Product Description

 The new national framework of qualifications starts in September 2000. Key Skills will have a leading role will all qualifications in schools, colleges and in the workplace. Whether you are teaching GCSEs, GNVQs, A-levels, Vocational A-levels, Modern Apprenticeships, National Traineeships, City & Guides, or other vocational qualifications, these keys skills books from Barry Smith provide a student-focused, time-saving solution.Worried about the new key skills tests?  Too much work to do without even thinking about key skills?  Getting stressed?  With Longman's new set of key skills books you can relax.  They give you all the info you really need to get key skills and show you that you probably already know enough to pass.You don't need any special skills to use this book - the easy-to-use sections provide: Easy learning and revision of topics

• Quick practice of all the skills needed to pass
• Opportunities that prove you already have key skills

 In the books you will find:

• All the information you need to pass your Communication level 1 & 2 key skills tests
• A system to help you learn everything you need to know
• Rapid reminders of terms and ideas
• Handy hints for learning, for working, and for passing tests
• Clear explanations and step-by-step examples

 You can use this book to help you get key skills if your are studying for  GCSEs  GNVQs  A-levels  Vocational A-levels  Modern Apprenticeships  National Traineeships  City & Guilds  many other vocational qualifications     Longman key skills books have been written by the people who developed the qualification giving you a tried-and-tested step-by-step approach that is guaranteed to help you pass the tests quickly and easily.

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #476927 in Books
• Published on: 2000-08-14
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 160 pages

From the Publisher
Review in the TES by Pat McNeill, 8th December 2000
Review in the TES by Pat McNeill, 8th December 2000.

"All the books are well written, straightforward and clear. The authors understand key skills...their approach to external tests is extremely sensible."

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Customer Reviews

OK for 'A' level candidates, but not for Modern Apprentices!
As a key skills tutor, I bought the set of Longman Books as a much needed resource for my candidates; after all, they were one of the first on the market.

Had I taught at a Further Education College, I would have found them invaluable, as over fifty percent of the books are dedicated to mapping evidence from 'A' levels.

However, the author appears not to realise that a large proportion of candidates undertaking key skills are from the work-based route, ie. Modern Apprentices. This immediately makes over fifty percent of the book(s) defunct for these candidates. These candidates would have benefitted from a section on evidence collection from various work roles, or reference to NVQs, but there is none.

If you are considering this book for some indepth skills training, such as how to construct a formal report or other extended document, this is barely touched upon. There are no practice exercises, nor are there sample questions from past external test papers. Candidates who first used this book still required plenty of guidance from experienced tutors in order to prepare both their portfolios of evidence and for the external tests.

A useful grounding for the portfolio part of the Key Skill
The previous review seems to refer to the level 3 book. This book is strongest when it sets out and explains the portfolio requirements and gives help and ideas about building evidence. The last section about where to look for opportunities in various courses (GCSE and vocational) is very useful and makes it a good book for institutions to have and share.