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| ESB promotes and assesses Spoken English in a wide range of educational centres: Junior and Senior Schools, Further and Higher Educational Colleges, Universities, Prisons, Adult Learning centres and in the training sectors of industry and business. |
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| ESB offers a full range of progressive qualifications, recognised and mapped to the relevant National Core Curriculum requirements. |
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ESB was founded in 1953, pioneering the practice and assessment of oral communication and its fundamental importance to education.
ESB has grown into an international organisation which assesses extensively in Great Britain, in European countries such as Italy and Spain, and throughout the Far East.
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How does ESB assess?
An external examiner from ESB's national team conducts the assessment within a small student peer group, encouraging and supportive.
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Every candidate in the participating group demonstrates listening and responding skills, as well as their own competence as a speaker. Everybody taking part in an ESB assessment becomes fully involved, both in presenting their own material and as a member of the audience. |
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Both aspects are assessed and credited and go towards the candidate's final grade.
What Syllabuses Does ESB Offer?
The main areas of assessment programmes are:
- Junior & Senior (Entry Level to Level 3)
- Vocational & Professional (Levels 1-5)
- Oral Communication Skills (Pre-entry 1-2 & Entry Levels 1-3)
- EAL/ESOL (Pre-entry Level to Level 3)
- ESOL Skills for Life (Pre-Entry to Level 2)
- ESOL for Work (Entry 3 and Level 1)
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Plus Freestanding Syllabuses:
Group Speaking (Juniors)
Youth Training in Speaking
Pre-Vocational Certificate
S.L.A.L (Speaking and Listening for Adult Learners 1-4)
Professional Presentation Skills (Endorsement)
Readers and Leaders in Places of Worship (2-4)
Teacher's Certificate (in Training - in Service)
Diploma (Education - Management)
Who Benefits?
Every Student Benefits!
ESB assessments encourage the value and place of the individual, based on the sound ideals of citizenship.
Education is a wonderful gift, but to give someone the confidence and skills to be able to communicate that learning through the spoken word is the greatest gift of all.
Contact ESB for further information on any of our syllabuses to see how Every Student Benefits.
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1. 08 Oct 2008
OFSTED Report on ESOL finds greater emphasis on listening and speaking skills
A recent OFSTED report highlighted the benefits of Speaking and Listening Skills for both learners and providers.
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2. 18 Sept 2008
UCAS Tariff Points for ESB Graded Exams
UCAS has agreed tariff points for our Advanced Schools exams.
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3. 02 Sept 2008
For the attention of ESB Members
Amended Memorandum and Articles of Association draft available for membership discussion
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4. 10 Apr 2008
Mutual recognition of Awarding Bodies' Units
Recognition of ESOL Skills for Life Units
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5. 11 Mar 2008
League Table Support
Performance Points for ESB Exams in Schools
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