An OTLA project by Newcastle College that worked collaboratively with ESOL learners and staff to trial and evaluate strategies to improve writing.
The focus of this project was to collaboratively work with ESOL learners and staff to trial and evaluate strategies to improve writing. To engage learners in purposeful writing tasks that drew on their wealth of existing literacy practices outside the classroom, including digital practices.
The project trialled a series of email exchanges between learners and the use of Padlet with Entry Level 1 students. These less formal lessons enabled instructors to gain a more detailed understanding of learners’ written skills and of the barriers students faced in accessing material. The instructors acted as “go-betweens” bridging the gap between the more formal setting of taught classes and the everyday experiences of each learner. The instructors increasingly played a key role in evaluating and in some cases re-working materials in this project.
OTLA phase 6.