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Literacy – reading and writing skills
State and implementing organization
Norway – Prios Kompetanse AS..
Short description
These examples are based on experience achieved during 30-hour pilot, where different
methods and tools were tested. Important to understand that use of this example must be
tailored to the occupations of the target group.
Target group
Adults in employment
Products / Outcomes
Useful assessment- identifying what your students know and need
If there is made a description for the occupation, which is target group for our training, then
this tool, is useful to bring in as part of planning. Any way it is wise to ask the employer how
writing and reading skills occur in the company. Maybe there are special forms, reports or
other tools they use as part of internal and external communication, which the training can
use in order to make training as useful as possible.
Employees may have different roles facing a text, which important for the trainer to
understand:
 the one who interprets a text
 whoever performs a work instruction
 the one who gives information further
 the person who checks that the work is done
 the person to prove that the work has been completed
 the person who will pass on information
 the one who will update the information
Based on all this information, try to decide which kind of writing and reading skills your
students need most.
Mapping of writing skills
How well do you write? Of course, this is a difficult skill to map, because this may include
vocabulary, grammar, spelling and, not least, communicating a message. SO in order to map
writing skills, you need to decide WHAT you would like to measure.
But anyway, here is a fun writing test different languages - https://10fastfingers.com/
Mapping of reading skills
Mapping of reading skill may include how fast you read and how much you understand of
what you read. There are many online tests in different languages to do such mapping.
 English- http://www.freereadingtest.com / (http://www.readingsoft.com/ )
 Spanish - http://tecnicas-de-lectura.com/test-lectura.php
 Italian - https://www.nienteansia.it/test/test-velocita-di-lettura.html
 Turkish - http://www.hizliokuma.org/
 Romanian - http://www.speeread.net/test-gratuit-citire-rapida.html