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LANGUAGE, LITERACY AND NUMERACY ASSESSMENT (LLN) The purpose of this evaluation is to ensure that you have the required Language, Literacy and Numeracy (LLN) skills to successfully complete your course. Please take your time to consider your answers carefully and check your work for accuracy and thoroughness before submitting.

CANDIDATE INFORMATION

Full Name

Date of Assessment

PART 1: SELF EVALUATION

1 Please tick the box that best describes your understanding

Speaking and Listening

Sometimes I require assistance or struggle to understand what is being said

Normally I have no problems speaking or listening.

I can speak and understand very well.

Reading Sometimes I struggle to read or need help with reading.

Normally I have no problems reading.

I can read very well.

Writing Sometimes I struggle to write or need help with writing

Normally I have no problems writing.

I can write very well.


Maths Sometimes I struggle with math or need help to complete problems

Normally I have no problems with math.

I understand math very well.

Computers Sometimes I struggle to use a computer or need help using a computer

Normally I have no problems using computers.

I can use a computer very well

PART 2: SCENARIO

Sarah completed school at the age of seventeen and wanted a job that would allow her to travel to different countries. Sarah is now 19 years of age and is considering a career in the child care industry as a nanny. Sarah prides herself on being naturally friendly. She likes to cook meals for friends and family. She is looking at gaining training to ensure she can obtain child care qualifications. She wants to attend a one year course to become qualified.

2 How old is Sarah now?

3 How old was Sarah when she left school?

4 What does Sarah like to do for her friends and family?

5 What is the duration of the course that Sarah wants to attend?


PART 3: FIRE EXTINGUISHER CHART

Please review the chart and then answer the following questions

6 Which extinguisher can only be used on wood, paper & textiles?

7 Which extinguisher cannot be used on wood, paper & textiles?


8 Which extinguisher cannot be used on cooking oils and fats?

9 Which extinguisher can be used on flammable gases?

PART 4: EMPLOYEE TIMESHEET The table below is a basic work hour’s table for a worker named Sally. Look at the table and answer the questions below

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

Start Time 7:30am 7:30am 8:00am 9:00am 8:30am

Finish Time 1:30pm 2:30pm 4:15pm 3:45pm 12:00pm

Total Hours Worked

6 hours

10 In the row for TOTAL HOURS WORKED, work out the total hours Sally worked each day. Assume Sally did not take any breaks. For example on MONDAY Sally worked 6 hours.

11 On which day did Sally work the most hours?

12 Sally gets paid $25.30 per hour. How much did Sally earn on Monday?


PART 5: FUEL PRICES The table below shows the average price of petrol per litre for the period July 2009 to June 2010. Read the information then answer the questions that follow.

Month Average price/litre

July 2009 $1.14

August 2009 $1.15

September 2009 $1.13

October 2009 $1.18

November 2009 $1.20

December 2009 $1.22

January 2010 $1.26

February 2010 $1.23

March 2010 $1.24

April 2010 $1.23

May 2010 $1.27

June 2010 $1.30

13 In which two months was the price of petrol the same?

14 In which month was the price of petrol the highest?

15 In which month did the price of petrol increase the most?


PART 6: WRITING Choose one (1) of the five (5) photos below and write a minimum of two (2) and maximum of four (4) paragraphs about the image of your choice. You can write about whatever you see in the photo and use your imagination to describe what has happened (before and after). The purpose of your text is to inform Sally and Bob (the child in the photo’s parents) about what has happened that day. There is no right or wrong answer to this activity.


16 Which image did you choose?

1 2 3 4 5

Guidance: Before you start writing you should...

• Think about what you are going to write and plan the beginning, middle, and end • Ensure that your writing is easy to follow and appropriately addresses the reader • Ensure that your writing is well structured and uses paragraphs to separate different ideas or topics • Remember to use correct punctuation, e.g. capital letters, commas, full stops, etc. • Focus on spelling all words correctly.

Write your text below:


17 Tick the box next to the correct spelling of the following words.

a) Communicate Comunicate Comunikate

b) Disinfectent Disinfectant Disinphectant

c) Tomorrow Tommorrow Tommorow

d) Seprate Seperate Separate

e) Connected Conectted Conected

PART 7: LITERACY Questions 18 to 20 relate to a school history excursion, described in the following passage.

Our Year 9 students will be spending two weeks in a rural community to learn more about life there. Students will focus on issues that have affected these settlements over time. They will be given opportunities to meet and talk with local residents. Students will work on assignments designed to help explain their history. All students have been given explicit instructions about how to record their findings during the excursion.

18 'All students have been given explicit instructions about how to record their findings during the excursion.'

Which of the following is closest in meaning to 'explicit'?

Extensive

Simple

Hands-on

Clearly stated

19 Which underlined reference in the text is ambiguous?

Life there

These settlements

They

Their history


20 Below are four versions of a sentence from a student’s assignment about the history excursion. Which version has acceptable punctuation?

‘Our community, is not static,’ she said. ‘It is constantly changing.’

‘Our community is not static’ she said ‘it is constantly changing.’

‘Our community is not static,’ she said. ‘It is constantly changing.’

‘Our community is not static, she said, it is constantly changing.’

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