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Our aim is to help teachers find the resources they need to support ESOL learners to improve their English and develop the real-life language skills they need to live and work in the UK.
If you are a teacher and have a question about our ESOL resources or need some help finding an ESOL resource, please submit your details and a member of our ESOL team will be in touch.
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We know that finding an ESOL resource that is relevant to all ESOL learners can be challenging. Cambridge English provides a full solution for ESOL teaching that can be used every day whether you’re teaching in the classroom or online at home. We want to make your teaching experience simpler, so you can spend more time teaching and less time trying to find multiple resources that might not suit the needs of your ESOL learners.
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We support ESOL teachers with their course delivery every step of the way. Our ESOL teacher resources come with a wide range of teacher support both in print and online along with specialist training to help you use your resources effectively.
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Cambridge English Empower 2nd Edition
Cambridge English Empower 2nd Edition provides the core vocabulary and grammar skills ESOL learners need to use in everyday life situations with clear learning objectives so that progress can be easily measured. The coursebooks start at Entry Level 1 upwards.
We offer a variety of coursebooks that can be used by ESOL students at different levels to suit the individual needs of your learners.
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How using our coursebooks can help your ESOL teaching
Provides an adaptable syllabus and a baseline structure for your course Freedom to tailor activities to really differentiate things according to learner’s needs You will have more time as a teacher to identify your learner’s needs as you won’t need to spend hours creating your own materials from scratch or trying to find multiple resources to suit your needs
Cambridge coursebooks are designed with a baseline structure that can be adapted to individual learner needs. By using a Cambridge coursebook, you will have access to high quality, expert teaching resources, save time and be able to focus on delivering the best ESOL teaching to your learners.
Finding a coursebook that offers a whole class approach to teaching your ESOL students can be challenging.
By using our coursebooks, you will support your student’s digital literacy You will minimise marking as our courses come with an online Learner Management platform that uses automated marking Our coursebooks draw on expert research and robust ‘Cambridge’ testing to focus on the language that learners find most challenging
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Cambridge English Unlock Basic Skills
Cambridge English Unlock Basic Skills combines reading, writing, listening and speaking skills practice and helps ESOL learners from pre-entry level onwards to focus on the language they find most challenging using video lessons to practice what they have learned.
Unlock Basic Skills — Pre-entry Level
Unlock Basic Skills suitable fo pre-entry ESOL level draws on expert research across speaking, listening, reading and writing to focus on the language students find most challenging from an EFL perspective. It helps ESOL teachers to: — Understand second language literacy issues — Identify the specific challenges facing learners — Support the learner process of gaining key literacy skills
Our coursebooks can be used by ESOL teachers to ensure learners are receiving the best possible language and learning support in the classroom whether you’re teaching in person or online.
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Empower 2nd Edition – Entry 1 (beginner) - Level 2 (advanced)
Cambridge English Empower 2nd Edition provides the core vocabulary and grammar skills ESOL Entry level 1 learners need to use in everyday life situations with clear learning objectives so that progress can be easily measured. It helps ESOL teachers to: — Teach all four skills as well as core grammar and vocabulary needed for real life situations — Engage learners with real world videos that help learners apply what they have learned into everyday situations — Measure progress consistently through unit progress tests, and mid-course and end-of-course tests
Mapped to the ESOL Curriculum
Empower 2nd edition has been expertly mapped to the ESOL Curriculum to: — Give you confidence that the content is suitable for your ESOL learners — Enable a variety of interaction with off-page focus on ESOL topics — Support your Lesson Planning Specialist ESOL Worksheets — Bring the real world into the classroom — Adaptable content for your student
"Thank you so much for supporting our college with Empower this past academic year. This fantastic course has been a real life-saver - particularly during the pandemic. The fabulous resources and incredible additional materials made online delivery so easy and was of enormous benefit to our students." — Meleri Hughes, Lecturer, Grwp Llandrillo Menai
When you choose to use a Cambridge coursebook, you get full teacher support with additional free resources to help you save time in the classroom as well as specialist ongoing support from our inhouse team.
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I have been using the Empower coursebook for almost a year now. It worked really well with my ESOL students and resulted in higher than ever student retention and achievement in the end-of-year exams” — Sylwia Niemczyk, specialist ESOL teacher, Newham College
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Cambridge Coursebooks
All Cambridge coursebook adoptions come with the following full teacher support: • Print/Digital Teacher Packs (Teacher's Resource Books, Test Generator, Tests, Presentation Plus course software, access to Cambridge One or Cambridge LMS). • Training and ongoing support for all aspects of the course, including digital components, and a 2-hour online familiarisation course for the adopted course. • 1 bespoke CPD session on a topic of your choice per year (*Minimum order number applies. Please liaise with our specialist team for more information).
Cambridge teaching resources are based on in-depth research and we work closely with teachers to ensure our materials deliver practical tools, as well as make learning enjoyable and motivating for your students.
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Have questions about our ESOL teacher support?
We understand that ESOL teachers need to be equipped with full teacher support from the beginning, from supporting resources and training to help make teaching more effective, to ongoing CPD sessions to help you develop professionally and deliver the best experience for your students.
Cambridge ESOL White Papers
Need more ideas and tips to develop your ESOL teaching skills? Read our white papers on a range of essential topics that will help you master a range of new skills and help you put them into action for ESOL learners.
Specially designed for ESOL teachers, our CPD training helps ESOL teachers at a range of levels to develop their teaching skills, knowledge and practical experience.
Our bite-sized training, created in partnership with IATEFL ESOL SIG is tailor-written for teachers by the UK’s leading ESOL trainers and can be accessed for free. View our topics and simply click on the heading to download each video.
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Our specialist team at Cambridge can help. We offer a range of bespoke training that can be adapted to your individual needs. If you would like to find out more, simply contact us below and we will be happy to talk through our PLD services which come with your own personalised CPD training plan.
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In association with IATEFL ESOL SIG, our new 2022 Cambridge English ESOL for Teachers Online Training has been tailor-written to support ESOL teachers with their professional development. Sign up now and register for your FREE place at our January 2022 ESOL training webinars below.
