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English Functional Skills

Various Levels

English Functional Skills

Various Levels

Availability & Details

English Functional Skills - Entry Level 1 APY-ENGLE1/C01

Venue
Alton Campus

Type of study
Functional Skills

Dates
2024-09-12 - 2024-12-05 (12 weeks)

Examination board
Pearson Education Ltd (Formerly EDEXCEL)
 Fees
Course Fee Overseas 724.00

English Functional Skills - Entry Level 1 APY-ENGLE1/C01

Venue
Alton Campus

Type of study
Functional Skills

Dates
2025-01-09 - 2025-04-03 (12 weeks)

Examination board
Pearson Education Ltd (Formerly EDEXCEL)
 Fees
Course Fee Overseas 724.00

English Functional Skills - Entry Level 1 APY-ENGLE1/C01

Venue
Alton Campus

Type of study
Functional Skills

Dates
2025-04-24 - 2025-07-03 (10 weeks)

Examination board
Pearson Education Ltd (Formerly EDEXCEL)
 Fees
Course Fee Overseas 724.00

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Overview

This course is designed to assess your current working level of English and help you progress from that level forward. You will work through a range of smaller stepping stone units to help grow your confidence with reading, writing, speaking and listening.

This will then give you the opportunity to work up the levels from Entry 1 to Level 2. You will be required to come in for an initial assessment before you can enrol on this course.

Please contact our Admissions Team on 023 9387 9999 to arrange your initial assessment before applying.

This course is for students who do not already have a grade C/4 or above in GCSE English Language. If you have already achieved a Level 2 Functional Skill in English it is suggested that you progress to a GCSE English Language Course.

(You will be required to come in for an initial assessment before you can enrol on this course)

The course covers:

reading – skimming, scanning and intensive reading including looking at purpose and structure
writing – a range of formats, word sentence and text level including SPAG (spelling, punction and grammar)
Speaking and listening – including discussions and presentations
 

The course is run on the main College campus and at various off-site venues in the Hampshire area. We have daytime and evening English courses, run in 2 semesters. The first is September-February and then February-June.

We use a variety of teaching methods including:

  • Group work
  • Research
  • Kineasthic activities
  • 1:1 teaching
  • Using new technologies
  • Classroom based assessment work

In class and external assessment.

To a higher level Functional Skill or GCSE.

"I am delighted with my results and am really looking forward to studying Law at Oxford University. I really enjoyed my time at HSDC Alton and I really appreciate all the help and support from my fantastic teachers, without whom I wouldn't have got my place at Oxford."

Catherine Goldie, HSDC Alton A Level Student

My courses were all especially interesting, I thoroughly enjoyed all of them. All of my lecturers were extremely knowledgeable and I have learnt a lot from them.

Lottie Warren, A Level student

I would say it’s a college that really balances academia with fun, there is lots of extra-curricular stuff that you can get involved in. It has a really good work/life balance.

Laura Hagedorn, A Level student