Learners at this level are aware of their audiences and purposes for communication. They adapt their style and language register to the requirements of different situations. They are able to speak confidently in both formal and familiar settings, articulate their purposes and reasons for adopting particular registers and styles, and identify assumptions and inferences in speech.
Learners credited with this unit standard are able to:
Competence at this level enables learners to participate effectively in most oral communication situations. They understand audiences and purposes, adopt appropriate language registers, speak fluently and confidently, convey detailed information, and control complex sentence structures.
People credited with this unit standard are able to:
Learners at this level write texts requiring various levels of formality and language construction. They select text types, subject matter, and language appropriate for audiences and purposes, edit their own writing, and apply language suited to socio-cultural, learning, or workplace contexts.
This unit standard promotes clear, unambiguous communication in plain language tailored for business environments, including adherence to specific formats and legislated requirements. Learners recognise and use textual conventions specific to business texts.
The qualifying learner is capable of:
Learners read and view various texts with understanding and justify their responses using detailed evidence. They evaluate texts' effectiveness for different audiences and purposes using set criteria.
Competence at this level enables learners to analyse complex human and social issues, recognising the power and function of language. They are critical and reflective readers and viewers, comparing texts and contexts, analysing style and tone, and challenging assumptions and values.
This unit standard supports learners in coping with learning in contexts such as learnerships and skills programmes. It helps adult learners develop strategies to progress successfully by managing materials, using resources, seeking help, and applying learning strategies with understanding of workplace contexts.
Learners credited with this standard are able to:
Accommodate audience and context needs in oral communication.
Engage in sustained oral communication and evaluate spoken texts.
Write texts for a range of communicative contexts.
Compose texts required in the business environment.
Interpret and use information from texts.
Read, analyse, and respond to a variety of texts.
Use language and communication in occupational learning programmes.
This foundational requirement ensures learners develop essential English literacy skills to communicate effectively within project teams. Strong literacy supports clear documentation, collaboration, and the successful delivery of project outcomes.