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The Summer edition of Language Issues is out!
Members will have received an email today with a link to their digital copy.

What's in the latest edition of Language Issues? You can read articles about:

What an ESOL teacher can learn by being a language student - Helen Pennington

The unbearable load on the English vocabulary - Vandana Raku

Supporting refugees - when reaching the destination is not the end of the journey - Marcin Lewandowski and Ana Andronic

The 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement, education and ESOL provision in Northern Ireland - Declan Flanagan

'Most important is being safe': ESOL learners' priorities for their lives in Britain - Jill Court

REVIEWS

'Oral Literacies: When adults read aloud' by S. Duncan reviewed by Linda Ulrich

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Please bear with us whilst we try to sort the problem.
We will honour any Early Bird rates if you've emailed to book them - or you can still book and pay for individual tickets online
https://www.natecla.org.uk/content/725/Prices-and-how-to-pay

Don't forget: if you book TODAY you will get a big discount for the NATECLA National Conference.
Early Bird rate ends today!

NATECLA - Prices and how to pay NATECLA (National Association for Teaching English and other Community Languages to Adults) is the national forum and professional organisation for ESOL teachers.

Don't miss these NATECLA National Conference deadlines!
Bursary applications to be emailed by 21 May 2023 https://www.natecla.org.uk/content/729/Bursary-2023

Early Bird member rate ends 23 May 2023
https://www.natecla.org.uk/content/725/Prices-and-how-to-pay

Only £175 for the Friday afternoon and Saturday keynote speakers and workshop programme INCLUDING dinner, bed, breakfast and Saturday lunch!
Book NOW!

Just a quick reminder so that you don't miss these ESOL training opportunities that are taking place this week:

EVENT: ESOL Research Community meeting
DATE: Thursday 27 April 2023 at 4pm
Free online event

EVENT: NATECLA Scotland Online Forum for ESOL Practitioners
DATE: Thursday 27 April 2023 at 7pm
Free online event

This month’s topic is Time to Talk – Getting lower level learners talking with guest speaker Hannah Avison.

EVENT: NATECLA Scotland's TTT series
DATE: Saturday 29 April 2023 at 10am
Online and tickets from £5

Topic is ESOL Literacies in the real world by Jo Patterson

More information and registration for all events available here https://www.natecla.org.uk/events_list.aspx

Due to the association's growth, NATECLA is looking to expand its small head office team. We are looking for an additional National Centre Assistant, to start as soon as possible. Could it be you? Or do you know someone who would be perfect?

Contract: 18.75 hours per week, weekday mornings
Rate of pay: £20,400 - £23,000 pro rata, depending on experience
Location: NATECLA National Centre, Birmingham and remote working by arrangement
The successful candidate will be able to hit the ground running in this varied and busy role. You will have excellent administration and communication skills and the ability to work flexibly. You will ideally have knowledge of the ESOL sector.

A job description is available here https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hRdlFkuMExjO9dXdBBHWDKia-he7P5ne/view


Application to be by CV and covering letter detailing how you meet the job description and person specification. Please email [email protected]

SAVE VALUABLE ESOL RESOURCES!
As you may know, the Education and Training Foundation (ETF) is planning to reduce the number of teaching resources on the Excellence Gateway, and none will be available from the end of
March, while this work is being done. The ETF has advised everyone to download what they need, but we have realised that the video, audio and interactive resources cannot be downloaded.
At NATECLA we are very concerned about the fate of the valuable ESOL resources. ETF has said that only 'key' resources will be available in the future, and we want to find out which of the resources are key for you.
As we have so little time to influence this process, we need you to
• complete the survey now - it will only take a couple of minutes!
• forward it to all your ESOL colleagues and contacts.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdQ54MloF_57gRylqPBKa9grP4L9EEEbf5S3Yumh7lQjpBVlg/viewform?usp=sf_link

Please respond NOW and ask colleagues to reply by the end of February.
NATECLA will present the findings to the Education and Training
Foundation as part of our campaign to protect the ESOL resources that are held on the Excellence Gateway

How important is the Excellence Gateway to you? The questions in this very short survey are about the Excellence Gateway, which is the resources portal of the Education and Training Foundation. At the end of March the resources will no longer be available and only 'key' resources will be available again in the future.

One of the benefits of membership is receiving 2 editions of Language Issues a year.
Take a look at the content of the most recent edition, which includes...
* Digital exclusion and support for language learning, literacy and digital literacy for ESOL learners during the pandemic
* English Talk Time across Kirklees libraries
* Teaching English the Yorkshire way? About Migrant English Support Hub (MESH)
* What did Skills for Life ever do for us?

Not received your copy? Email [email protected]
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NATECLA is looking for a Website Content Creator for 7 hours a week for 16 weeks.
More information is available here https://www.natecla.org.uk/news/1010/Job-Advert

🎄Sending Season's Greetings to all within the sector 🎁
We hope that you have an enjoyable and well-earned break🎅

NATECLA National Office will be closed from Friday 23 and will reopen on Wednesday 4 January.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

As the end of term has proved very busy for many of you we have extended the deadline for workshop proposals to Monday 9 January 2023 to give you that bit of extra time!
Here's the form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfnZZxaYgFVX57VUTx8hL0E6Lcc2AsGnTpJZ80PKOdb_sE5pQ/viewform

Edited: Deadline extended to Monday 9 January 2023!
Make sure that you have the date of the NATECLA National Conference in your 2023 diaries: 23 and 24 June at Conference Aston.

And why not make 2023 the year you present as well as attend?

Whether you are an experienced presenter or a first-timer we look forward to receiving your proposal for presenting a workshop. More information here ➡️ https://www.natecla.org.uk/news/1004/NATECLA-National-Conference

🗓️Deadline Monday 9 January

NATECLA is committed to becoming a member-led organisation that better reflects the diversity of both the people we work for and those we work with, in the sector, where people feel a sense of belonging. We are seeking to better diversify our team and those who work with us; as such we actively encourage workshop leader proposals from under-represented groups - such as ethnic minority, disabled and LGBTQ+ groups.