National 2 ESOL
Unit Specifications
These provide an outline of what each Unit will cover within the following Unit Specifications and detail the Outcomes and Assessment Standards.
- ESOL in Context: Listening and Speaking (National 2) Unit Specification
November 2019 - ESOL For Everyday Life: Listening and Speaking (National 2) Unit Specification
November 2019 - ESOL For Everyday Life: Reading and Writing (National 2) Unit Specification
November 2019 - ESOL in Context: Reading and Writing (National 2) Unit Specification
November 2019
There are three pre-entry units available at National 2 level for learners who need to develop their English literacy skills. Learners can do all three units or the units most appropriate to their needs.
Unit Support Notes
December 2017
- National 2 ESOL: Unit Support Notes Overview
December 2017
- National 2 ESOL: An Introduction to Beginner English Literacies 1 Unit Support Notes
November 2017
- National 2 ESOL: An Introduction to Beginner English Literacies 2 Unit Support Notes
November 2017
- National 2 ESOL in Context Unit Support Notes
June 2015
- National 2 ESOL for Everyday Life Unit Support Notes
June 2015
Support materials
ESOL Literacies National 2 Learning Support Material
National 2 Learning Support Material
Online resources - practice assessments
These materials are intended to support ESOL candidates in improving their skills in reading, listening, speaking and writing. (You are required to have Flash version 12 or above installed to run these assessments).
SQA Academy resources
Past Papers and Marking Instructions
Unit Assessment Support
These documents contain details of Unit assessment task(s), show approaches to gathering evidence and how the evidence can be judged against the Outcomes and Assessment Standards. Teachers/lecturers can arrange access to these confidential documents through their SQA Co-ordinator.
Verification and Course reports
Qualification Verification Summary Reports distil messages from verification activity from a given session.
Understanding Standards
Examples of candidate evidence with commentaries
Examples of candidate evidence and commentaries for unit assessment can be found on the SQA Secure Site. You can access these through your SQA Coordinator.
Webinar (recording)
Assessing ESOL Units online
- Download (182.73 MB)
Video overview of unit assessment from session 2019-20
- Download (577.11 MB)
Video overview progression through Units levels National 2 - National 4
Changes to Understanding Standards materials
Please note: Understanding Standards materials are regularly reviewed to ensure they remain up to date.