- Ramadan mubarak from EFA’s Friday morning class! This morning, one of our groups, led by EFA teacher-organiser Dermot, participated in a group-writing activity about Islam and the holy month of Ramadan. They wanted to share this with our community: “Ramadan is very important in Islam, because the Quran was given to the Prophet Mohammed in […]
- By Adela Belecova and Anne McConnell, EFA teacher-organisers It was great to come together this month for two English Language Fairs in Lambeth and East London with fellow local ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages), adult education and service providers! During the fairs, over 130 migrant community members got information about local provision and […]
- By Kasia Blackman, EFA teacher-organiser and South London hub lead Today on International Mother Language Day – which celebrates people’s universal right to study their heritage languages – we’re excited to share these recommendations from the Global Call to Action for Heritage Language Education think tank. The recommendations contain concrete examples of how students, heritage […]
- By Anne McConnell, EFA teacher-organiser The Voice of Domestic Workers, or simply ‘The Voice’, exists to advocate for the re-instatement of the Migrant Domestic Workers visa systematically rescinded by the UK government in 2012. The group’s campaigning has stepped up a gear with general and mayoral elections looming in 2024. I work with The Voice through […]
- By Robin Sivapalan, teacher-organiser and former EFA Brent hub lead At English for Action London’s May 2023 conference on trauma-informed ESOL, we began the day with an exercise aimed at exploring the theme of ‘connection’ and how we seek to build connection through our work as participatory ESOL teachers. Following the conference, Laura Wiggin, department […]
