organisational markers

FE: E2.9 Understand organisational markers in short, straightforward texts.

Organisational markers are words, phrases and clauses that are used to organise text and relate ideas and information. At the simplest level this is the learner understanding ideas expressed in sentences that include conjunctions and/or connectives (other word classes are also possible). For example, organisational markers (shown in italics) are used to:

• add ideas (and, also)
• contrast ideas (but, however, while),
• create a sequence or chronology (next, then, finally)

Not defined in the glossary of Subject content functional skills: English. DfE (Feb 2018). The definition above is skillsworkshop's interpretation. We are happy to be corrected!
The learner does not need to know all this. Put simply, at Entry 2 they are expected to comprehend short straightforward texts that include sentences with more than one clause.