E-zine ESOL NI April 2023 – Information and Updates
Please see below updates related to ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) and English language support initiatives.
(further details – PDF format E-zine document attached)
ESOL NI – E-zine April 2023
- ESOL NI – Learner Survey – Results – January 2023
Attached documents with further information (PDF stats & Excel documents)
- Guidance on how to use the ESOL NI website to find information and effectively search the directory of ESOL providers in Northern Ireland –
See further details- PDF E-zine document attached to this email.
You can search the ESOL NI website for ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) classes in Northern Ireland offered by:
- Further Education (FE) Colleges
- Free community provision
- Private English language schools and providers
https://esolwebapp.azurewebsites.net/
News! Our ESOL NI Facebook new page is now live – Please like and follow
- Displaced Student Opportunities UK is a new portal featuring access to university opportunities for refugees and people seeking asylum.
For more information visit the site here: displacedstudent.org.uk
- New useful resources about refugee integration (Migration Yorkshire)
Our Colleagues from Migration Yorkshire have released a useful new set of resources about refugee integration:
See further details and links – PDF E-zine document attached.
There’s a new set of FREE, practical and creative resources on the Migration Yorkshire website for people who work with and support refugees to settle and integrate with the local community.
- The Learning & Work Institute has some useful resources for those who want to offer conversation classes online or in person.
Resources for volunteers who may want to start conversation classes / groups online or F2F. Scroll to the bottom and you will find many units of resources based around functional English like Shopping for example. There are 15 units in total.
- Updated list of ESOL classes delivered within community in Belfast and surrounding areas by postcode (Word document attached – kindly prepared and updated by volunteers Johanne Martin and Angela Russell)
