Braving phonics at Newcastle ESOL Service: sharing practice

Abstract

"The Newcastle ESOL Service is a community provider of English language learning in Newcastle upon Tyne in the UK, and it mainly works with hard to reach learners not confident to attend the large further education (FE) colleges in the city. Up to 40 learners who enroll each year have had no formal schooling at all, and a large proportion of these learners are women from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan. Very few of these learners were progressing beyond beginner levels, to elementary and intermediate"