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Preparing for the literacy skills test Event

Prepare for the LSK
Time:
16:30 - 18:30
Date:
12 December 2016
Venue:
Mathematics and Science Learning Centre, University of Southampton, SO17 1BJ

For more information regarding this event, please telephone Mathematics and Science Learning Centre on 023 8059 8810 or email mslc@soton.ac.uk .

Event details

This two hour course aims to prepare initial teacher trainees for the Literacy Professional Skills Test. This skills test is one of the requirements that all applicants must pass prior to the commencement of initial teacher training. Your ability to apply specific linguistic rules to both reading and writing activities are central to this test. Suitable for initial teacher trainee applicants prior to commencing their training course. Participants will work collaboratively to explore different techniques and strategies. Whilst we do not guarantee a pass, this session will seek to develop attendees’ communication skills.


  • Identify how language is used to suit a professional tone.
  • Read a text and provide answers to comprehension questions that demonstrate their understanding of it.

  • Revise spelling rules and reading skills that can be applied to the accurate spelling of words. (e.g. homophones, patterns and common misspellings, etc.)

  • Identify the purpose of a range of punctuation marks and be able to apply and recognise their use correctly.

  • Understand the grammatical rules of Standard English and how these are applied in a sentence, paragraph and whole text.

    This session is also run on the following dates:

    Tuesday 7th February 2017
    Wednesday 1st March 2017
    Wednesday 26th April 2017
    Tuesday 9th May 2017
    Thursday 8th June 2017

    All session run 16:30 - 18:30

    Booking

    Course fee £20 per person, please pay in cash on the day. To book your place please email mslc@soton.ac.uk with your preferred date and contact details including a telephone number.

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Speaker information

Andrew Carr,is an experienced practitioner. Andrew explores life in the school classroom from both theoretical and practical perspectives of education policy, curriculum and pedagogy, in order to develop the critical thinking of teachers in training.

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