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Lifelong Learning UK
Section 1: Elements
Teachers who develop learners’ skills in literacy/communication in the lifelong learning sector in Wales are committed to:
Domain B: Learning and teaching
Standard BS1
Element B1.1 Lit
Maintaining an inclusive, equitable, motivating and, where appropriate, bilingual learning environment
Maintain a learning environment where learners’ first/other languages are valued and the Welsh-English context is acknowledged
Standard BS2
Element B2.1 Lit
Applying and developing own professional skills to enable learners to achieve their goals
Use learning activities and resources which relate to learners’ life goals, their uses of literacy and language and equip learners to use their literacy and language skills to effect desired change
Element B2.2 Lit Use approaches to teaching literacy/communication which take into account the range of learner backgrounds, histories, learning goals and preferences and cognitive styles
Element B2.3 Lit Apply appropriate approaches to working with learners who have dyslexia and other cognitive, physical or sensory abilities or disabilities
Element B2.4 Lit Use knowledge of language systems to develop learners’ awareness of how language works
Element B2.5 Lit Use knowledge of language systems to work systematically and holistically with learners in developing their use of language
Element B2.6 Lit Enable learners to develop critical listening skills within authentic communicative situations in English and/or Welsh
Element B2.7 Lit Enable learners to develop critical reading skills within authentic communicative situations in English and/or Welsh
Element B2.8 Lit Enable learners to develop spoken English and/or Welsh within authentic communicative situations
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