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Getting started in care work
Would you like to work in the care sector? What training and qualifications will be useful?
Reading a note
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.
Joining your family in the UK
These activities are based on a story written by Abdullwahhab AL-lthawi. By doing these activities, you will improve your language skills as you read about Abdullwahhab’s first impressions of life in the UK.
Charity shops
This lesson provides students with the opportunity to find out more about what charity shops are, what they sell and how they are staffed.
Around our college
The lesson is based on the principles of the Language Experience Approach (LEA). It is appropriate for ESOL students with low literacy needs. This approach often takes place with individual students, but this lesson shows how the approach is easily adapted for use with a group.
Rules for dating a romantic hero
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.
Four Warned
This lesson is based on an a book from the Quick Reads series called ‘Four warned’ and was written Jeffery Archer. The extract of the book that is used in this lesson focuses on a dramatic car chase. Learners have the opportunity to develop their reading, vocabulary and storytelling skills by using both online and classroom-based activities.
Weddings in the UK
This lesson is about weddings in the UK and in other countries the learners know. This lesson is aimed beginner ESOL learners who can read and write at a basic level. Learners will learn useful vocabulary so they can discuss weddings and they will have the opportunity to read a text aloud and complete some comprehension tasks.
Reading medicine labels
This lesson is about reading and understanding medicine labels. It should follow on from previous lessons on the topic of health e.g. looking at symptoms and going to the doctors. It provides learners with essential vocabulary to how to take medicines and also gives reading practice.