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  • Tooting
    Autumn 2025
    Location
    Tooting
    Duration
    1 Year
    Study Mode
    Part Time Day
    Days
    Roll-On Roll-Off (Any Day of Week)
    Start Date
    8 Sep 2025
    End Date
    13 Dec 2025
    Level
    Short Course
    Code
    TESX007PR

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19+ ESOL Adults Tooting (English for Speakers of Other Languages)

19+ ESOL Adults Tooting (English for Speakers of Other Languages)

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ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) can help you improve your language skills if English is your second language and you are living or planning to settle in the UK. The course is offered from Pre-Entry level (Beginners) to Level 2 (Advanced).

ESOL courses at South Thames College offer you:

  • Experienced and well-qualified teachers
  • Nationally recognised qualifications: ESOL Skills for Life, Digital Skills
  • Excellent achievement rates
  • Friendly learning environment
  • Additional free maths and ICT courses (optional)

  • Entry Requirements


    This course requires a high level of commitment, so attendance to all classes is mandatory. All lessons take place in college.

    You must have a valid visa to cover the entire length of your course.

    If you have studied ESOL before, please bring along any previous ESOL certificates you may have.

    You will need to take an assessment with one of our tutors. This test will help us assess your skills and English level, and we will recommend the best course for your individual circumstances.

  • Course Content


    The courses will help you improve your reading, writing, listening and speaking skills as well as develop your understanding of grammar and your employability skills.

  • Additional Information


    ESOL courses cost £210 per term plus exam fee (£30) for those eligible to pay.

    Depending on your circumstances, your course could be free. Bring along your most recent benefits letter for our staff to assess you.

    If you live in London and earn less than the London Living Wage your course could be free. To be fee assessed, you must bring your latest three payslips (if paid monthly), or your latest four (if paid weekly). If you are self-employed, you must bring your latest tax declaration forms.

  • Course Structure


    We run courses at Wandsworth Campus and Tooting Centre. Classes are offered in the mornings, in the afternoons or in the evenings . Tooting Centre also offers ESOL classes on Saturday (10.00 to 3.00).

    You will be offered a free ICT or Digital Skills course to run alongside your ESOL course.

  • Assessment Details


    On completion of the course, you will gain a nationally recognised ESOL Skills for Life qualification from Ascentis. Exams are offered on a termly basis. In term 1, you will do a Reading exam; in term 2, a Speaking & Listening exam; in term 3, a Writing exam.