ESOL Wt/E2.1b Record information on forms
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(i) Understand and apply form-filling conventions, including the practice of stated and unstated instructions, e.g. forms sometimes require you to circle or delete information, such as Mr/Mrs/Miss/Ms
Example of application and level
USE BLACK INK
Title: Mr/Mrs/Miss/Ms
Surname: ......................................................
First Name: ...................................................
Address: ........................................................
.......................................................................
................................ Postcode: .....................
Date of Birth: ................................................
Nationality: ...................................................
Sample Activities
- Learners look at examples of simple forms and discuss the conventions and importance of form filling in Britain, comparing it with their own countries. Discuss overt and implied instructions, e.g. ask what learners should do with Title.
- Learners match oral questions to form-filling categories (e.g. When were you born? – Date of Birth) either as a paper-based activity or using the cut and paste features on a word processor.
- Learners practise filling in forms through a variety of exercises:
(a) They look at a short text about someone containing personal details, and a form with their details filled in. They then find details from another text about a second person in order to fill in a similar blank form.
(b) They ask each other questions in order to fill in forms for each other.
(c) They fill in a form with their own details.
(d) They fill in personal details online to subscribe to a website.
Source: Adult ESOL Core Curriculum (DfES, 2001) (pp158-9)