1. education
2. english as a second language

Dear Student,
Thank you for choosing to study with OTEN.
Before you start your course, you need to fill out our questionnaire and
send it in.
Our address is
Enrolments
OTEN - Adult Basic Education
51 W entworth Road,
Strathfield NSW 2135
Please make sure you answer the questions by yourself, and in your own writing.
If you have any questions please contact the Adult Basic Education teachers at
OTEN
by phone on 1300 355 531
by email at oten.abe@tafensw.edu.au
on facebook at www.facebook.com/readingwritingoten
Looking forward to hearing from you,
Kind regards,
The ABE team at OTEN
TAFE NSW – W estern Sydney Institute
Created: 19/01/2012
Version: 2.0
ABE Questionnaire .pdf
Modified: 5/11/2014
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This inform ation leaflet is correct at the tim e of printing, check the website www.tafensw.edu.au/oten for the latest inform ation.
Adult Basic Education – Additional Information
Important: Please answer these questions by yourself, in your own writing.
Last name
First name/s
Male
Female
Date of birth
/
Age
/
Address
Postcode
Phone
Work
Mobile
Email address
Country of birth
Years in Australia
Language/s spoken
Aboriginality
Have you ever had a driver licence?
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
(including Learner’s)
Do you receive a Centrelink payment?
(this may change the cost of the course)
What is you Centrelink CRN?
(Centrelink Reference Number)
Do you have access to the internet?
on your mobile phone
on a computer at home
at a friend’s house
at the library
other
How would you like us to contact you?
by phone
TAFE NSW – W estern Sydney Institute
Created: 19/01/2012
Version: 2.0
by email
by text
by post
ABE Questionnaire .pdf
Modified: 5/11/2014
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This inform ation leaflet is correct at the tim e of printing, check the website www.tafensw.edu.au/oten for the latest inform ation.
Education
How old were you when you left school?
What was the last class you were in? (eg Year 8)
Where (which countries) did you go to school?
Which subjects did you like most at school? Say why.
Which subjects did you find hard? Say why.
Did you miss much school? (eg because of health problems or other reasons)
Say why.
Have you done any courses since you left school? What are they?
Course
Place
Year
(eg Reading and Writing)
(eg Gosford TAFE)
(eg 2010)
Why do you want to study with OTEN?
What work or study would you like to do after you complete this course? (L1.01)
TAFE NSW – W estern Sydney Institute
Created: 19/01/2012
Version: 2.0
ABE Questionnaire .pdf
Modified: 5/11/2014
Page 3 of 7
This inform ation leaflet is correct at the tim e of printing, check the website www.tafensw.edu.au/oten for the latest inform ation.
Work
What kind of work have you done?
Work
Years
(eg bus driving)
(eg 2009-2010)
What kind of work would you like to do in the future? Say why.
Maths
What maths do you do? (eg shopping, banking, cooking)
Do y ou feel confident t about y our maths?
Why or why not?
What other maths would you like to be able to do? (W1.05 & W1.03)
1. Apples cost $3.49 a kilo. About how much would 3 kilos cost?
Tick one box (N1.09 & N1.10)
about
$
8.50
about
$10.50
about
$12.50
TAFE NSW – W estern Sydney Institute
Created: 19/01/2012
Version: 2.0
ABE Questionnaire .pdf
Modified: 5/11/2014
Page 4 of 7
This inform ation leaflet is correct at the tim e of printing, check the website www.tafensw.edu.au/oten for the latest inform ation.
2. Cheese costs $10.00 a kilo. How much would ¼ of a kilo cost?
Show how you got your answer.
3. Add these prices:
paint
sandpaper
brushes
paint tray
$36.50
$ 8.05
$23.65
$ 3.75 +
Total
How much change would you get from $100? ___________________(N1.09 & N1.10)
4. If you went to the dentist at 2.30pm and stayed for ¾ hour what time would it be when
you left? (N2.09)
5. Four people bought take-away and shared the bill of $74. How much did each person
pay? Show how you got your answer.
6. If your vegetable garden was 5 metres long and 3 metres wide, how many
metres of fencing would you need to go around it? (N2.10)
Show how you got your answer.
Vegetable garden
How many centimetres is this?
7. In the sales an $80 jacket had 25% off. (N2.10)
How much money would you save?
How much would you pay?
8. Write these decimals from the smallest to the largest:
(a) 0.78
(b) 0.08
TAFE NSW – W estern Sydney Institute
Created: 19/01/2012
Version: 2.0
(c) 0.7
(d) 0.8
ABE Questionnaire .pdf
Modified: 5/11/2014
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Reading
What do you read? (eg magazines, emails, texts, work notices, Facebook) (R1.03 & R1.04)
Do you feel confident about your reading?
(L1.01)
Why or why not?
What else would you like to be able to read? (L1.02)
Writing
What do you write? (eg Facebook, emails, texts, work documents ) (W1.05 & W1.06)
Do you feel confident about your writing?
(W2.05)
Why or why not?
What else would you like to be able to write? (W2.06)
TAFE NSW – W estern Sydney Institute
Created: 19/01/2012
Version: 2.0
ABE Questionnaire .pdf
Modified: 5/11/2014
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Please do some writing by yourself
Write as much as you can about anything. (eg your interests or why you are doing this
course) (W1.05 & W1.06)
(W2.05 & W2.06)
Did anyone help you with these questions?
I needed help to read it
I needed help with writing
I needed help to work out the maths
Someone did the writing for me
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Who helped you? (eg parent, friend, neighbour)
Thank you
Send this to
Enrolments
OTEN - Adult Basic Education
51 W entworth Road,
Strathfield NSW 135
TAFE NSW – W estern Sydney Institute
Created: 19/01/2012
Version: 2.0
ABE Questionnaire .pdf
Modified: 5/11/2014
Page 7 of 7
This inform ation leaflet is correct at the tim e of printing, check the website www.tafensw.edu.au/oten for the latest inform ation.