23 July 2020
Education & Training Foundation ESOL for Refugees: resources for new arrivals
Visit the Education & Training foundation for resources and teaching materials to support ESOL learners and specifically refugees. These resources aim to help ESOL practitioners better meet the early integration needs of refugees who are New to ESOL i.e. working below,...

30 April 2020
The Reading Agency Hub
Here you can access The Reading Agency at home. You’ll find ideas, activities and challenges from across our programmes to entertain and educate yourself, your family or those you are teaching remotely. The activities will be refreshed every couple of weeks...

07 November 2018
Final ESOL Creative writing in prison Guidance for workshop assistants
This is an overview of how to run a creative writing workshop with prisoners with ESOL.

07 November 2018
Words and Memories: Creative writing by ESOL learners
This collection of writing by prisoners whose first language is not English was produced over the course of six workshops in three UK prisons – HMP Downview, HMP High Down and HMP Thameside – between May and July 2018. ...

07 November 2018
ESOL Creative writing in prison materials pack
This is a pack of guidance for anyone wanting to run a creative writing workshop with prisoners whose first language is not English. It includes a powerpoint, notes for workshop leaders, guidance for workshop assistants and several handouts for...

07 November 2018
Creative activities for using with Reading Ahead for prisoners with ESOL
These seven documents provide a wide range of activities for using alongside Reading Ahead for prisoners with English as a Second Language or Additional Language. They have been created by David Kendall as part of a project funded by...

07 November 2018
Creative Activity 6 Reading Ahead Bingo
Playing with words.

07 November 2018
Creative Activity 4 First lines
Writing your own first line.

07 November 2018
Creative Activity 3 Reader vocabulary
Learning the words with which to talk and write about what you read.

07 November 2018
Creative Activity 2
Using book covers to spark discussion.

07 November 2018
Creative Activity 1 Know your emotions
Using poems to spark different emotions.

07 November 2018
Introduction to creative activities for prisoners with ESOL
This is an overview of how reading for pleasure can be used alongside our Reading Ahead programme for prisoners with English as a Second or Additional Language (ESOL).
