Getting started in care work
Would you like to work in the care sector? What training and qualifications will be useful?
Would you like to work in the care sector? What training and qualifications will be useful?
Laura, a self-employed cleaner, often has to read notes from her employer. Practise using vocabulary for the home and cleaning and use your reading skills to read a note from Laura's employer.
This lesson is based on a book from the Quick Reads series, called ‘Rules for dating a romantic hero’ by Harriet Evans. Learners are given the opportunity to use online and classroom-based activities to develop their reading skills.
Reading aloud is shown to improve confidence and understanding.
Reading aloud is shown to improve confidence and understanding.
This lesson is about modern technology and the effect it has had on people’s lives in recent years. A reading text provides the main focus of the lesson and the skill of speed-reading is developed. Students are encouraged to identify the meaning of vocabulary within the context and to focus on the pronunciation of regular past simple verbs.
This lesson provides students with the opportunity to discuss and read about UK social norms. It then supplies them with a structured approach to writing and evaluating complex sentences on this topic.
This lesson shows learners how to take part in the Six Book Challenge run by The Reading Agency, a charity whose mission is to give everyone an equal chance in life by helping people become confident and enthusiastic readers.
The UK has a long and illustrious history, which spans over thousands of years. Learn more about the early history of Britain, practise your reading skills and get ready for the Life in the UK test.
What are the values and principles that British society is founded on? Read about the values that people living in the UK should respect and prepare for the Life in the UK test.