NC4 ESOL for Employability Programme

NC4 ESOL for Employability Edinburgh College 2020/2021 NC4 ESOL for Employability Edinburg College 1

NC4 ESOL for Employability Edinburgh College 2020/2021 NC4 ESOL for Employability Programme ESOL Writing for The areas you will be covering are as Employability follows: H1XF 10 • Sentences and short paragraphs ESOL Reading for • Letters and emails Employability • Reports and reviews H1XD 10 • Articles • Essays • Narrative and reflective prose • Compare and contrast • Problem and solution • Argument • For and against • Academic writing • Paraphrase and quoting • Grammar for writing The areas you will be covering are as follows: • Reading comprehension activities covering a range of areas • Reading study skills • Reading combined with writing You will be part of online reading classes on the following platforms: • https://www.readworks.org/ • https://maryglasgowplus.com/ma gazines 2

NC4 ESOL for Employability Edinburgh College 2020/2021 ESOL Listening for The areas you will be covering are as Employability follows: H1XG 10 • Listening comprehension activities ESOL Speaking for covering a range of areas Employability H1XE 10 • Listening study skills • Listening combined with writing Living in Scotland • Podcast H1XH 10 You will be developing abilities to speak English in personal/social, transactional and work-related contexts. You will be taking part in: • one-to-one conversations • role-plays • paired or group discussions • presentations • interviews • career discussions Living in Scotland unit will be organised around 17 GLOBAL GOALS. • Global Goals 1 & 2: No poverty & Zero hunger • Global Goal 3: Health & Well- Being Global Goal 4: Quality Education • Global Goals 5 & 10: Gender Equality & Reduced Inequalities • Global Goal 6: Clean water & sanitation 3

NC4 ESOL for Employability Edinburgh College 2020/2021 Self-Awareness • Global Goal 7: Affordable & Clean H18X44 energy • Global Goal 11: Sustainable cities & communities • Global Goal 12: Responsible Consumption & Production • Global Goal 13: Climate Action • Global Goals 14 & 15: Life below water & Life on land • Global Goal 16: Peace, Justice & Strong Institutions • Current Affairs On top of that you will cover areas such as: • The UK – diverse society. • Scotland – history, geography and culture. The areas you will be covering are as follows: • Me • Social Me • My cultural heritage • My intersectionality • My body awareness and physical health • Me in society • My mental and emotional well- being • My brave space and my safe space • Self-Awareness Project (portfolio) 4

NC4 ESOL for Employability Edinburgh College 2020/2021 Preparing to Work The areas you will be covering are as F57F 10 follows: Work Experience • Employability skills D36H 09 • Looking for a job • Job interview Working with Others • Legal aspects of working in the UK F3G3 10 • Health and safety • Problems at work • Money Management • Work Portfolio (combined with Work Experience) Work placement will be a minimum of 20 hours duration taking place in one or more locations. Placements may involve the candidate as much in observing aspects of a workplace as in participating in specific activities or procedures. The unit is integrated with Preparing to Work. The focus of the Unit is on transferable skills: • carrying out an activity and/or activities co-operatively with others • reviewing co-operative contribution These skills should be useful to learners in their education, in their social and personal lives, or in current and future jobs. 5

NC4 ESOL for Employability Edinburgh College 2020/2021 Assisting with An Event The Unit will help with assisting in the F5FJ 10 arranging and implementation of an event. The tasks will include the Money Management identification of an event, the tasks FC63 04 associated with the organisation of the event and the review and evaluation of the event. This Unit focuses on managing your money. It will help you to prepare to deal with bills and budgeting. You will look at costs involved with borrowing money. You will consider insurance and long term financial planning. You will look at different ways of buying goods and how to compare different deals. The skills you will gain in this Unit should make you better prepared to deal with everyday financial encounters. You will: • Investigate costs and calculate bills • Identify, describe and calculate different forms of borrowing • Identify features, and calculate costs, of insurance and long term financial • Planning • Prepare for buying and spending 6

NC4 ESOL for Employability Edinburgh College 2020/2021 Study Skills The areas you will be covering are as EC099000/140 follows: • Induction • Digital tools • Editing. Quoting. Citing. • Presentation skills • Note-taking. • Research. • Planning • Mindmaps Digital Skills The areas you will be covering are as (integrated with Study Skills follows: and IT) • Digital literacy • Digital citizenship Self-Study • Digital footprints EC147336 • Cybersecurity • Cyber-resilience • Digital etiquette • Copyright & Plagiarism • Fake News • Internet and social media This module is integrated with Study Skills and IT units. Your Self-Study hour is planned for Wednesday 10.15 – 11.15. You will be learning independently with the assistance from your teacher if required. During the Self-Study hour you will be focusing on: • Developing your academic skills • Developing your reading and listening comprehension skills • Practising writing • Preparing for assessments • Catching up with homework 7

NC4 ESOL for Employability Edinburgh College 2020/2021 This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY- • Project SA • And other areas You will learn how to: ICT • select and start up application F3GC 10 software that is suitable for the activity you are doing (for example, word-processing, spreadsheet, database, media packages) • use straightforward tools (for example, file manager, print manager, control panels) • name and organise folders and sub-folders • enter and, if required, edit data using appropriate applications software • locate information from a range of local or remote data sources (for example, the internet, CD-ROM, intranet, your own computer) • use appropriate search techniques • select relevant information that matches criteria • present information in an appropriate mode (for example, display on screen, print out, play an audio file) • recognise security risks and act accordingly 8