A continuation of our focus on digital skills, introduced in our Showcase session in June (see below).  In this session we explore the issues further, looking at online resources and exploring issues to do with how digital learning should be integrated with ESOL at lower levels.  

In this Regional Networking event we will explore developments towards the creation of ESOL strategies and frameworks in England and more locally, and ask how things stand now.  One year into a Labour government, how have things changed in terms of the promise of a national strategy in England?  In the region, how have developments at local authority and combined authority level progressed and what difference have they made?  Stepping outwards from this review of progress on the ground, we would also like to ask what the development of ESOL strategies might mean for ESOL practitioners, and what differences you would like to see implemented through coherent strategy, whether at local, regional or national level.  Register HERE. 

Pre-Entry classes are complex learning environments, presenting particular challenges to the ESOL teacher. One feature of this scenario is the frequent inclusion of learners with limited or no literacy in their home language. If learners are unable to read or write in their home language, developing reading and writing skills in English emerges as a huge challenge. In this session we explore these issues in more depth, and the strategies developed by colleagues in Yorkshire and Humber to address them.