Developing Writing
The aim of this project was to demonstrate to their learners that their English skills could not only be improved, but that they were transferable to vocational areas.
The aim of this project was to demonstrate to their learners that their English skills could not only be improved, but that they were transferable to vocational areas.
Kendal College and South Lakes Community Learning aimed at developing a learner-led strategy, incorporating emojis to ignite learner motivation, engagement and build resilience in English and ESOL.
An OTLA project by The College of West Anglia that aimed to pilot the use of small, simple sentence starters to frame a response which would also be repeated for reading and used for all questions.
An OTLA project by South Devon College that aimed to raise learner achievement and aspiration by developing a new progressive marking strategy across the English department.
An OTLA project by Brooklands College that aimed to investigate the barriers students face when trying to engage with a non-fiction text within a classroom or examination situation.
An OTLA project by DevelopEBP that aimed to encourage learners to take a more active role in their learning, specifically through developing an understanding of what is being assessed and how.
An OTLA project by Cambridge Regional College that explored how a reading culture could be created and promoted more widely and explicitly at the college.
An OTLA project by USP College that focused on building resilience through self-led study for 16-18 year olds studying Functional Skills (FS), GCSE resits and A Levels in an FE college setting.
An OTLA project by New College Stamford that aimed to introduce a different dimension to the teaching and learning of GCSE English resits by producing and using audio recordings of written texts as a resource to engage learners and develop their reading and interpretation skills.
An OTLA project by Havant and South Downs College that aimed to encourage and develop a culture of reading via two separate interventions with two distinct groups (BTEC Business and BTEC Performing Arts).