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Award in ESOL Skills for Life (Speaking and Listening) (Level 1)
Develop confidence to interact with others in English, no matter the situation. This ESOL course teaches you skills to help you communicate verbally in English. It can support you in job interviews, social conversations, or in your studies.
This ESOL level 1 speaking and listening course builds on skills you learnt at entry 3. Gain tools to help you in conversations and sharpen your listening skills.
This is an English course for adults. It is aimed at speakers of other languages. ESOL classes are divided into three areas: reading, writing, and speaking & listening.
If you’re helping others access ESOL courses in the UK, you’ve come to the right place.
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Dates:Mon 30/09/2024 -
Fri 13/12/2024Times:12:00pm - 2:30pmDuration:33 sessionsLocation:WEA York Court (Bristol)
7 York Court
Wilder Street
Bristol
BS2 8QHTutor:Barbara HeaneyCourse code:Q00009171How you'll learn:In venueAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £300.00
Art Appreciation: Painters of the Venetian Renaissance
In five short weeks we will look at and talk about the outpouring of talent which happened over a few years, one talent encouraging another. Venice was the most powerful city state in Italy. It was the richest city and the premier port because its position dictated its links to the vast trading wealth of the East. The power this wealth gave them and their privileged access to trade goods also led to an extremely stable political system which lasted for 1,000 years and it was known as “La Serenissima”.
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Dates:Mon 30/09/2024 -
Mon 28/10/2024Times:10:00am - 12:00pmDuration:5 sessionsLocation:OnlineTutor:Kate PhillipsCourse code:Q00017437How you'll learn:OnlineStatus:Waiting listFee rangeFree to £37.00
ESOL Writing (Pre-Entry)
This pre-entry ESOL course will give you skills to communicate some basic ideas in English. Through a range of activities, you will develop your speaking, listening, reading and writing.
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Dates:Tue 01/10/2024 -
Thu 19/12/2024Times:10:00am - 12:00pmDuration:24 sessionsLocation:WEA York Court (Bristol)
7 York Court
Wilder Street
Bristol
BS2 8QHTutor:Katie HallCourse code:Q00009694How you'll learn:In venueAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £75.00
Literature: Reading Boris Pastenak and Helen Dunmore - Doctor Zhivago and Zennor in Darkness
During this course, we will begin our discussion with a Russian classic, Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak. This 1957 novel was first published in Italy. It was not published in Russia until 1988. We will be thinking about the way Boris Paternak presents the political and societal events of his lifetime. Do these scenes and ideas resonate in only a historical sense? Later on in the course we will move on to Zennor in Darkness, Helen Dunmore’s 1996 Orange Prize winning novel to think about her portrayal of World War one Cornwall and DH Lawrence, as we continue our discussion about the way fiction translates the past.
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Dates:Tue 01/10/2024 -
Tue 10/12/2024Times:3:00pm - 5:00pmDuration:10 sessionsLocation:OnlineTutor:Catherine HumphrisCourse code:Q00016883How you'll learn:OnlineAvailability:4 places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £74.00
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Duration:12 monthsFee:£15
Art Appreciation: Being Seen: British Women Artists 1900-1970
The changing social, cultural and political scenes in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries afforded new opportunities and a chance for women artists to emerge from the shadows of their male counterparts. This course will consider the impact of British women artists in the twentieth century, from the early part of the century when artists such as Vanessa Bell and Winifred Nicholson began to make their mark, to post- war artists such as Bridget Riley and Pauline Boty, and will include some of the key women artists of the twentieth century.
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Dates:Tue 01/10/2024 -
Tue 26/11/2024Times:10:00am - 12:00pmDuration:8 sessionsLocation:Bedhampton Community Centre (Havant)
21 Bedhampton Road
Bedhampton
Havant
PO9 3ESTutor:Michaela CranmerCourse code:Q00016861How you'll learn:In venueAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £67.20
Literature: Iconic Scenes from 19th Century Fiction
This is a chance to revisit some famous literary moments from Regency and Victorian novels, to remember, discuss and enjoy them together, to introduce some that are less familiar, and to inspire further reading.
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Dates:Tue 01/10/2024 -
Tue 26/11/2024Times:1:30pm - 3:30pmDuration:7 sessionsLocation:Women's Institute Hall (Nottingham)
1 Main Street
Lowdham
Nottingham
NG14 7ABTutor:Judith HedleyCourse code:Q00016273How you'll learn:In venueAvailability:2 places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £51.80
Performing Arts & Dance: Plays and Performance
We will be studying plays and how they are, or might be performed. As far as possible we will choose plays that we can see locally, either at nearby theatres, mainly Derby and Nottingham or streaming. Our aim is to enhance our understanding and enjoyment of theatre and to explore its relevance to our life today. We will read extracts, discuss the themes and how they are presented, and consider the current performance.
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Dates:Tue 01/10/2024 -
Tue 10/12/2024Times:10:00am - 11:30amDuration:11 sessionsLocation:Bramcote Memorial Hall (Nottingham)
Church Street
Bramcote
Nottingham
NG9 3HDTutor:Hazel SalisburyCourse code:Q00016285How you'll learn:In venueAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £56.70
Literature: Crime through Time
For the last century, crime fiction has been the most popular and lucrative of literary subgenres. But this commercial success belies a formal inventiveness and experiment, a constant drive to ‘make it new’, which has long been central to the genre. In this course we will read six crime novels (and three short stories) which chart the development of crime fiction. As well as considering each of these novels in isolation from week to week, we will also use the seven week course to ask ourselves: how has crime fiction changed through the years, and how has it remained the same? No previous knowledge of crime fiction is necessary – everybody is most welcome!
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Dates:Tue 01/10/2024 -
Tue 19/11/2024Times:10:00am - 12:00pmDuration:7 sessionsLocation:Blofield Court House (BLOFIELD)
28 Yarmouth Road
BLOFIELD
NR13 4JUTutor:Joseph WilliamsCourse code:Q00018194How you'll learn:In venueAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £58.80
Get Ready for ESOL Speaking & Listening (Entry 2)
If you are getting ready to take an ESOL entry 2 speaking and listening course, this course can help you prepare. Learn verbal communication skills to get up to speed before starting your entry 2 ESOL course.
Get ready courses help you learn English at your own pace. This is an introductory English course for beginners. If you’re helping others access entry 2 ESOL classes in the UK, you’ve come to the right place.
You must live in the Peterborough and Cambridgeshire postcode areas to get this course free.
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Dates:Tue 01/10/2024 -
Thu 14/11/2024Location:Reed Cambridge
Unit 7
CC7
8 Clifton Court
Clifton Road
Cambridge
CB1 7BNCourse code:Q00010905How you'll learn:In venueAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £150.00
Award in ESOL Skills for Life (Speaking and Listening) (
Build on your communication skills with this ESOL speaking and listening course. This English course for adults is aimed at speakers of other languages. It will help you improve your speaking and listening skills to communicate better in English.
Entry 2 ESOL courses are right for you if you have basic speaking and listening skills in English. This course will help you gain confidence to speak about everyday topics and improve your comprehension. There are also reading and writing courses at this level.
If you’re helping others access ESOL classes in the UK, you’ve come to the right place.
For Reed in Partnership.
You must live in the Peterborough and Cambridgeshire postcode areas to get this course free.
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Dates:Tue 01/10/2024 -
Thu 19/12/2024Location:Reed in Partnership
Churchgate
New Road
Peterborough
PE1 1TTCourse code:Q00012286How you'll learn:In venueAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £357.00