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Literature: Chinese Avant Garde Literature
This course examines a variety of avant-garde short stories by modern and contemporary Chinese writers. Each session will be spent producing a close analysis of individual stories and excerpts from longer fiction, debating different interpretations and understandings of the set texts,
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Dates:Tue 05/11/2024 -
Tue 19/11/2024Times:10:00am - 12:00pmDuration:3 sessionsLocation:URC (Danbury)
Little Baddow Road
Danbury
CM3 4NSTutor:Guest SpeakerCourse code:Q00018513How you'll learn:In venueAvailability:6 places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £25.20
Pre-Entry ESOL: Beginners Conversation Class - Hangleton Knoll
This Pre-Entry Beginners English ESOL Conversation Class is designed for non-native speakers with little to no English proficiency. Held on Tuesday mornings in Brighton, East Sussex, in partnership with the Hangleton & Knoll Project, this course provides a supportive and welcoming environment for those starting their English language journey. The class focuses on developing basic conversational skills, essential vocabulary, and simple sentence structures through interactive activities, group discussions, and role-plays. Perfect for building confidence in speaking and understanding English, the course encourages learners to practice and improve at their own pace. Join us to start communicating more effectively in English!
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Dates:Tue 05/11/2024 -
Tue 03/12/2024Times:10:00am - 12:00pmDuration:5 sessionsLocation:St Richards Community Centre (Hove)
Egmont Road
Hangleton
Hove
BN3 7FPTutor:Jane PerrinCourse code:Q00019316How you'll learn:In venueAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £42.00
Professional Development: Introduction to Journalism and Blogging
If you would like to start writing non-fiction articles, blogs, short pieces or news stories, this course is for you. This practical course gives you a short introduction to journalism and aims to help you to write clear, interesting and balanced reports in news, blog or feature formats. It will also help you to develop the skills to identify and obtain relevant and newsworthy items from written or verbal sources. It will introduce you briefly to some of the legal and ethical considerations faced by journalists.
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Dates:Wed 06/11/2024 -
Wed 18/12/2024Times:6:30pm - 8:30pmDuration:7 sessionsLocation:OnlineTutor:Rebecca Eliahoo CharlesCourse code:Q00017600How you'll learn:OnlineAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £51.80
Pre-Entry ESOL: Esol Reading Skills (E2/E3)
Welcome to the, ‘Reading Skills course’. This course is designed for ESOL Entry 2/3 students to improve their English reading abilities. Over the course, students will practice reading various texts, including stories, articles, and everyday materials like menus and signs. The course focuses on understanding vocabulary, sentence structure, and main ideas. Interactive activities include reading aloud, group discussions, and comprehension exercises. By the end of the course, students will have enhanced their reading skills, built a stronger vocabulary, and gained confidence in understanding and enjoying English texts.
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Dates:Wed 06/11/2024 -
Thu 14/11/2024Times:12:15pm - 2:15pmDuration:5 sessionsLocation:Clovelly Centre (Southampton)
60-68 Clovelly Road
Southampton
SO14 0AUTutor:Irma GoughCourse code:Q00017177How you'll learn:In venueAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £46.20
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Creative Writing: Developing Characters
Practice techniques for creating short stories, true or untrue. We'll apply the principles of short fiction to our writing, with the focus this term on developing character. There will be writing exercises, discussions, an optional weekly homework task and feedback. Guidance on feedback techniques will be provided. The course content has flexibility, and will be adapted to suit the needs of the group. Suitable for improvers.
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Dates:Fri 08/11/2024 -
Fri 13/12/2024Times:11:00am - 1:00pmDuration:6 sessionsLocation:OnlineTutor:Catherine HumphrisCourse code:Q00009210How you'll learn:OnlineAvailability:5 places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £44.40
SCC-ESOL Improve your Reading Skills (Pre Entry)
Welcome to our ‘Improve your Reading Skills’ course. This course is designed for pre-entry ESOL learners to improve their English reading skills. During this course, you will practice reading simple texts like stories, articles, menus, and signs. The course will help you learn new words, understand sentences, and find main ideas. Activities include reading aloud, group discussions, and fun exercises. You will also learn ways to quickly find information in texts. By the end of the course, you will feel more confident reading English and enjoy it more.
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Dates:Fri 08/11/2024 -
Mon 09/12/2024Times:9:45am - 11:45amDuration:7 sessionsLocation:Clovelly Centre (Southampton)
60-68 Clovelly Road
Southampton
SO14 0AUTutor:Irma GoughCourse code:Q00017239How you'll learn:In venueAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £88.20
Creative Writing: Finding Your Voice
Are you interested in creative writing as a tool for well being? We will explore creative writing as therapy or personal memoir as a tool for well being and developing writing skills, imagination and confidence and look at different ways of writing about life experience, memory, incidents and details that illustrate a narrative and how the use of imagination can often lead to the development of a story or poem.
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Dates:Sat 09/11/2024 -
Sat 09/11/2024Times:10:00am - 3:30pmDuration:1 sessionsLocation:OnlineTutor:Stella StockerCourse code:Q00009815How you'll learn:OnlineAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £20.35
Entry Level ESOL: Everyday English - Upper Intermediate
This is the second course of six aimed at Upper Intermediate (B2) level learners of English. This six-week course is for those whose first language is NOT English and we will practice all four major skills in each session to further develop reading, writing, speaking, and listening. Lessons will be delivered in a face-to-face setting using a range of teacher led and freer interactive activities to develop learners’ proficiency and confidence. In addition to a focus on general pronunciation, grammar and vocabulary, students will be encouraged to focus on colloquial English and develop an awareness of the local English being used in their contexts.
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Dates:Fri 15/11/2024 -
Fri 20/12/2024Times:9:30am - 12:30pmDuration:6 sessionsLocation:Upton Vale Baptist Church
St, Marychurch Road
Torquay
TQ1 3HYTutor:Alison SalmCourse code:Q00019088How you'll learn:In venueAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £75.60
Level 1 ESOL: Everyday English - Upper Intermediate
This is the second course of six aimed at Upper Intermediate (B2) level learners of English. This six-week course is for those whose first language is NOT English and we will practice all four major skills in each session to further develop reading, writing, speaking, and listening. Lessons will be delivered in a face-to-face setting using a range of teacher led and freer interactive activities to develop learners’ proficiency and confidence. In addition to a focus on general pronunciation, grammar and vocabulary, students will be encouraged to focus on colloquial English and develop an awareness of the local English being used in their contexts.
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Dates:Fri 15/11/2024 -
Fri 20/12/2024Times:9:30am - 10:30amDuration:6 sessionsLocation:Upton Vale Baptist Church
St, Marychurch Road
Torquay
TQ1 3HYTutor:Alison SalmCourse code:Q00019193How you'll learn:In venueAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £75.60
Literature: The American Short Story
The postwar period saw a major change in the significance of the short story in the USA and Canada, as it developed into a form for more serious explorations of character and psychology.
Each week we will look at two stories by a major North American writer and discuss how they use such techniques as narration, subtext, and imagery to portray complex, layered characters. Featured writers include Ernest Hemingway, Raymond Carver, John Updike, Mavis Gallant, Shirley Jackson, and Elizabeth Strout.
In the final two weeks we will look at stories about Christmas in particular.
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Dates:Mon 18/11/2024 -
Mon 16/12/2024Times:2:00pm - 4:00pmDuration:5 sessionsLocation:Jubilee Hall Loddon (Loddon)
George Lane
Loddon
NR14 6NBTutor:Joseph WilliamsCourse code:Q00019239How you'll learn:In venueAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £42.00