Toxteth Community College

Toxteth Community College

Toxteth Community College provides educational and training opportunities for individuals from Black and Minority Ethnic Groups including asylum seekers and refugees in Liverpool. The college has successfully delivered a whole range of courses such as Teaching English through New Media, European Computer Driving Licence (ECDL) and the Foundation in Health and Social Care. It is an excellent resource for multi multicultural communities and to enable their development through education. Top

EASI works with Toxteth Community College:

As part of the EASI DP, Toxteth Community College is piloting a collection of ICT-based learning resources for teaching ESOL (English for speakers of other languages) to asylum seekers. These materials are mapped up to Entry Level 3 of the Adult ESOL core curriculum and can be used for self-study, classroom work or as the basis of group activity. Modules cover everyday situations which learners may encounter. The aim is to support asylum seekers to integrate at a local level and strengthen their ability to do so more fully once they have received a positive decision.

Most asylum seekers are currently unable to maintain or develop new or existing skills through employment due to Home Office work restrictions. Therefore, the chance to engage in English language training or other purposeful activities is highly desirable. Language skills are widely known to be critical to the success of community integration and cohesion, including refugee integration.
EASI believes asylum seekers should have access to English language training from the day of arrival and that it should be taught in a way people learn their mother tongue. In view of recent changes (removing automatic fee remission for English for Speakers of Other Languages learning) in the Learning and Skills Council's funding outlined in Raising our game: Our annual statement of priorities, EASI with Toxteth Community College have produced:

• A briefing paper on ESOL and Further Education Funding Changes 2007/08 announced by the Learning and Skills Council.

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EASI learns with Toxteth Community College:

About English Language Training EASI has found that:

• Asylum seekers are keen to learn English language and use skills and acquire new ones, to become a part of society.
• The asylum process especially the dispersal policy can prevent asylum seekers from learning English.
• English language skills are critical to the success of refugee integration.

EASI recommends:

• English language should be taught the way people learn their mother tongue.
• English language training
• Using varying methodologies (such as embedded, e-learning and accelerated learning techniques) which enable people to learn at their pace.
• Asylum seekers should have access to English language training from the day of arrival. Top

More about EASI's English language teaching activities:

Find out about the English language teaching activities of Refugee Women's Association, Elthorne Learning Centre, Refugee Council and Hackney City Farm and EASI's transnational language training successes. Top

Usefull Contacts:

For more information about Toxteth's work with EASI contact Dr Gunapala Welhengama

Address:
68 Falkner St
Liverpool
L8 7QA

Telephone: 0151 708 8230 Top