How can Strategic Migration Partnership teams enable migrants based in rural locations to start learning English in a convenient way so that they can make the progress they need to find work?<\/span><\/p>\n
The ESOL Coordinator at the Wales Strategic Migration Partnership was looking for a new way to help Hong Kong British National Overseas learners develop their English skills with the aim of getting them into work and giving them a sense of belonging.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
Since the Hong Kong British National Overseas learners lived in rural locations, it was challenging to find a solution whereby they could offer face-to-face class. The team started researching options for the group to learn online at a relatively low cost. One learner even joined the programme before they\u2019d moved from Hong Kong to Wales, and kept learning both pre, during and post-move from one country to the other!<\/span><\/p>\n
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During our<\/span> webinar<\/a> they were delighted to learn that we could offer them a pilot scheme to help the 21 Hong Kong British National Overseas learners to develop their English skills using our interactive online courses<\/span> \u00a0Journey 2 Basic Skills <\/a>and Journey 2 English<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n
Our<\/span> Sales Director<\/a> worked with the team to ensure that the pilot scheme was competitively priced. This resulted in the project getting up and running quickly so it could be used as a low-risk, low-cost case study to test its effectiveness.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
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As an exciting next steps we are looking to trial additional training to boost their employability and connect them directly with employers. In addition, we plan to offer them access to a timetable of \u2018Live Classes\u2019 with an experienced ESOL tutor and a group of students at their level<\/span>. More to follow on that in September!<\/span><\/p>\n
In addition, we\u2019re delighted to be supporting Wrexham Council<\/strong> with their 20 ESOL learners from Afghanistan, Syria and Ukraine, and are looking forward to supporting Belfast Met<\/strong> with their 150 Ukrainian ESOL learners from July.<\/span><\/p>\n
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Get in touch if we can help you build a pilot in your area.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n