The East London Advertiser proudly reports that health chiefs in London’s East End are helping non-English speakers get medical care easier with new language programme packs. They have produced two packs for ‘English for Speakers of Other Languages’ to be used by tutors. It means language students should find it easier to understand different health [...]
High-flying Portsmouth FC’s international stars have been sent off to the classroom as they try to learn the language of football. According to the ever reliable Sun newspaper, Sixteen of Pompey’s current 28-strong squad are currently drawn from outside the UK from places as far flung as Senegal, Israel, Iceland and Croatia. So making [...]
According to a report published by the Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills (Ofsted), inadequate ESOL in colleges is now rare. The number of colleges providing ESOL that is less than satisfactory has fallen to one in sixteen, down from one in five in the period from 2001-2005.
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The quality of English-language teaching for migrants, refugees and asylum-seekers is improving, according to a new report by the education watchdog Ofsted. But it warns that a lot more needs to be done to ensure standards are lifted beyond “satisfactory” levels, and makes a series of recommendations to protect and enhance services.
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United Kingdom: There is no point in pretending that English spelling is easy. When a child spells “athiest” – a common error – it is not enough to correct it. It is a chance to trace from theos a link to theology, theocracy,and pantheism. Isn’t that just wonderful.
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Scottish schools are failing to teach English to the rising numbers of migrant eastern European pupils and will create a generation of new Scots without the most basic grasp of the language, according to a BBC investigation. Teachers, union leaders and education chiefs claim the Scottish government is failing to provide enough funding for specialists [...]
A teenager who escaped endless war in homeland five years ago sets her sights on a medical degree after scoring five As at GCSE level, noted The Times.
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One in eight pupils speaks English as a second language, a report has revealed. ‘As low as that?‘ I hear you cry! The Government survey highlights the ‘disunited nations’ in classrooms as teachers battle to educate a massive influx of immigrants. In some areas more than 70 per cent of pupils arriving at the [...]
Britain’s international cultural organisation has rejected auditors’ conclusions that its English classes are elitist and have unfair advantages over commercial providers. Shocking, just shocking.
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Twelve years after arriving in Canada from Cambodia, Sorem Vann is starting to smile in English. Four years after arriving in Canada from Sudan, so is Parmino Pul. Well, they’re starting to smile while speaking English.
Yesterday, the two were among 13 employees to complete an English as a Second Language course at a London meat-processing [...]
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