GY ESOL L4
Programme Aim
The aim of this programme is to enable the learner to develop the relevant knowledge, skill and competence in a broad range of personal skills which enable personal development and active citizenship, and/or to progress to employment and/or further education or training.
Target Award
QQI General Learning – 4M2010
Start Date: 10-01-2025 Hours/week: 06 Hrs 00 Mins Duration: 20 weeks
Applicants should have a standard of knowledge, skill and competence equivalent to NFQ Level 3 when accessing a Level 4 programme. Applicants may have participated in primary and secondary education although no formal qualifications are required.
Age Requirements
Please see course details for minimum age requirements
Please refer to Programme Descriptor for Programme Aims and Objectives
Learning Aptitude
Applicants must have a motivation to learn, an interest in the subject and the ability to acquire the knowledge, skills and competencies set out in the course.
Previous Experience
Applicants must be able to demonstrate a moderate range of knowledge, skills and competencies relevant to the course, be able to work under direction with some ability to work on their own initiative.
| Module | Award | Body |
|---|---|---|
| English As A Second Language | English as a Second Language (4N1180) | QQI |
Learners will be able to:
1. Display awareness of some of the key features of the society and culture of the target
country, to include greetings and other courtesies, food and drink, and the infrastructure
of daily life.
2. Use routine vocabulary, to include social and/or work-related terms and topics.
3. Use the conventions of grammar and syntax to construct simple sentences and
conversations.
4. Exchange information in a range of personal, social and/or work related contexts, to
include names, addresses, numbers, aspects of their background, immediate environment,
and in matters of immediate need
5. Sustain conversations with others, to include greeting, taking leave and repairing a
breakdown in communication by signalling non-understanding or asking for repetition, and
making enquiries
6. Read everyday information and instructions, to include signs, notices, advertisements,
articles, brochures, a telephone directory, a menu, operating instructions for a ticket
vending machine, a public telephone, fax machines, websites, email, mobile
communications
7. Write short, relatively simple pieces of text that are relevant to personal, social and/or
work-related needs.