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Teach English the Yorkshire Way – Volunteering

Resources developed by MESH to complement various volunteering websites and the aim is to give learners at this level an idea of what opportunities are available in their local area,  what skills are useful for different opportunities, and the language that will help them understand literature about volunteering. You can find a range of reading and listening resources at varying levels, though the majority are aimed at E3/L1 learners. The resources contain the main Google slides on volunteering, plus worksheets, keyword list with audio and a teaching overview.

Our downloadable Volunteering resources for your ESOL lessons

Volunteering Resource Slide

You can use this as a digital resource, or download it and make a copy to adapt for your learners. The slides and worksheets are also printable.

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Topic: Volunteering Suggested level: Pre-Entry to Entry 3 Skills supported: Speaking, vocabulary, discussion
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Teacher Notes and Lesson Guidance

Download or view the teacher notes for the volunteering slides, including suggestions for activities and approaches for use with learners at different levels. You can build these suggestions into your lesson plans

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Type: ESOL Teacher guidance Topic: Volunteering Suggested level: Pre-Entry to Entry 3 Skills supported: Lesson planning and teachingu003cbru003esupport
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Vocabulary Keywords with Audio

The Keywords List includes key words from the resource, with meanings, example sentences and audio.

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Type: Vocabulary resource with audio Topic: Volunteering Suggested level: Pre-Entry to Entry 3 Skills supported: Vocabulary, listening, pronunciation
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Supporting Worksheets

Volunteering Information Sharing activity (E1+)

Follow this link for the Google Doc of the worksheets that are featured as links in the slides.

Volunteering Information Sharing activity (E3+)

Follow this link for the Google Doc of the worksheets that are featured as links in the slides.

Learner Case study (E1+)

Learner Case study (E3+)

Printable Worksheets for the Volunteering Resource

Worksheet 1 (Slide 4): Keywords Activity

Resource information

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How teachers can use this resource

These ESOL resources can be used in a number of ways depending on the needs of your learners.

Teachers may use the materials:

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A Volunteer’s Journey – Khaled

This is the video of our interview with Khaled – you can find a link to the Resource below, or in the main Slides activity.

Overview, Slides resource & worksheets

Khaled resource teaching notes

Interview Questions Worksheet

Slides Resource

This is the slides resource to accompany the video interview with Khaled. A link to this can also be found in the main Volunteering slides resource.

More useful resources

Good Practice in Working with Volunteers in ESOL

This document is a framework which aims to share good practice in howu003cbru003evolunteers are recruited, trained and supported and how that, in turn, benefits ESOL learners.