Testing an inhouse resource aimed at supporting ESOL and lower-level English learners to develop their knowledge and confidence in the application of Essential Digital Skills (EDS).
Promoting digital and literacy teaching practice.
Supporting adult learners returning to education to study EDS.
This project introduced Socratic dialogues as a pedagogical construct for ESOL tutors to use to develop their critical thinking skills by drawing on the lived experiences of BAME learners.
The project focused on getting students to read more, to choose their reading material and to embed regular reading into every class.
This resource takes the form of a digital story created in PowerPoint in which learners are exposed to a form of simulated coercion by someone with extremist views. As they move through the game at their own pace, they are faced with a series of scenarios and get to choose how they respond. Teacher guidance notes are provided. The resource was created by Natspec and Homefield College,
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.
A guidance document, created by ETf's Centre for Excellence in SEND (Curriculum) to support Level 1 (and above) learners with the transition from college to the workplace.
A guidance document, created by ETf's Centre for Excellence in SEND (Curriculum) to support Entry Level learners with the transition from college to the workplace.
An OTLA project by London South East Colleges inspired by the National Literacy Trust national scheme to boost reading for pleasure, aimed to create a scaffolded approach to reading and writing for GCSE English and Functional Skills learner.
