We provide an online space where ESOL students can meet more informally to improve their English language and communication skills.
These sessions are designed to provide a safe space for learners to meet each other and improve their English under the guidance of an expert teacher.
The focus is primarily on speaking, listening and confidence building, giving learners the tools they need to successfully communicate outside lessons – with neighbours, fellow parents at their children’s schools, community organisations, local services, and colleagues at work.
Participants not only learn to speak more fluently, they also meet peers, learn from each other and form friendships that can last long after the course or workshop has finished.
Courses are designed to be collaborative with plenty of small group and pair work throughout. Being in a safe online space allows learners to test their language out, get good feedback and prepare to use it in practice.
These sessions are organised in partnership with sponsoring organisations such as Strategic Migration partnerships, Local Authorities, Hong Kong Welcome Hubs, and refugee support organisations.
We work with the organisation to set a schedule for the courses and workshops and a process for booking learners in, communicating with participants, running needs analysis, designing courses to meet learner needs, providing materials, reporting attendance and progress.
To find out more on how informal online ESOL courses work in practice, please get in touch with Chris Moore, who heads up SLC’s ESOL programmes
