My Health and Wellbeing and Where I live (WHI26T040)
Curriculum area: ESOL
- Start date: Wednesday, 6 January 2027
- End date: Wednesday, 28 April 2027
- Number of weeks: 14
- Time: 13:00 - 16:00
- Delivery type: In-person
- Venue: Whitehaven Library, Daniel Hay Library, Lowther Street, Whitehaven, Cumbria. CA28 7QZ
- Tutor: Corinne Burnett
- Free Course
This offering is not yet available for enrolment, please return within three months of the start date to enrol. Contact your local centre using the details below for more information.
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 the course will 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 you'll need to bring
Please bring a pen and a notebook.
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.
Next steps
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.
Additional transferable skills:
Problem solving, verbal communication, Rights and Responsibilities, Cultural Awareness
Contact us
Centre: Whitehaven Adult Learning
Contact number: 01946 506416
Email address: whitehavenadultlearning@cumberland.gov.uk