Maintain and adapt oral/signed communication(8962)

This course will be useful to learners who need a sound foundation of spoken/signed language ability for further language growth, and for application in real life contexts. Learners talk/sign confidently in both formal and informal contexts and /sign actively for ideas and information in interactions with other people. They are aware of the ways others speak/sign to influence listeners and audiences. In conveying their ideas and information they select language and a register that is accessible to their audience and fit for their purpose. 

Learners credited with this unit standard are able to:

• Use a variety of strategies to maintain communication.
• Adapt language to accommodate socio-cultural sensitivities without losing own meaning.
• Use knowledge of language structures and conventions to shape or decode meaning of unfamiliar vocabulary or Plant Productions.