ESOL Harbour Project

What is ESOL

Why we made a film

How it feels to move to a new country

Our idea for an ESOL Harbour

Survey resultsWhat level was your English when you first arrived?

• Beginner (no English/a few words) 25.00% • Access 2-3 (understand & communicate a little or ok)

41.67% In Total 66.67%------------------------------------------------------------------------------

• Intermediate 1 or above 26.39%

• I don’t know/I can’t remember 6.94%

Survey results

How much tuition from ESOL/EAL did you have in your first 3 months?

None 44.29%1-2 hours p.w. 28.57%3-4 hours p.w. 15.71%1-2 days p.w. 4.29%3 days or more p.w. 4.29%I have just arrived/don’t know 2.86%

Survey results

How much ESOL support for young people is needed in the first year in

Edinburgh?

There is enough now 20.29%A little more 47.83%A lot more 31.84%

Survey ResultsDuring the first 3-6 months what would have been helpful as

an introduction to life in Edinburgh?

– Meeting other ESOL young people 69.12%– Information about college/education 66.18%– Meeting Scottish people 52.94%– ESOL/English Tuition 51.47%– Fun/Social activities 48.53%– Visiting places in Edinburgh 44.12%– Information about Jobs

30.88%– Safe space/place 26.47%

Why is this so important?

BICS & CALP

Basic Interpersonal Communication Skills & Cognitive Academic Language ProficiencyIt takes 2 years to develop fluency in conversational English, 5-7 years to develop academic proficiency in English if you are literate in your first language and 7-10 years if not literate in your first language

Professor Jim Cummings