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Essential Skills – Reading and Writing (Level 2): should I choose it?

Explore the content and the work before you decide. TCE · Tasmania

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TCE Essential Skills – Reading and Writing (Level 2): content and assessment

Explore Essential Skills – Reading and Writing at accredited Level 2. The official course awards 10 TCE credit points if successfully completed; a school year label does not change its level.

Confirm your cohort: Course span 2014 onwards. Course ERW210114. Confirm the version and delivery for your cohort.

What will I learn?

PART A: READING

Headings from the official course content
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PART B: WRITING

Headings from the official course content
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How will I be assessed?

Needs verification: Short official assessment excerpt: “Criterion-based assessment is a form of outcomes assessment that identifies the extent of learner achievement at an appropriate…” Open the assessment section of the source for the complete criteria, internal/external arrangements and work requirements.

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Will I find it hard?

Difficulty depends on your experience, interests, teaching and assessment. These are our reflection prompts, not an official difficulty rating.

  • Try explaining a case, source or argument with evidence. Does this type of writing interest you?
  • Look at the amount of terminology, examples and source material in the sample rather than assuming the subject is easy.

Does it scale up or down?

TASC awards and scaled TE scores are distinct. The old requirement for three final-year results was removed from 2025.

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Sources, versions and verification dates

Profile source metadata last checked: 2026-11-12. A source check is not an endorsement by the authority or confirmation that a future course version is unchanged.

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