Jess Walker “We are English for Action ESOL students and we all think that English is very important, not only for our lives, but also for the progress of the country. ESOL is cheaper than funding interpreting services. We don’t think the government would like us to sit idle at […]
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Migration and Participatory ESOL – EFA London 2015 Conference. Tickets available here. We will explore participatory ESOL in such a way that attendees are left with a clear grasp of how to make their teaching or facilitation more participatory. Using the theme of migration as a focus, the conference will involve participants […]
Elena* has borne some of the brunt of the housing crisis in London, along with many other students at EFA. Her, her husband and their three children were living in one small bedroom in a shared house with 13 others. The house had been flooded for a week and the landlord was […]
“This is important” said Southwark student Razna on the way to the protest. “Today, they cut 24% but in five years, there will be nothing. Adult education, nothing”. Indeed, the Association of Colleges (AOC) has made the same warning, predicting that “adult education and training in England will not exist […]
This Saturday, there is a National Demonstration about the funding cuts to adult education. As an ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) teacher, I’m going to the protest on Saturday with my students. Why? Because these cuts are an attack on ESOL teachers and migrants everywhere.If they go ahead as […]
Today ESOL teachers met and resolved to take collective action on housing. The Problem: The housing crisis is hitting London the hardest. Thousands of ESOL teachers and students are suffering the impact of poor quality, expensive, precarious housing. We want to do something about it. Particular issues in no particular […]
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