My Health and Wellbeing and Where I Live (CAR25T041)

ESOL

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Mode of attendance: In-person

Start date: Thursday, 4 September 2025

End date: Thursday, 12 February 2026

Number of weeks: 20

Time: 09:00 - 12:00

Tutor: Jenny Stevenson

Venue: Tourist Information Centre (Carlisle)
Venue address: Old Town Hall, Green Market, Carlisle, Cumbria. CA3 8JE

Free Course

About the course:

This course helps you to develop your reading, writing and speaking and listening skills in English. The course is designed to help you communicate about your health and wellbeing, be able to seek help from professionals, be able to find places in your local area and be able to talk about where you live. You will work with a specialist tutor to be able to: Say how you feel and describe common symptoms; Be able to make appointments with health professionals; Understand and follow instructions relating to health and wellbeing; Find your way around a hospital, GP Practice, Dental Practice etc.; Be aware of personal safety and be able to ask for help; Describe where you live; Describe rooms in your house and a range of household goods; Be able to find places in your locality; Be able to read a timetable and ask for a ticket and be able to give and receive the correct change; Read door numbers and understand and use ordinal numbers.

How will the course be delivered?

The course will be taught in a classroom by one of our ESOL tutors. You will work with other people at the same level as you so you can enjoy learning together. You will work with a tutor to agree targets for you to improve your English and these will be reviewed regularly. When you have achieved targets agreed with the tutor you can set some more to stretch your knowledge.

What do I need to bring?

Please bring a pen and a notebook.

What are the entry requirements?

There are no entry requirements for this course. It might be useful to have completed the following courses : Reading and Writing for Pre-Entry Learners, First Steps into English.

What can I do next?

You can talk to your tutor or a member of the Centre staff about what you can do next. The ESOL Curriculum Plan has something that will appeal to you. There are a range of ESOL Skills for Life qualifications that you can study and more Tailored Learning options that will improve your knowledge of English.

How well am I doing?

You will have an Individual Progress Record that you review with your tutor regularly. You will set some targets yourself and your tutor will set others so you can monitor how well you are doing and the progress you have made. Your tutor will also give you verbal feedback during classes and help you to celebrate what you are doing well and identify things that you can still work on.

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Enquiries

Centre: Carlisle Adult Learning
Contact number: 01228 227304 |01228 227305
Email address: carlisleadultlearning@cumberland.gov.uk