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Southampton Education School

Preparing for the literacy skills test Event

Prepare for the LSK
Time:
16:30 - 18:30
Date:
7 March 2018
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 participants for the Professional Skills test in Literacy and is suitable for initial teacher trainee applicants prior to commencing their training course. 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 and principles in both reading and writing activities is central to this test. While we cannot guarantee a pass, this session will seek to develop your skills in this important area.

  • Identify how language is used to suit a professional tone.
  • Read a text and provide answers to comprehension questions that  demonstrate your understanding of it.
  • Revise spelling conventions 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 at sentence, paragraph and whole text level.

    Fee

    Course fee £20 per person.
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Speaker information

Jane Warren ,is a Senior Teaching Fellow.

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