This qualification has been designed to provide the basic skills required to support teaching and learning of English as a second language in a wide range of contexts. The aims of the qualification are to enable volunteers to:
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Be able to support English language teaching and learning in their own organisational context
- Understand the importance of safeguarding and confidentiality in the classroom
- Be able to recognise and address some of the challenges and issues that English language students encounter
- Support students within their social setting
This qualification is suitable for volunteers who:
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would like to understand how to support others to learn English as a second language
- need to understand how the ability to learn English can be affected by a wide range of personal, social or environmental factors
- are not currently working in a learning support environment but are considering doing so in the future – in school, further or community education or other environments
- would like to gain the skills and knowledge necessary to support ESOL students in a wide range of settings
- may have learned English as a second language themselves and now wish to support others.
Assessment
All units are internally assessed through the learner building up a portfolio of evidence that covers the relevant assessment criteria, internally assessed and verified by the centre and then externally verified by Ascentis.
