ESOL level 2 (speaking and listening)

• use your English to participate actively and confidently and to a high level at home, in the street and at work
• pass the English Speaking Board ESOL Level 2 Speaking and Listening exam
• be fluent in exchanging views on a range of topics such as the news, culture, the media, politics, relationships and work
• prepare and give a coherent, well-structured presentation using notes across a range of topics using effective introductions and conclusions
• pronounce all individual English sounds with good accuracy and stress/unstress effectively
• talk and write about complex issues with a richness of vocabulary
• identify details in conversations and spoken narratives across a range of topics and types of discourse
• write more detailed discursive texts(ie. with arguments and evidence) across a range of topics
• extract information and detail from a range of texts within current affairs, literature, culture, news etc. and make appropriate notes
• identifying the purpose, stance and tone of pieces of writing
• use of a range of tenses in both active and passive voices including distinguishing between simple and continuous forms and perfect and simple forms

By the end of this course you will also have improved your digital skills through use of Google Classroom, the internet and Microsoft Word/PowerPoint or Google docs.

You will need a pen, some lined A4 paper and a file to keep your work in. Your tutor will provide handouts and worksheets.

This will be a dynamic and interactive course with lots of practice. You will work in pairs or small groups, and sometimes as a whole group. Your tutor will also work with you individually. There will be speaking and listening, reading and writing tasks and games as well as the use of YouTube, an interactive whiteboard and computers to help your learning. Everything that you learn will help you in your daily life. You need to do homework every week and use Google Classroom outside the class.