Faculty of ASL offers ESOL courses at the end of BGE. Potential candidates can request to join this course and their choice will be carefully reviewed by the guidance team, English and ASL teachers who previously taught/supported the student.

ESOL courses are for learners whose first language is not English, to further develop the core literacy skills of reading, writing, listening and speaking. Entry to this course is at the discretion of the centre. Learners would normally be expected to have attained skills from English classes throughout Broad General Education in S1/2/3.

Students will have varied opportunities to develop personal, interpersonal and team working skills, as well as taking full responsibility for independent learning. The main areas of teaching will enable pupils to:

Understand detailed written and spoken texts in English within familiar Everyday Life (personal, social and transactional) situations.

Produce accurate written English in the more challenging contexts of Work and Study, using adequate vocabulary, spelling, grammatical structures and layout conventions.

Develop confidence maintaining spoken English within assessed conversations by successfully applying norms of turn-taking, clear support for opinions expressed, tactful interruption and detailed structure with effective pronunciation of specialized vocabulary.