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Use Basic Reading Receptive Skills To Respond To Defined Simple Texts Training

SAQA US 119633 | NQF 1 | Credits 8 | Duration 5 Days
From $1,242 per delegate

Description

This course equips learners with foundational reading skills to interpret and respond to simple, defined texts commonly encountered in workplace and everyday contexts. It builds confidence in extracting key information from short documents, instructions, and notices, enabling effective and appropriate responses in routine situations.

Learning Outcomes

  • Identify the main purpose and key information in simple defined texts such as notices, instructions, and short reports.
  • Apply reading strategies to locate specific details and follow written instructions accurately.
  • Interpret common symbols, abbreviations, and visual aids used in simple texts.
  • Respond appropriately to texts by completing forms, writing brief replies, or performing required actions.
  • Evaluate the relevance and reliability of information from simple texts for defined tasks.

Target Audience

This course is designed for entry-level employees, new recruits, and individuals who need to improve their basic reading comprehension to respond accurately to simple written texts in a professional or personal capacity.

Prerequisites

None — open enrollment.

Course Outline

Day 1: Introduction to Reading Receptive Skills and Simple Texts

Objectives:
• Understand the concept of receptive skills in reading.
• Identify different types of simple texts.
• Develop basic strategies for approaching simple texts.
• Recognise the purpose and audience of a text.
• Build confidence in reading simple texts.

Topics:
• Overview of receptive skills: listening and reading.
• Defining simple texts: signs, labels, short notes, forms.
• The reading process: pre-reading, during reading, post-reading.
• Identifying text purpose: to inform, instruct, entertain.
• Recognising text features: headings, bullet points, images.
• Practice: reading a simple instruction text.

Day 2: Decoding and Understanding Vocabulary in Context

Objectives:
• Use context clues to understand unfamiliar words.
• Identify common sight words and phrases.
• Expand vocabulary related to everyday situations.
• Apply skimming and scanning techniques.
• Improve comprehension of short paragraphs.

Topics:
• Context clues: definition, synonym, antonym, example.
• High-frequency sight words in simple texts.
• Vocabulary building: workplace, community, and personal contexts.
• Skimming for main ideas.
• Scanning for specific information.
• Practice: reading a short email or notice.

Day 3: Understanding Text Structure and Organisation

Objectives:
• Recognise different text structures: chronological, cause-effect, problem-solution.
• Use text organisers like headings, subheadings, and lists.
• Follow simple instructions and procedures.
• Identify main ideas and supporting details.
• Summarise short texts orally or in writing.

Topics:
• Text structures: sequence, description, compare/contrast.
• Using headings and subheadings to navigate.
• Interpreting numbered steps and bulleted lists.
• Distinguishing main ideas from details.
• Note-taking and summarising techniques.
• Practice: reading a simple recipe or set of instructions.

Day 4: Critical Reading and Responding to Texts

Objectives:
• Differentiate between fact and opinion in simple texts.
• Make simple inferences based on text clues.
• Respond to texts by answering literal and inferential questions.
• Express personal reactions and opinions about a text.
• Apply reading to real-life tasks.

Topics:
• Fact vs. opinion: signal words and context.
• Making inferences: reading between the lines.
• Question types: literal, inferential, evaluative.
• Forming and expressing opinions about texts.
• Reading for practical purposes: forms, schedules, maps.
• Practice: reading a short article or advertisement.

Day 5: Integration, Assessment, and Application

Objectives:
• Consolidate all reading skills in a comprehensive activity.
• Complete a formal assessment task.
• Apply reading skills to workplace or everyday scenarios.
• Reflect on personal progress and areas for improvement.
• Create a personal action plan for continued reading development.

Topics:
• Review of key concepts from Days 1-4.
• Integrated reading task: reading a multi-paragraph simple text.
• Formal assessment: answering questions and completing a response.
• Real-world application: reading a job advertisement or community notice.
• Self-assessment and reflection.
• Action plan for ongoing reading practice.

Practicals

No practicals for this training.

This course is made up of exercises and case studies delivered alongside the theory — no separate practical sessions are required to complete it.

Summatives

Each delegate is assessed continuously throughout the course and a final summative test at the end.

Daily Exercises — 30%

Every training day ends with a multiple-choice exercise scored out of 100%. The scores from each daily exercise are averaged across the duration of the course to produce a Daily Average mark, which contributes 30% to the final total.

Final Test — 70%

On the last day a final summative test is written. It is a multiple-choice paper with multiple-answer questions: each question may have more than one correct option, and a single wrong selection on a question marks the entire question wrong — no partial credit. The final test is scored out of 100% and contributes 70% to the overall mark.

Final Total
Component Out of Weight
Daily Average (multiple choice) 100% 30%
Final Test (multi-answer multiple choice) 100% 70%
Final Total 100%

All marks are recorded on the AATICD LMS and visible to each learner under their account.

Certificate

Certificate of Completion

Awarded to delegates who achieve an overall mark of 50% or higher on the Final Total (Daily Average 30% + Final Test 70%).

How it works
  • Certificates are auto-generated on the AATICD LMS as soon as the marks pass the 50% threshold.
  • Each certificate is a branded PDF with the delegate's name, the course title, the unit standard ID, NQF level, credits, and the date of issue.
  • You can download or print your certificate from your LMS dashboard at any time after issue — there's no reissue fee and no expiry date.
  • If you scored under 50% you can sit the final test again at the next scheduled session at no extra cost.
Where to find it

Sign in to the LMS, open your dashboard, and your certificates appear under My Certificates. Each entry has a View / Download button and a print option.

Training Discounts

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