ESOL Lr/E2.4a Listen to, follow and respond to explanations, directions and instructions

Listen to, follow and respond to explanations, directions and instructions (i) Understand key grammatical forms, e.g. imperative, negative imperative and must in instructions, and recognise them in their spoken form. E.g The thing to remember is you must always switch off at the mains before you do anything. (ii) Understand some deictic markers, e.g. this, that, here, there. (iii) Recognise the order of events in an explanation (iv) Recognise and respond to sequence markers, e.g. first, then, finally, to understand the order of a set of instructions E.g. First you go along the main road, then, when you get to the traffic lights, turn left and carry on for about, I don't know, about 100 metres... (v) Recognise discourse markers, especially those indicating cause, effect and result, e.g. because of, so, as a result.