Part Time ESOL for Work

ESOL for Work (Sept '09 or Jan '10)

This course information relates to courses starting in September 2009.

Course code: B1144

Course category: Part-time

Starting and ending month: September to June

Starting year: 2009

Days of the week: Wednesday, Thursday

Course duration: 1 year

Time of day: p.m.

Formal assessment: Formal assessment required

Course location: Pelham Campus

Course aims:
This course aims to improve your English skills in order to succeed at work in the UK. It will improve your reading, writing, speaking and listening skills and focus on work-based language and functions.
By the end of the course learners will have a portfolio of documents to facilitate job seeking, such as a CV and a letter of application.

Course content:
You will learn about:

• Applying for jobs
• How to understand, read and write work documents (i.e. payslips, memos, reports, formal letters)
• Your rights and responsibilities as a worker in the UK
• Understanding the difference between formal and informal English
• Health and safety
• Filling in forms

Facilities for students:
Access to computers and e-learning facilities in the college.

Assessment: Exams in speaking, reading and listening, and writing

Awarding Body: Cambridge

Entry Requirements:
Minimum entry Level 3 English. You must complete an application form.

Interview for entry: Interview required

Pre-entry preparation:
English Grammar in Use by Raymond Murphy

Progression and links:
On successful completion of the course learners may be able to study on an entry 3 or level 1 course.
This course will give you practical advice and the language needed in order to find work successfully.

Academic Centre:
CESL - ESOL

Costs of your Course:
There are five parts to the cost of your course:

• Tuition Fees
• College registration
• Awarding Body registration
• Resource Fee
• Exam / Assessment Fees

Tuition fees

How much will the Tuition Fees cost?

Below are the fees for 09/10.

Home/EU students tuition fees (per year) : 202

International tuition fees (per year) : 1,584

If you are under 19 on 31st August 2009 you do not have to pay Tuition Fees, the College Registration, Awarding Body Registration or Exam/Assessment Fees. However, you will have to pay any Resource Fees. Under 19s entering Higher Education will have to pay full costs.
Once you know your tuition fee, please look at the 'Additional Costs'. This will tell you all the extra costs you will have to pay in order to begin or complete your course.
Additional costsPayment dueTotal
Resource Fee 2
Registration Fee 26
Exam Fee 20

Total for 19 and over : 250
Total with fee remission : 48
Total for international students : 1,632