News and Events

To make secondary research in Applied Linguistics and TESOL more accessible to frontline teachers, this online repository aims to select a collection of secondary research on topics important to ESL/EFL teachers and produce visual summaries for them.

A very interesting and timely article by Carol Samlal about sustainability in ESOL. Includes a further reading list and resources for teachers at the end.

The Leeds City Council Migration team worked in partnership with the Leeds City Council Safeguarding and Domestic Violence team, Hope for Justice (a charity working with victims of modern slavery) and West Yorkshire Police to create a film that raises awareness of modern slavery. This film is available at their website, and is also in the Resources section of this website for use with ESOL classes.

Do you have museums in your town/ city? Could you use them with your ESOL learners? This is a selection of creative resources produced for use with museums in Wales and London – they could be adapted for use with museums in your area. Have a look!

This online conference welcomes ESOL teachers, students, researchers and supporters. It will revisit the campaign and manifesto, and be a chance both to celebrate and to consider: Why were the campaign and manifesto significant? Is the manifesto still relevant? What has changed in ESOL since 2012?

Special offer on the Our Lives series of readers written by authors from different countries (mostly ESOL students) about their experiences in their own countries and in Britain. The books are sold at £3 each plus postage, but they are now making a special half price offer for orders of 6 or more, so £1.50 each plus postage.

The primary objective of the Autumn booster programme this year will be to increase protection against severe COVID-19 disease for those at higher risk. In addition there is an added need to address the inequalities in uptake of flu vaccination.

Events for Refugee Week in Kirklees 20 – 26 June

Programme of events happening in Leeds from 20 – 26 June for Refugee Week.

Information about events happening during Refugee Week 2022.