Functional Skills English Speaking & Listening - teaching resource

Functional Skills Speaking and Listening is a comprehensive unit of work designed to teach students the key communication skills required for English Functional Skills qualifications. The resource includes a 78-slide editable PowerPoint, a 16-page booklet of worksheets, and seven step-by-step lessons carefully structured to develop pupils’ speaking, listening, and presentation skills.

Each lesson follows the four-part lesson structure — starter activity, introduction, development, and plenary — and all materials are fully editable, adaptable, and differentiated to suit a wide range of abilities.

Key Skills and Lesson Features Include:

• Introduction to Functional Skills: understanding their purpose and importance

• Verbal and non-verbal communication: developing effective speaking and listening strategies

• Target markets and rhetorical devices: using persuasive language with impact

• Media analysis: exploring communication techniques via The Apprentice and Dragons’ Den

• Planning, writing, and delivering a sales pitch

• Self and peer assessment using Functional Skills criteria

This resource equips learners with the practical skills and confidence needed to succeed in Functional Skills assessments while building essential communication skills for real-world contexts.

To preview Functional Skills Speaking and Listening, click on the images above to view sample slides from the PowerPoint.

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