ESOL Write with Confidence Entry 2/3

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

Hours per week: 2.5 hours

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Brief course description:

This is a year-long course, split into four 9-week parts. You can join at the start of any part during the year.

Do you find speaking easier than writing? Is writing your most difficult skill in English? This course will help you improve your writing so you can communicate more clearly and confidently.

You will learn how to:

• Plan and organise your writing into clear paragraphs
• Use punctuation correctly
• Improve spelling and grammar
• Follow common writing rules, such as capital letters and symbols (&, @, £)

We will practise writing for everyday life, such as filling in forms, sending emails, writing letters, and describing personal experiences. You will also learn language that will help in formal situations, such as work meetings, job applications, and simple presentations.

By the end of the course, you will be able to write more clearly and accurately for different purposes. You will have more confidence with spelling, punctuation, and grammar, and be able to use different tenses and sentence structures to share your ideas in writing.

Objectives:

1. Plan and organise different types of writing – Practise writing emails, letters, and short reports. For example, draft an email to a landlord using clear sentences to explain a repair problem and request action.
2. Complete forms correctly – Fill in personal details on forms such as a medical appointment form, using the correct tense for current and past information.
3. Learn from model texts – Study sample letters and emails to understand their structure, then write your own, such as a complaint letter to a service provider.
4. Write about personal information and experiences – Describe your local area, your home country, or your hobbies using adjectives and detailed sentences.
5. Write accounts of past events – Tell a story about something that happened to you, using the past simple and past continuous to show when events happened and what you were doing at the time.
6. Start and end writing effectively – Practise good openings for letters and emails, such as job applications, and strong closings for formal and informal writing.
7. Write clear paragraphs – Make sure each paragraph has a main idea and supporting details, for example when writing about a place you have visited.
8. Use different sentence types – Practise writing simple, compound, and complex sentences to express your ideas more clearly.
9. Use time markers and correct tenses – Write about events using words such as “first”, “next”, “last week” or “in the future” to show when things happen.
10. Proofread and choose the right words – Check your work for mistakes and select formal or informal language depending on the situation.

Entry requirements:

This is an Entry 2/3 ESOL class, so your English will be at elementary or pre-intermediate level. You can already talk and write about everyday topics, use the past and present simple, and spell basic words correctly. Now you want to:

• Improve your accuracy in writing
• Learn to spell more complex words
• Organise your writing more clearly
• Use grammar more confidently

You will need to do a pre-course assessment to check which level you are working towards.

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
• Entry 2/3 Speaking & Listening/ Reading & Writing Exam Class
• Digital Skills Courses
• Maths Courses

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 teacher will talk to you about the English you need to practise most. Together, you will make a learning plan.

During the course, you will have a meeting with your teacher to talk about what you are good at, what you need to get better at, and any problems you have.

• You will keep a folder with your work. This will help you look back and remember what you have learned.

• Your teacher will give you feedback on your class work and homework. This will help you improve.

• To make good progress, you must come to all your classes and do some work at home.

You will lose your place if you miss 3 classes in a row without telling your tutor or if miss 4 lessons in total.

Other info:

This course helps you become more confident using English in daily life and prepares you for work or further study. You will also improve key life and work skills such as:

• Speaking and writing clearly
• Making decisions and solving problems
• Working in a team
• Managing your time
• Providing good customer service

These skills will help you get a job, do better at work, and take part in your community.

Extra support

If you have declared a learning difficulty, disability or support need whilst enrolling and you require support/assistance in class or to complete your course, please discuss your needs with your tutor at the first lesson.