1. facebook.com/EnglishMyWayUK
Tutor training webinar
@EnglishMyWayUK #EnglishMyWay
facebook.com/EnglishMyWayUK

2. Key Aims Some of the features of English My Way
Familiar with English My Way website
Familiar with resources and lesson plans
Familiar with sources of support / training

3. Introduction
English My Way supports adults with no or low levels of English to better integrate with their local communities.
The focus is on isolated groups of women.

4. Introduction
Funded by the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG)
The programme was built with consortium partners
British Council (Year 1+2) developed the syllabus
BBC Learning English

5. Good Things Foundation

6. Good Things Foundation
A social change charity, helping people improve their lives through digital.
‘A world where everyone benefits from digital.’
Financial literacy, health & wellbeing, employability, civic participation, community integration and loads more!

7. Online Centres Network
A social movement of over 5,000 grassroots community organisations
Tackling digital and social exclusion by providing people with the skills and confidence they need to access digital technology
A big club with a shared vision!

8. About you? In the chat box write… Your current role?
Briefly describe your centre
If you have used English My Way before? How much?

9. The programme 24 week blended learning programme
Content to support 96 hours of learning
tutor led classroom based sessions
volunteer led group activity
online learning

10. The programme
145 centres funded to deliver the programme in 2018/19

11. How to use the English My Way website

12. The website
The site is designed for tutors to support delivery of the programme:
register and manage learners/classes
complete Learner Questionnaires
access content and resources to support delivery
generate management information
Learners will use the site to access the online learning element of the programme

13. Administration and Monitoring

14. Eligible learners Learner data fields Contract requirements Gender
A minimum of 90% of learners must be women
Age
100% of learners must be 19 years of age or older
Time in the UK
100% of learners must have been living in the UK for over 12 months
Employment status
100% of learners must be unemployed/underemployed
English language
100% of learners must have English language skills below Entry Level 1
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15. What is a registration?
A full registration is when a learner has covered:
All learner details input through Management System on English My Way.
1 to 18 completed on Learner Questionnaire

16. What is a completion? A full completion is when a learner has covered
100% of all topics in Getting Started
100% of at least 9 Topics
All topics in Next Steps (including at least 8 short assessments)
a completed learner questionnaire
All registered learners must have a learner questionnaire to ensure that eligibility is met. Questions 1-18 must be completed at registration, and the remainder upon completion of the course.

17. English My Way support Supportive centre visits
Types of free support available:
Get feedback about your sessions
Detailed action plan and follow up support
Create tailored training to meet your needs
Enable peer observations and local networking
Learn skills to transfer to any teaching context

18. English My Way support Online Professional Development
Explore themes more deeply
Interactive tasks
Factsheets
Videos
Go to website and show Assessment videos and online learning activity
Also YouTube Assessment video

19. English My Way support ESOL Nexus CPD modules and articles
British Council seminars online
Teaching English
MOOC: Professional Practices for English Language Teaching
UK online ESOL Specialist Network
Show if time. If not give links

20. English My Way support
National Association for Teaching English and Community Languages (NATECLA)
ESOL Research Forum
Jo Gakonga’s teacher training videos
Excellence Gateway
Show if time. If not give links

21. EMW website Getting started | 12 topics | Next steps
All About Me and Daily Life - must do | in that order
Session plans with links to resources: paper-based, audio/video and online activities (for learners)
Usually 6 sessions per topic – final session sums up learning/ personalises topic.

22. EMW lesson plans Lesson plan features Aims and objectives
Careful staging to achieve objectives
Mix of skills
Games and active learning
Differentiation and learning checks
Show heading then go to website.
Ask questions for Chat box.
When finished reveal bullet points

23. EMW delivery
Write reasons why the points below are important for our learners in the chat box
Literacy important, but speaking / listening first.
Situations learners need now / near future.
Participatory approaches; active learning; learner centred
Avoid too much teacher talk in class.
CELTA/ Cert TESOL gives a) specialist language input b) observed teaching practice.

24. EMW delivery
Learner centred - learners speak more in lesson: 80% to 20%; teacher is facilitator
Active learning - variety of activities e.g. games; movement around the class; body as well as brain
Participatory learning - learners communicating about real things from their lives; maps e.g. of local area; calendars of relevant events; rivers – story of their life; Reflect for ESOL

25. EMW delivery
Look at EMW topics – knowing your learners, which would you use first?
Out and about
Employability (x 2)
Me and my child’s school
Healthcare
Shopping
Accessing local services
Things I want to do
Technology in our lives
Where I live

26. @EnglishMyWayUK #EnglishMyWay facebook.com/EnglishMyWayUK
Keep in touch
@EnglishMyWayUK #EnglishMyWay facebook.com/EnglishMyWayUK
Julie Day: English My Way
Consultant

27. Keep in touch Vanessa Kirby-Firth: Network Specialist (Grants)or
@vkirbyUK
Nadeem Shan: Network Specialist (Grants) or
Holly Bagnall-Bell: Grants Manager or
@hollyisonline

28. Hub Centres ACDA Skills Training Saunders House 52-53 The Mall Ealing
W5 3TA
Vick Virdee
Go Women! Alliance
c/o Adderley Children's Centre,
St. Saviours Road
Birmingham
B8 1HN
Yasmin Akhtar m
Safety First
11 Edward Street
Off Wakefield Road
Bradford
BD4 7BH
Glenda Graham, Chris Graham and Don Davidson .