An OTLA project by Community Learning Skills at Kent Adult Education Service that investigated how to turn dependent and unconfident learners into empowered learners that recognised their own learning, through the development of appropriate strategies to encourage independence.
This project explored how to empower highly dependent learners, lacking in self- confidence, to adopt appropriate strategies to develop their independence.
A self-assessment tool was designed to get a better understanding of the learner as a whole person, rather than just someone who had to develop their English skills. Volunteers were then recruited and trained to provide an initial injection of one-to-one time with learners to help them identify their own needs and develop their confidence. This was supplimented by the creation of a Lunch Club. The project reported that learners had made progress, achieving well in English and developing their soft skills, and that the approach seemed to show that one-to-one time was a sound economic investment.
OTLA 6 (English)