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ESOL (English for speakers of other languages)

ESOL (English for speakers of other languages). Dr Jane Ward NIACE Programme Manager Jane.ward@niace.org.uk. ESOL learners. Refugees, asylum seekers, established communities, EU migrants Bangladeshi, Pakistani, Somali women least likely to take up ESOL education history

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ESOL (English for speakers of other languages)

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  1. ESOL (English for speakers of other languages) Dr Jane Ward NIACE Programme Manager Jane.ward@niace.org.uk

  2. ESOL learners • Refugees, asylum seekers, established communities, EU migrants • Bangladeshi, Pakistani, Somali women least likely to take up ESOL • education history • domestic circumstances • health and age • attitudes • gender oppression. ‘He shattered my dreams of learning English and gaining self confidence’ - Sofia

  3. Language for social inclusion • Independence and autonomy • Health • Work • Parenting • Community involvement • Social activity • Combat discrimination ‘Learning looks like an eye – without an eye you don’t see what is happening around you’ - Shara

  4. ESOL provision • 187,000 government funded ESOL learners in 2010 • Learning in colleges, community centres, schools, workplaces • More demand than classes available • Government approach – immigration criteria and funding • Free classes restricted to unemployed adults actively looking for work • Working across government?

  5. Quality and support • Outreach • Information, advice and guidance • Accessible, high quality ESOL • Learner support • Workforce development

  6. Pictures of practice • Gurkha Resettlement Education and Adult Training (GREAT) Project • Research Gurkha adult learning needs • Develop ESOL and Information, advice and guidance for Gurkha spouses • Disseminate the findings • Learning and Refugee Family (LARF) project • Refugee women • Family learning • Foster carer training

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