ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) qualifications are designed to help learners to develop English skills and build confidence in using English in everyday life, education and employment.
Gateway Qualifications’ ESOL Skills for Life qualifications are developed with ESOL experts and tutors to offer the flexibility required to meet your learners’ needs alongside robust assessment.
On-demand assessments with real-life tasks that learners can relate to at every level make sure that your learners are better placed to achieve their goals and progress to higher level qualifications and employment.
Our ESOL Skills for Life Qualifications
Pre-ESOL
The Gateway Qualifications Entry Level Award in Introduction to English for Non-native Speakers (Entry 1) qualification covers very basic speaking, listening, reading and writing skills. All units are mandatory and the qualification covers the essential English language skills to be taught to the intended target group. However, most learners joining an Entry 1 ESOL course will already have or be able to acquire these skills very quickly.
The qualification is an accredited alternative to a RARPA-based approach, and achievement can be used as an indicator that a learner is ready for an E1 ESOL course/qualification.
The Education and Training Foundation has some helpful resources on their Learners New to ESOL page.
Assessment
- Assessments are available on-demand and can be booked during evening and weekends
- No minimum time period between assessment attempts
- Assessment tasks based on life skills and everyday situations
- All Entry Level and Speaking and Listening at Level 1 & 2 assessments can be contextualised by Centres
- Entry Level assessment tasks can be taken on different days and times
- Each component is available individually as an Award (Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening) or as an overarching Certificate
- Learners can ‘spike up’ a level as part of the certificate
- All assessments internally marked and externally quality assured (with the exception of Level 2 Reading and Writing which is externally marked)
ESOL Sample Assessments
A qualification that is adaptable to a learners’ personal and environmental needs
A case study on how HMP Bronzefield use bespoke qualifications to boost confidence and help people become more employable
HMP Bronzefield: Case study
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