English in the Community

Two very special training sessions developed exclusively for EITC teachers. Please do your best to attend - these workshops are unlikely to be repeated any time soon.

Food will be provided as usual and all travel expenses will be paid.

Teaching Unplugged Workshop

This workshop will be led by Martin Sketchley and will:

Students 'Get-a-Head-Start in Business' with Clive Gross and Martin Sketchley (back row centre)

A new style business start-up course for aspiring entrepreneurs from local migrant communities kicked-off at the Community Wise centre in Eastbourne last week. Created jointly by local charity English in the Community and Arcana Coaching business support,

It may have been very quiet on the first day, but little-by-little they’ve learnt each other’s names and started to smile and nod to each other. They’re friendly towards me, too!

Eastbourne Beginners Class Gets Under Way

English in the Community recently launched a new course in Eastbourne for beginner-level English students. Every Thursday students make their way to CommunityWise in the Old Town for a morning class led by teacher Ros Brown.

It's very important for me, because it helps me to speak to my neighbours, Is for me and when I'm going to shop or my doctor, I can say whant what I want. The teachers are very good and friendly for me. It's a good experience.

We gave anonymous survey forms at random to learners attending each of our main drop-in learning centres. The survey focussed on the learners own perceived views in five areas: English language, Life in general, Work, Education and Social.

EITC Teachers Explore Cutting Edge Teaching at BELTE

EITC teachers had a great day out while catching up on the latest teaching techniques at this year's Brighton English Language Training Event (BELTE).

Fun, Food and Laughter at EITC's End of Year Party

Everyone had a great time and all agreed to do it again next year...

I have enjoyed teaching beginners. I feel like my time is having a positive impact on the lives of the students.

We gave anonymous survey forms at random to volunteers teaching at each of our main drop-in learning centres. The survey focussed on the teachers own perceived views in four areas: Teaching Skills, Life, Work and Interaction with EITC.

Kate’s Prize Makes All the Difference

Unless you’re a chat-show host or gossip journalist it’s not every day that you receive a telephone call from a television celebrity, but that’s exactly what happened to Kate Nomura in February. Kate was “over the moon” when she got a call from Channel Four presenter Gok Wan to tell her she had won funding to work for English in the Community.

Kate won a competition for a fund run by Vodafone called 'World of Difference', which allows people to volunteer for their favourite charity for two months, whilst still being paid by Vodafone.

Do you want a Library in St. Leonards? - Well, do you?

An enthusiastic bunch of our students took to the streets to find out...