ESOL Everyday English - Online Courses - Adult Learning

This course is for adults living in Gedling borough, Nottinghamshire who are learning English as a second or other language. It will help you learn simple everyday English to use in real life.

Each week, we will practise different speaking skills for social situations. You will learn how to:

• Introduce yourself

• Go shopping and ask for different things

• Order food and drink

• Use local services and facilities

• Engage better in conversations, and much more.

The course will help you feel more confident speaking English and give you the skills to move on to another ESOL course in the future. This course does not give a qualification, but it will help you take your next steps.

What you will need to bring to the course:

You will require access to a laptop or PC with internet access on which group Teams classes will be delivered by your tutor. All other resources that you need will be supplied by the tutor, but you may wish to have your own notebook and pen to make notes.

Please note: there will be no sessions during the October school half-term.

You must:

Be aged 18 or over

Want to learn English as a second language

Live in Gedling borough, Nottinghamshire

If you are not sure if you live in Gedling borough, you can enter your postcode to check your local council here: https://www.gov.uk/find-local-council

This course is funded by the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.

If you receive certain benefits you will be offered the course for free, however if you have a financial barrier which may prevent you from enrolling on the course, please visit our funding page for further information.

Residency in England

To book and enrol on one of our courses, you must be living in England permanently and live outside of the devolved areas listed below or live within the East Midlands Combined County Authority (EMCCA) devolved area (Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire).

• Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield 

• Cambridgeshire and Peterborough

• Greater London

• Greater Manchester

• Liverpool City Region

• Newcastle Upon Tyne, North Tyneside and Northumberland

• Tees Valley

• West of England

• West Midlands

• West Yorkshire

Residency Eligibility – other criteria

If you are living in the UK on a visa we will require evidence of this in order to be funded for the course, you can upload this evidence when you apply for the course. (completion of a questionnaire will be required).

Some exceptions may apply for example

• Your visa expiry date must be beyond the end of your course

• Asylum seekers must have lived in the UK for 6 months or longer while their claim is being considered by the Home Office

• You are receiving local authority support under section 23C or section 23CA of the Children Act 1989 or the Care Act 2014

Any learner who is not funded full cost fees would apply to these courses.