Duration: Sep 2006 – December 2008.
Partners: Gorseinon (lead partner) DACE, Swansea College & Lifelong Learning
Employees: Jean Preece &  Jeff Wilkinson, Fiona Caroll, Latefa  Guemar, Clare Pilborough, Jo Coulson, Sadhbh O'Dwyer

The project is working with a group of English as a Second or Other Language (ESOL) students in Swansea to develop additional language-learning resources that will be accessible and useful to all ESOL students.  The students, besides creating a useful resource for others, will in the process increase  their own IT skills in the areas of audio, video, and web design. They will also have a chance to develop their project management experience.

Using the internet and inexpensive mp3 players, ESOL students will work with  IT tutors & DACE’s web & graphic design team to create web-based resources. These resources will include audio files, with accompanying transcripts, to give them practice in language use. This will be an additional resource to supplement their time in an ESOL class. The web-site will include local information and act as an online resource for newcomers to Swansea. The website (http://www.swansea-arrivals.net) is currently being developed.

Key activities & outputs

A dedicated website for Swansea ESOL learners' scenarios on the web:

• eg How to find a solicitor
• visiting the CAB
• How to make an appointment on the phone
• How to find specific locations in Swansea – DACE, Housing Office etc
• (relevant orientation topics to be decided by the ESOL group)

Sound files for downloading by students:

• short interviews
• paragraphs read at slow speed, phrase by phrase, with spaces for repetition
• eg examples of difficult pronunciations
• Songs or Nursery rhymes?

Other facilities

• There will be text to go with sound files, which can be printed
• Links to other ESOL resources eg games & quizzes
• Link to the Swansea Learning Partnership e-learning Portal
• Links to other Refugee & Asylum Seekers Organisations & resources

Contact

Jean Preece (IT co-ordinator)
Tel: +44 (0)1792 602 659
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