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This book is designed for learners to use as self study to improve their English skills. Designed specifically for ESOL learners, but can be used with those whose level / skill is low. This 16 page booklet is filled with activities which practice proofreading / correcting errors, expanding vocabulary and encouraging creative writing. You can use it to set homework or to let the learners use as and when. The tasks start relativly easy and work on to harder. Feel free to adapt the material to suit your cohort or teaching style. Please keep in mind the TES preview is limited and can distort the look of the resource. For this reason I have included screenshots of the booklet. Hope it helps.

I have developed a booklet for students to work through / use in revision for their GCSE English exam. This book has a series of activities based around both creating and identifying language features and word classes. Tasks range from listing and identifying, to creating and using language in mini exam style answers. The language features used are DAFOREST and POSHIMP - but this can be adapted to suit your own teaching styles. The test preview doesn’t always give you an accurate reflection of the resources as a whole, so have included some screen shots. Feel free to adapt. I hope it helps.

I have complied a booklet of 10 tasks / short texts written in the 19th century style. The idea is for students to become more familiar with these style texts as paper 1 of the Pearson exam will use this type of text. Each text comes with a task which ranges from simple identifying to evaluation. The booklet also comes with a “Vocab diary” at the end to allow students to record and learn any new vocabulary they have encountered during the booklet. Please feel free to use / adapt according to your needs. Please keep in mind the TES preview gives a limited and at times distorted view of the resource and this is not always a true reflection. Hope it helps.

This 8 page booklet contains a variety of short tasks designed to build / develop vocabulary knowledge and use in GCSE English students. The levels vary from task to task to suit a wide range of students. This resource can be given as a pack as a whole or individual tasks can be taken and given individually or expanded on to suit your cohorts. Please keep ion mind that the TES preview can distort the look of the resource and is not always a true reflection. Hope it helps and feel free to amend.

I have used this lesson to help develop learners vocab knowledge. I’m new to ESOL, so there is room for development. The lesson is centered around paired/group activities and ends with applying their vocabulary to sentences. Feel free to adapt. Please be aware that the TES preview can at time distort the look of the resource and is not always a true reflection. Hope it helps.

This paper 2 mock centers around the theme of Egypt and the discoveries made. This is an adapted mock, which comes with question paper and supporting text documents, but without a mark scheme. Please adapt to suit your own lessons and cohorts as needed, be aware the the TES preview can at time distort the look of the resource and the preview is not always a true reflection. Hope it helps.

This session has been designed for school leavers (looking to move into apprenticeships) and for those who have been out of work for a number of years. The format of the session is very team / group based and covers different interview question types, how to prepare for an interview and STAR answer techniques. The activities are team based where learners are “playing for points” and the winners are announced at the end of the session. My sessions are short, however you can adapt the session to suit your own needs and cohorts. Be advised the ate TES preview does not always reflect the materials attached accurately. Hope it helps

This session has been designed for school leavers and for those who have spent significant time out of work. It can be altered to suit your own needs and cohort. The session is designed to highlight the purpose of a CV, the Do’s and Don’t of what to include in a CV and to stress that CV’s are to be altered to suit the job applied for. The format of the lesson is very group/team based, with many activities being “played for points”, with the winners being revealed at the end of the session. A possible extension could be to have individuals develop their own CV, this is something I don’t have time allocated to in my session, but could be something you would like to do. Please be aware that the TES preview does not always accurately reflect the materials attached, hope it helps.

This is a unit I run as a part of a short course designed around job skills. The course is aimed at getting people back into work and developing confidence. I run this unit over two days, therefore I have added 2 ppt’s - feel free to adapt to accommodate your own cohort. I also have a workbook and worksheets. Hope it helps

This unit is ran along side a short course designed to support people back into work. It’s aim is to promote confidence and foster leadership skills in low ability / EAL learners. The session covers hard and soft skills, what are and what makes good leaders and ends with the learners delivering a demonstration, in where they lead a group of people through a simple activity. This session comes with a workbook, ppt and worksheets. Feel free to adapt for your own cohort, hope it helps.

CV writing unit, comes with PPT and workbook. I deliver the session using the ppt and workbook at underpinning, after wards the students create their own CV from scratch. Feel free to use as you need for your cohort.

A collection of different types of writing questions to help your learners practice their writing without doing the same practice papers repeatedly. Hope it helps

Based on the Pearson model of Functional English - I have created a L2 reading Mock - as close to the original Pearson versions as I can. There not that many Pearson mocks in circulation (possibly only 3 officially). The texts are based around the benefits of wellness and being outdoors and includes all 15 questions found on the exam. Please keep in mind that the Tes preview can distort the look of the resource and is not always a true reflection. Hope it helps.

This resource has been designed to be incorporated into sessions or to be used as homework or revision. Based around a news article about a female drag queen, the resource has both reading and writing practice with language and vocab focus. Tes provides a limited preview, so for this reason I have included screen-shots to help give you a better view of the material. The resource is designed to be altered to suit your own cohort or sessions. Hope it helps.

This resource is a 5 page resource centered around the theme of UK wildlife and sustainability. Students can engage via a quiz and answer / information pages, and then move on to answer questions which are based along the style of questions on the functional skills reading paper. This resource can form a part of a larger lesson on the theme of sustainability or be used as homework or quick revision. You can adapt the resource to accommodate your own cohorts and teaching style. Please keep in mind that the TES preview is limited and can at times distort the look of the resource, and this is not always a true reflection. For this reason, I have included screen-shots of the resource. Hope it helps

This resource is developed to allow scaffolding and differentiation. I have used a review of The Hunger Games and structured questions, based on the L1 and L2 reading papers. One is a scaffolded and chunked piece of reading, breaking the review at each paragraph followed by questions, the other is a full page of reading with questions levelled slightly higher. Resources like this can help the students in class who’s reading skills need further development and are struggling with the rest of the class, whilst also supporting those progressing well in class and allowing some exam practice. Resources can be adapted to suit your cohort and student needs. Please keep in mind that the TES preview is limited, and so I have added screenshots to give you a fuller look at the resource. Hope it helps

I have created 3 texts (1 being a quick quiz) around sustainability to help increase students awareness and also practice some key questions in the F/S reading exam, largely organisational and language features. I use it as a recap / reinforcement task at the start of my session, however it can be adapted to suit your own needs. Please be aware the the TES preview is a limited preview and can at times distort the look of the material. Hope it helps.

I find teaching functional skills English , I’m getting more and more students who in fact need ESOL specialist classes. I’m not an ESOL tutor but due to the increasing demand to teach English as a second language and fill ESOL gaps in students knowledge I have developed a number of resources of common problems ESOL student have, which I have complied into a 35 page support booklet which I now give my ESOL learners. The idea is the students use this booklet to support their own self-study and English language development or I use it to set targeted and individual homework. The booklet has explainers and tasks to comeplete and ideas on how to further develop own self-study. I find it quite useful and I hope you do to. You can adapt the booklet to suit your own cohort or levels. Please be aware the the TES preview can distort the look of the resources, and this is not always a true reflection.

I have created this sessions to help support those FS learners where English is not their first language. One area I find many struggle with is the application of plurals, and area which lets them down at L1 and L2. This session has been created to follow initial delivery of plural rules and is designed to practice the application of plurals within the learners own writing. This session is learner lead and recaps plural rules, asks the learners to proofread / correct plural errors. We then move towards different types of text (article vrs eye witness account) and asks the learner to further develop writing in that style. Underpinned is need to take ownership of learning and we take the time to demonstrate and create ideas on how to take a class task and expand on it in order to use for meaningful self study. I created this session for a specific learner in mind, however you can adapt this session to cater to your own cohort. Please keep in mind the TES preview is limited and may not give an accurate reflection of the resource as a whole. Hope it helps.

I have created a series of writing prompts for learners of L2 functional English in response to limited past papers / mocks. I teach in an areas where learners are offered multiple resits and so need a wide range of practice materials. Tasks range from full 35 min writing tasks to starters where the learner is asked to write only the opening paragraphs. Types of question covers persuasive letter writing, formal and informal writing, report writing, online forums, letters of complaint and articles. Please keep in mind that the TES preview often distorts the look of the materials and is not always a true reflection. I hope it helps.