A Common Language
ESOL Provision in the UK
This project, running in parallel to wider Demos work on adult learning, will begin with first principles – why ESOL matters – and work through to a logical conclusion of how best it can be delivered in practice, within a coherent policy framework.
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- House of Commons Hansard Debates for 14 Mar 2007 (pt 0023) Bill Rammell: 'Since 2001, we have tripled funding of ESOL services, spending more than £1 billion. It is crucial to make it clear that the intention behind our changes is not to cut funding. We do, however, face a significant problem: demand is outstripping supply. In the past six years, ESOL student enrolments have risen from 158,000 to 538,000. Even with the growth in provision that we have delivered, the current situation is simply not sustainable.' from : duncanoleary 17th July 2007
- 'Language games' by Bernard Crick | Prospect Magazine July 2006 issue 124 Whatever one means by Britishness, citizenship and integration, the language and some knowledge of the country are surely crucial. "The New and the Old" stressed the importance of language not just for work but to carry a culture. We saw Britishness, even before the Windrush, as an overarching political-legal culture...but a state that already had within it a diversity of national cultures and religious identities.' from : duncanoleary 26th July 2007