The adult should be able to

• read various types of texts with good fluency and confidence
• write texts of various genres, express himself/herself accurately and in a varied and nuanced vocabulary
• adapt his/her reading and writing to various contexts and needs
• extract, adapt and convey information from various types of sources in a critical way

See Competence goals - Read and write (by Vox) (page 6) for Level 3 examples of arenas for reading and writing in private and social life, in working life, and in education and training.

Competence goals

Develop basic reading and writing strategies

At this level the adult should be able to

• compare relevant experience and preliminary understanding with the content of a topical text
• pose relevant questions to a text
• identify various genres and literary effects
• read sentences and get the implication without focusing too much on individual words
• manage both reading aloud and reading silently
• organise the content of a text in various ways according to purpose
• use various reading techniques: skim, scan or read closely according to purpose
• reflect upon direct and indirect information in a text

Read and understand

At this level the adult should be able to

• read various documents, articles or professional texts and extract the information that is important for a particular purpose
• find specific information from various types of tables, graphs and digital texts
• sum up the main points from a text both during the reading process and afterwards
• understand the purpose of a text, including intentions that have not been clearly expressed
• assess and compare information, ideas and opinions from various sources
• judge whether the information given by one source is relevant and correct in relation to the task in question
• make profitable use of various dictionaries and encyclopaedias

Write and communicate

At this level the adult should be able to

• make a draft of a text
• write clear, detailed texts in connection with his/her professional work and his/her own interests
• write the minutes from a meeting
• write clear and concise instructions and explanations for others
• organise texts with a heading, an introduction and a conclusion
• structure a text chronologically and thematically and make a cohesion between sentences and paragraphs
• write a text of high information value, structure the textual content and argue for something in simple terms
• relate critically to his/her own writing