ESOL Book Club - Beeston Library - Adult Learning

Are you learning English as a second language? Do you love books and want to improve your English reading skills? Do you want to meet new people? If so, this course is for you.

For ESOL learners at Entry 2 level or higher, this course is designed to be a fun way to improve English language skills, as all learners read the same book together, and meet every week to discuss it in detail. The book will be of an appropriate level for ESOL learners, and the books will be provided.

The course will be held once a week at Beeston library. You will meet new people, improve your reading skills, practise your English-speaking skills when we discuss the story, the characters, and the topics included in the book, and you will increase your English vocabulary as you learn new words, phrases and expressions used in the book.

This course aims to improve your spoken English skills and your confidence in using these to help you to progress onto other ESOL courses.

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

• Greater London 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

• Warwickshire

• Surrey

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.

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.