Citzenship/Naturalisation

The Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) is managing a project on behalf of the Home Office and the Scottish Government to adapt and pilot ESOL Citizenship learning materials for use in Scotland. In April 2004 the National Institute of Adult Continuing Education (NIACE) and LLU+ were commissioned by the Department for Education and Skills (DfES) and the Home Office to develop ESOL Citizenship learning for use in England and Wales. SQA was awarded a grant from the Home Office to adapt and then pilot the materials for use in Scotland.

A contextualized set of learning materials was completed at the end of November 2005. The materials will be piloted in five Scottish centres between January and June 2006. The learning materials have been designed for learners working towards SCQF levels 2-5 utilising the new National Qualifications in ESOL. The 12 topics in the pack are based on the six broad areas that were recommended in ‘The New and the Old’ report from the advisory board chaired by Sir Bernard Crick.

Aims

To develop and pilot the Citizenship materials for ESOL Learners pack with five ESOL providers in Scotland from the Further Education and community sectors.

Measurable Outcomes

• a pack of learning materials on Citizenship to be used in the ESOL classroom. These materials will support ESOL Citizenship at SCQF levels 2-5
• examples of learning activities with language learning objectives
• teachers’ guidance
• feedback and evaluation of the materials from the pilot centres
• dissemination event with materials developed by the pilot centres. These materials will include further learning and teaching materials, assessment materials and additional learning and teaching guidance

A free copy of the learning materials ‘Citizenship Materials for ESOL Learners in Scotland’ can be obtained by contacting SQA’s Customer Contact Centre (contact details below), quoting the publication code AD 3001 (ISBN 1 85969 665 1). Copies are limited to one per centre.

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Copies of the materials can also be downloaded by the following link below:

• www.esolcitizenship.org.uk 

SQA Customer Contact Centre:

Telephone: 0845 279 1000
Fax: 0845 213 5000
E-mail: customer@sqa.org.uk

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