Course Content – Pre-Intermediate ESOL 2
Unit Title
ESOL: Transactional Contexts
ESOL: Work & Study Skills
ESOL: Everyday Communications
Numeracy
Information and Communication Technology
Study Skills
Preliminary English Preparation
Listening Skills
Conversational Speaking Skills
Writing Skills
TOTAL CREDITS
Credit Value
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
15
Unit Details
Citizenship/Volunteering
English Language Study
This is an important subject
that will help us all to
understand culture. There
will be various trips during
the course to learn about
Scottish heritage. There will
be discussions on politics,
working in the United
Kingdom as well as focusing
on health, housing and
education. The subject will
be integrated with the
options and choices unit
below:
? Aware of your rights and
responsibilities
? Informed about the
social and political world
? Concerned about the
welfare of others
? Articulate
in
your
opinions and arguments
? Capable of having an
influence on the world
? Active in the community
? Responsible in how you
act as a citizen
In the first year you will
study English for 13 hours
per week. This will involve
reading, writing listening
and speaking assessments.
Using course books supplied
by the college you will
improve your grammar,
phonetics, tenses, sentence
structure and spelling.
There will be a lot of writing
on the course and you will
be
expected
to
do
homework practice. As you
improve,
English
will
become more challenging.
We will also be offering
additional materials to
prepare you for the
Preliminary English Test.
We will provide you with
information
regarding
where to sit the test if you
so wish.
Core Skills
Throughout your course
you
will
have
the
opportunity to develop your
core
skills
in
Core/Option
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
Communication; Numeracy;
Problem
Solving
and
Working
with
Others
alongside Employability and
Citizenship.
These are
transferable skills that
underpin all other subject
areas and develop you as a
learner.
Employers are not just
interested
in
formal
qualifications when they are
recruiting somebody for a
job. These other qualities
are often called Soft Skills or
Core Skills.
A skill is
anything you can learn to
do
competently,
a
developed aptitude or
ability.
Communication – develop
spoken
and
written
communication skills.
Numeracy – learn to be
comfortable with numbers
in everyday life.
Problem solving – develop
useful life skills in thinking,
planning and organising.
Information
and
communication technology