Stage II: Digital Literacy
This theme focuses on the communication skills needed to access, critically examine and use digital content and technologies. Find out more about these skills at Language for Success and Skills for Success.
Choose a CLB level by clicking below to access information about Real-World Tasks and Detailed Sample Tasks for this theme.
CLB 5
CLB 6
CLB 7
CLB 8
Listening
CLB 5
Watch a video about the dos and don’ts of participating in online meetings.
Getting Things Done
Understand the gist and some details in moderately complex communication intended to influence or persuade in everyday personally relevant situations.
- Identifies main intent, main idea, factual details, words and expressions.
- Recognizes and interprets advice, opinions and suggestions.
Watch a video about online scams targeting seniors.
Comprehending Information
Understand information about familiar or relevant topics.
- Gets the gist.
- Identifies key words and phrases.
Watch a video about the role of online misinformation in racism, sexism and homophobia.
Comprehending Information
Understand descriptive or narrative monologues or presentations related to everyday, personally relevant topics or situations.
- Gets the gist.
- Identifies key words and phrases.
CLB 6
Watch a video about the dos and don’ts of participating in online meetings and take notes to summarize the main idea and some important details.
Getting Things Done
Understand moderately complex communication intended to influence or persuade in everyday, personally relevant situations.
- Identifies main intent, main ideas, factual details, words and expressions.
- Interprets facts, advice, suggestions and opinions.
Reproducing Information
Reduce short, factual, oral discourse to notes or messages.
- Writes messages with accurate details for others.
- Uses common conventions such as point form.
Watch a video about the use of fake images in social media.
Comprehending Instructions
Understand descriptive or narrative monologues or presentations on generally familiar and relevant topics.
- Identifies topic-specific words, phrases and expressions.
- Identifies factual details, main ideas, supporting details and implied meanings.
Watch a video explaining some ways that social media can spread misinformation and racist, sexist and homophobic stereotypes.
Comprehending Information
Understand descriptive or narrative monologues or presentations on generally familiar and relevant topics.
- Identifies topic-specific words, phrases and expressions.
- Identifies factual details, main ideas, supporting details and implied meanings.
CLB 7
Watch a video about the dos and don’ts of chairing online meetings and create a checklist
for meeting participants.
Getting Things Done
Understand moderately complex communication intended to influence or persuade in situations related to personal or general experiences.
- Identifies the purpose, main ideas, factual details.
- Interprets requests, reminders, orders and pleas.
Reproducing Information
Reduce short oral discourse to notes.
- Reduces information to important points with accurate details and no major omissions.
- Conveys essential information.
Watch a video about ways to spot the differences between authentic and fake images online.
Comprehending Instructions
Understand moderately complex directions and instructions for technical or non-technical tasks.
- Follows sequence markers, cohesive devices or other linguistic clues to infer order of steps.
- Responds with actions to directions and instructions.
Watch a video explaining the differences between the freedom of expression under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms and hate speech online.
Comprehending Instructions
Understand descriptive or narrative monologues or presentations related to everyday, personally relevant topics or situations.
- Gets the gist.
- Identifies key words and phrases.
CLB 8
Watch a video about the dos and don’ts of chairing online meetings and create a checklist for meeting chairs.
Getting Things Done
Understand communication intended to influence or persuade in situations related to personal decisions or to work-related issues in own field.
- Identifies stated and unspecified meanings.
- Interprets warnings, threats, suggestions, recommendations and proposed solutions.
Reproducing Information
Reduce oral discourse about established procedures into notes that can be used to write instructions.
- Reduces information to main points with accurate supporting details and no major omissions.
- Conveys essential information.
Watch a video about ways to spot fake images online and report them.
Comprehending Instructions
Understand simple to moderately complex, step-by-step instructions and instructional texts for multi step procedures related to everyday situations.
- Interprets sequence and location signals and implied meanings.
- Follows instructions as required to complete a task.
Watch a video explaining the differences between the freedom of expression under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms and hate speech online, as well as ways to respond (debunking, reporting and so on).
Comprehending Instructions
Understand extended monologues or presentations on topics that are generally familiar and related to general knowledge or technical/ work-related issues in own field.
- Identifies the main idea (which is not explicitly stated) and detailed information.
- Interprets factual information, explanations and opinions.
Speaking
CLB 5
Record a five-minute podcast about password safety and tips for good passwords.
Sharing Information
Give presentations about moderately complex processes, to tell stories, or to describe, compare and contrast in detail 2 events, jobs or procedures.
- Presents information using connected discourse.
- Uses an introduction, development and conclusion.
CLB 6
Record a seven-minute podcast about ways to stay safe when banking or shopping online.
Sharing Information
Give detailed presentations about sequences of events; incidents in the past, present or future; simple processes; or to describe or compare things such as people and places.
- Uses an introduction, development, and conclusion.
- Provides adequate detailed descriptions.
CLB 7
Record a ten-minute podcast on common types of online identity theft and ways to protect yourself.
Sharing Information
Give presentations to describe and explain structures, systems or processes based on research.
- Presents information using connected discourse.
- Narrates coherently so that agents, actions, circumstance, process and sequence are clear.
CLB 8
Create a fifteen-minute podcast on a specialized digital safety topic, such as using VPNs.
Sharing Information
Give presentations to describe and explain structures, systems or processes based on research.
- Presents information using connected discourse.
- Narrates coherently so that agents, actions, circumstance, process and sequence are clear.
Reading
CLB 5
Follow instructions on how to recognize a phishing scam.
Comprehending Instructions
Understand simple to moderately complex, step-by-step instructions and instructional texts for multi step procedures related to everyday situations.
- Interprets sequence and location signals (such as first, next and before).
- Follows instructions and directions by responding with actions as required to complete task.
Follow instructions on a checklist to evaluate the source of an online news story.
Comprehending Information
Understand simple to moderately complex, step-by-step instructions and instructional texts for multi step procedures related to everyday situations.
- Interprets sequence and location signals (such as first, next and before).
- Follows instructions and directions by responding with actions as required to complete task.
Read an article about digital accessibility and some of the challenges.
Comprehending Information
Understand information about familiar or relevant topics.
- Gets the gist.
- Identifies factual details and some implied meanings.
CLB 6
Follow instructions on how to recognize a phishing scam and report it.
Comprehending Instructions
Understand simple to moderately complex, step-by-step instructions and instructional texts for multi step procedures related to everyday situations.
- Interprets sequence and location signals (such as first, next and before).
- Follows instructions and directions by responding with actions as required to complete task.
Follow instructions on a checklist to evaluate the source of an online news story and the information in the story.
Comprehending Information
Understand moderately complex instructions and instructional texts for multi step procedures related to everyday situations, where the sequence must be inferred.
- Interprets sequence and location signals and implied meanings to infer the correct sequence.
- Follows instructions as required to complete the task.
Read an article about digital accessibility and different technologies or apps used to support accessibility for all.
Comprehending Information
Understand moderately complex descriptive or narrative texts on familiar topics.
- Distinguishes facts from opinions.
- Retells or summarizes.
CLB 7
Complete a workplace training activity about phishing.
Comprehending Information
Understand moderately complex instructions and instructional texts for multi step procedures related to familiar tasks, which may be specialized or technical.
- Interprets sequence and location signals and implied meanings to infer the correct sequence.
- Follows instructions as required to complete the task.
Follow instructions in an article to evaluate
online news stories and search for other
sources of similar news.
Comprehending Instructions
Understand moderately complex instructions and instructional texts for multi step procedures related to familiar tasks, which may be specialized or technical.
- Interprets sequence and location signals and implied meanings to infer the correct sequence.
- Follows instructions as required to complete the task.
Read information about common web accessibility standards such as W3C
and evaluate a sample webpage using
a standards checklist.
Getting Things Done
Get information from moderately complex business/ service texts containing assessments, evaluations and advice.
- Identifies main ideas, key details and some implied meanings.
- Scans text and makes inferences to select relevant information.
CLB 8
Complete a workplace training module about phishing with simulated phishing emails.
Comprehending Information
Understand simple to moderately complex, step-by-step instructions and instructional texts for multi step procedures related to everyday situations.
- Interprets sequence and location signals and implied meanings.
- Follows instructions as required to complete a task.
Follow instructions in an article to evaluate online news stories, check the information in the story using a fact checking website
like Snopes and search for other sources of similar news.
Comprehending Instructions
Understand extended, moderately complex, multi step instructions and instructional texts for established (set) procedures related to specialized tasks.
- Interprets sequence and location signals and implied meanings.
- Follows instructions as required to complete a task.
Read information about common web
accessibility standards such as W3C,
evaluate a sample webpage using those
standards and suggest ways to increase accessibility.
Getting Things Done
Get information from moderately complex business/ service texts containing proposals, recommendations and statements of rules, regulations or policies.
- Identifies main ideas, key details and implied meanings.
- Scans text and makes inferences to select the relevant information.
Writing
CLB 5
Write a paragraph for the summary section
of an online professional profile.
Sharing Information
Write a paragraph to relate a familiar sequence of events, description of a person, object or routine.
- Expresses a main idea and supports it with details.
- Provides accurate descriptions or accounts of events.
CLB 6
Write a summary paragraph and outline some work experience in an online
professional profile.
Getting Things Done
Write 1 or 2 connected paragraphs to relate a familiar sequence of events, a story, a detailed description, or a comparison of people, things, routines or simple procedures.
- Addresses the purpose of the task.
- Provides accurate descriptions, comparisons or accounts of events in a clear sequence.
CLB 7
Create a complete online professional profile with detailed job experiences.
Sharing Information
Write 2 or 3 connected paragraphs to relate a familiar sequence of events, make a comparison, or provide a detailed description of a person, system, routine or procedure.
- Expresses main ideas and supports them with details.
- Provides accurate and detailed descriptions, explanations or accounts of events, in a clear sequence.
CLB 8
Create a complete online professional profile for a specific career or field.
Sharing Information
Write 3 or 4 connected paragraphs to relate a historical event, provide a detailed description of a phenomenon, explain a procedure, or express and analyze opinions on a familiar abstract topic.
- Addresses the purpose of the task.
- Provides accurate and detailed descriptions, explanations and accounts of events in a clear sequence.
Sample Real World Tasks
This information is aligned with the Canadian Language Benchmarks (CLB) and is designed to help guide you in the planning process. You can use these sample real-world tasks to guide and inform your selection or creation of skill-building activities, skill-using tasks and assessment tasks
These sample real-world tasks include the following: skill, real-world task, competency area, one competency statement and two sample indicators of ability. This is not an exhaustive list: there are more indicators of ability and information about this CLB level in Canadian Language Benchmarks English as a Second Language for Adults. Consult this resource for more information and to select your own competencies or indicators of ability. Remember, you can use more learner-friendly language in your materials and assessments.
This is NOT a lesson plan, module plan or curriculum.
