Would you like to improve your current English skills or perhaps remember areas you may have forgotten? Do you work, or are you preparing to work, in the construction and engineering sector? This free course is an introduction to Level 1 Functional Skills in English with tips and techniques to help you communicate more effectively in everyday life.

The content of the course is linked to the construction and engineering sector so that you will be developing your English skills through activities and using resources that are more likely to be familiar.

After studying this course, you should be able to:

• understand how to make a range of relevant and extended contributions to formal and informal discussions
• read and understand the main points and ideas in a range of straightforward texts
• utilise information contained in various texts and identify suitable responses
• construct a range of texts to communicate information, ideas and opinions
• utilise accurate spelling, punctuation and grammar to communicate clearly in writing.