This Level 1 ESOL course is here to help you improve your English and feel more confident using it in all areas of everyday life, education, and work.
During the course, you'll work on three main areas:
Reading - Youll practise reading practical, real-life texts like formal letters, leaflets, newsletters, and newspaper articles as well as fiction such as short stories.
Youll learn to recognise different types and purposes of texts and their main features. You will learn to apply a range of reading strategies to understand the main message, locate important details, identify the authors attitude and figure out the meaning from context.
Writing - Youll learn how to write a range of texts such as emails, blog posts, articles, narratives etc, on different topics. Well help you with structuring your texts, choosing the right level of formality, improving different aspects of your grammar as well as spelling and punctuation.
Speaking and Listening - This part of the course will help you become an active listener and a confident speaker. You will be able to contribute during discussions on various topics and do short
informative talks in front of a small groups. Youll practise small group conversations, asking and answering questions, expressing opinions and responding to others, listening to short recordings for main message and important details. You will also work on your pronunciation and expand your grammar and vocabulary range to handle a variety of real-life topics. This will help you communicate confidently in real life situations such as talking to your childrens teachers, attending job interviews, participating in work meetings etc.
You'll get lots of support and have the chance to improve your skills in a friendly and stimulating environment.
Entry Level (Foundation)
