ESOL Beginner - Keyworth Village Hall - Adult Learning

This course is designed for people who are new to learning English as a second language and want to improve their spoken and written English.

Our experienced staff will help you to improve your reading, writing and speaking and listening whilst working in a group.

This course will focus on a different area of speaking and writing skills in various social situations each week. Topics covered will include greetings and introductions, shopping, ordering food and drink and using local facilities. This course does not lead to a qualification. This course aims to improve your spoken English skills and your confidence in using these to help you to progress onto other ESOL courses.

All resources that you need will be supplied by the tutor, but you may wish to have your own notebook to work in as well.

We provide our ESOL courses free of charge for learners who are eligible to study with us. To check your eligibility, we need some information from you, including your age, where you live, how long you have lived in England, and your residency status. If you receive benefits or have a low income, we may also ask for evidence of this. This helps us apply for funding to support your learning.

Funding and Fees

If you receive certain benefits, you may be able to take the course for free.
If money is stopping you from enrolling, please visit our funding page to see what help is available.

Living in England

To book and join one of our courses, you must live in England permanently andeither:

• Live insidethe East Midlands Combined County Authority (EMCCA) area (Nottinghamshire or Derbyshire)

or

• Live outsidethe devolved areas listed below

You cannot enrol if you live in these devolved areas:

• Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA)

• Liverpool City Region Combined Authority

• North East Combined Authority

• South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority

• Tees Valley Combined Authority

• West Midlands Combined Authority

• West of England Combined Authority

• West Yorkshire Combined Authority

• Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority

• York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority

• Hull and East Yorkshire

• Greater Lincolnshire

• Devon and Torbay Combined County Authority

• Cornwall Council

• Lancashire Combined County Authority

• Buckinghamshire Council

Residency Requirements (Additional Information)

If you live in the UK on a visa, we’ll need evidence of your visa to confirm funding. You can upload this when applying, and you’ll need to complete a short questionnaire.

Some exceptions include:

• Your visa must last until after your course ends.

• Asylum seekers must have lived in the UK for at least 6 months while their claim is being processed.

• You are supported by your local authority under Section 23C or 23CA of the Children Act 1989, or under the Care Act 2014.

Anyone who does not meet the funding criteria would need to pay full course fees.