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Transcript of ESOL Harbour Project. What is ESOL Why we made a film.
ESOL Harbour Project
What is ESOL
Why we made a film
How it feels to move to a new country
Our idea for an ESOL Harbour
Survey resultsWhat level was your English when you first arrived?
• Beginner (no English/a few words) 25.00% • Access 2-3 (understand & communicate a little or ok)
41.67% In Total 66.67%------------------------------------------------------------------------------
• Intermediate 1 or above 26.39%
• I don’t know/I can’t remember 6.94%
Survey results
How much tuition from ESOL/EAL did you have in your first 3 months?
None 44.29%1-2 hours p.w. 28.57%3-4 hours p.w. 15.71%1-2 days p.w. 4.29%3 days or more p.w. 4.29%I have just arrived/don’t know 2.86%
Survey results
How much ESOL support for young people is needed in the first year in
Edinburgh?
There is enough now 20.29%A little more 47.83%A lot more 31.84%
Survey ResultsDuring the first 3-6 months what would have been helpful as
an introduction to life in Edinburgh?
– Meeting other ESOL young people 69.12%– Information about college/education 66.18%– Meeting Scottish people 52.94%– ESOL/English Tuition 51.47%– Fun/Social activities 48.53%– Visiting places in Edinburgh 44.12%– Information about Jobs
30.88%– Safe space/place 26.47%
Why is this so important?
BICS & CALP
Basic Interpersonal Communication Skills & Cognitive Academic Language ProficiencyIt takes 2 years to develop fluency in conversational English, 5-7 years to develop academic proficiency in English if you are literate in your first language and 7-10 years if not literate in your first language
Professor Jim Cummings