions and responses adequately to inquiries originating from the audience.
- Make use of correct spelling and punctuation.
- Examine and make use of adequate context and meaning to comprehend diverse situations.
- Enhance one’s verbal and non-verbal communicative usage, keeping in mind the audience.
Module-Specific Learner Skills:
At the end of the module/unit the learner will be able to:
- Use receptive and productive skills to learn a language.
- Understand and apply unspoken rules of communication, such as taking turns speaking, interpreting non-verbal cues (e.g. tone of voice and facial expression), and recognising humour and sarcasm of the audience one is engaging with.
- Know common conversational patterns and structures (e.g. greetings, introductions, asking questions and making requests) which help navigate the flow of conversation and anticipate what might come next
Module-Specific Digital Skills and Competences:
At the end of the module/unit, the learner will be able to:
- Send emails and text messages on mobile phones.
- Navigate through the online learning platform to find, download, and upload assignments, discussion boards, literature, tutorials, etc.