ESOL Write with Confidence Entry 2/3

Course Title: ESOL Write with Confidence, Entry 2/3

Hours per week: 2.5 hours

Brief course description:

This is a year-long course divided up into four 9-week parts. You can join any part over the year.

Can you talk about everyday life, but need to improve your writing? Is writing your most difficult skill in English?

In this course, you will focus on improving your writing skills by learning how to structure texts effectively. This includes organising your writing into clear paragraphs, using appropriate punctuation, and applying correct spelling and grammar. You will also practice common writing conventions, such as capitalisation and the use of symbols (e.g., &, @, £). Additionally, you will enhance your understanding of English grammar to help you write more clearly and confidently. This focus on structure and conventions will also support you in formal speaking situations, such as job interviews, work meetings, and simple presentations.

By the end of the course, you will be able to write texts with clear organisation and proper grammar, whether it’s for personal messages, completing forms, or sharing your experiences. You will gain confidence in spelling and punctuation and learn how to write using different tenses and sentence structures. With these skills, you will communicate more effectively in both written and spoken English, making it easier to express yourself and engage in various everyday situations. Join us to build your writing skills and enhance your ability to convey your ideas clearly.

Objectives:

Organise and Structure Different Texts: Learn how to plan and arrange various types of writing such as emails, letters, and notes. For example, you will draft an email to a landlord using compound sentences to clearly state the repair issue and a closing sentence that summarises your request.
Complete Forms Accurately: Practice filling out forms with personal details correctly, such as a medical appointment form. You will use appropriate tenses and structures, like simple present for current details and past simple for previous experiences.
Improve Writing with Model Texts: Study example texts to understand their structure and improve your own writing. For instance, you will use sample complaint letters to help write a letter to a service provider, using complex sentences to explain the issue and suggested solutions.
Communicate Personal Information: Learn how to give and ask for personal details, describe places, and share your opinions. You will practice writing a description of your local area using descriptive adjectives and providing detailed information with complex sentences.
Give Factual Accounts and Narrate Events: Write about past events, share your feelings, and make suggestions. For example, you might write a narrative about a recent visit to a local festival using past continuous to describe events and future simple to discuss potential future activities.
Start and End Writing Effectively: Learn how to begin and end your writing clearly, including drafting an effective opening for a job application letter and a proper closing for a formal complaint letter.
Write Correct Paragraphs: Understand how to write well-structured paragraphs with a clear main idea and supporting details.
Use Different Sentence Types: Write using simple, compound, and complex sentences to clearly express your ideas. This includes constructing a complex sentence to explain your plans for a weekend trip and using compound sentences to describe multiple activities in a report about your hobbies.
Apply Time Markers and Tenses: Practice using time markers like “firstly” or “last week” and write in different tenses to describe when things happen.
Proofread and Choose Vocabulary: Develop your proofreading skills to catch mistakes and choose the right words for formal or informal communication.

Entry requirements:

This is an Entry 2/3 ESOL class so your English will be at elementary/Pre-Intermediate level. You can already talk and write about everyday topics and communicate with others. You can use the past and present simple, but maybe need to focus on your accuracy. You can spell basic words correctly and now need to work on spelling more complex words and learn ways to improve your spelling.

You will need to do a pre-course assessment.

Equipment required:

Please bring:

A folder

Pens & pencils

Lined A4 paper

A smartphone (if you have one)

A reusable water bottle

We will give you the WIFI details in the first lesson.

What courses can I go on to:

This is a four-part course over the year, so each term you can progress onto the next stage.

There are also other courses you can do after or at the same time as this course:

ESOL Speak with Confidence

ESOL For Life & Work

ESOL Learn English: Your City Your Rights

Entry 2/3 Speaking & Listening/ Reading & Writing Exam Class

Becoming Confident in Digital Skills

Multiply Maths ESOL Language Support

Please ask your teacher for more information or contact ESOLAdvice@towerhamlets.gov.uk

What examination is there:

There is no examination for this course. You will agree individual learning goals with your tutor which you must achieve by the end of the course.

How will I know I am making progress:

At the start of the course, your tutor will talk with you about which parts of your English you need to practise most and help you create an individual learning plan. Throughout the course, you will have a tutorial meeting to discuss your strengths, areas for improvement, and any problems you may have. You will keep a folder with your work, which will help you review your learning outside of class. Your tutor will give you regular feedback on your class work and homework to help you improve. To make progress, you need to attend all your classes and do work outside of class.

You will lose your place if your attendance is less than 80% and you will not receive a certificate of completion.

Other info:

One of our aims is to help you make progress in work or future studies. We also want to help you participate in your communities and become an active citizen.

In our classes, you will learn important skills that employers look for, like:

Communication Skills: How to talk and write clearly.

Decision-Making: How to make good choices.

Working Together: How to work well with others.

By improving these skills, you will increase your chances of finding a job, advancing in your career, and becoming an active member of your community.

Extra support

We can help you if you tell us you have a learning difficulty, disability or other support needs. Please tell us when you enrol or in your first class.