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Free Entry Level ESOL Course in Ashton-under-Lyne

CostFREE
Duration1 year
LevelEntry Level
DeliveryClassroom based
Start7 Sep 2026
Study modeFull-time
AttendanceDaytime
Awarding bodyCity & Guilds awarding body
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About this course

Free Entry Level ESOL Skills for Life Course in Ashton-under-Lyne. Classes run at Tameside College, full-time during the day.

The course helps you improve your English for everyday life, education, and work. You'll practise reading signs, forms, letters, and emails. You'll also learn to write short texts such as notes, messages, and simple forms. Speaking and listening skills are part of the course too. The course takes around one year to complete.

You'll finish with a City and Guilds Certificate in ESOL Skills for Life at Entry Level.

Who this course is for

This Entry Level 2 ESOL course is here to help you improve your English and feel more confident using it in everyday life, education, and work.

During the course, you'll work on three main areas:

Reading - Youll practise reading simple texts like signs, forms, short letters, emails, and notices. Youll learn to find main ideas, pick out important details, and build your vocabulary.

Writing - Youll learn how to write short texts such as notes, messages, emails, and simple forms. Well help you with sentence structure, spelling, and using capital letters and full stops.

Speaking and Listening - This part of the course helps you join in basic conversations, ask and answer questions, and understand everyday spoken English. Youll do activities like role-plays, group chats, and listening to short recordings.

Along with the English skills, you will also study Maths, IT and tutorial.

You'll get lots of support and have the chance to practise your skills in a friendly and relaxed environment. The aim is to help you use English more easily in real-life situations.

Entry requirements

Entry Level (Foundation)

  • No formal entry requirements.

What you will learn

  • You'll read simple texts including signs, forms, short letters, emails, and notices.
  • You'll find main ideas and pick out important details from what you read.
  • You'll build your English vocabulary through reading practice.
  • You'll write short texts such as notes, messages, emails, and simple forms.
  • You'll develop your speaking skills for everyday conversations.
  • You'll practise listening and responding in common situations.
  • You'll use English more confidently in daily life, education, and work.

How you will learn

You'll learn in a classroom at Tameside College with a teacher and other students. Sessions cover reading, writing, speaking, and listening. You'll be assessed through tasks and activities that reflect real everyday situations. There are no formal exams to sit before you start. You'll have an initial assessment so the college can plan your learning at the right level.

What you will need to bring

The centre will provide most materials. Tameside College will confirm anything else you need before you start.

Where next

Jobs you could do

  • Customer service assistant, communicates with customers face to face and by email.
  • Retail sales assistant, helps customers and handles basic written tasks.
  • Warehouse operative, reads instructions and completes simple paperwork.
  • Care assistant, communicates clearly with clients and colleagues.
  • Cleaner or caretaker, follows written instructions and safety notices.
  • Kitchen assistant, reads rotas and follows written food hygiene guidance.

What you could study next

  • Entry Level 3 ESOL Skills for Life Certificate, the next step up in English for speakers of other languages.
  • Functional Skills English Entry Level 3, builds reading and writing toward a Level 1 qualification.
  • Functional Skills English Level 1, moves you closer to the GCSE-equivalent Level 2 standard recognised by employers.
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