Autumn-Winter ESB News

Earlier this year, we asked over 160 centres about our portfolio of Speech qualifications. The results show that you would like greater choice for your learners and more opportunities for advancing their communication skills. We have taken your comments on board and redesigned the ESB Level 2 Certificate in Speech (Grade 4). This new and improved qualification now offers three exciting new ‘pathways’ for you to choose from. Speech to Inform – This new option will support learners who wish to explore an important Key Stage 3 curriculum topic in a wide range of subjects. It will give learners an opportunity to review a newspaper item and give a persuasive speech about a current affairs topic. Speech to Perform – This new option will support learners who are passionate about the arts, and who want to build

their confidence in performing. Learners will get a chance to write and perform their own self-composition. Speech for Employability – This new option will support learners who want to deepen their understanding of a particular career and prepare for themselves for the job market. This option will also provide learners with a mock job interview. We will be piloting this pathways-based qualification in a number of centres in the coming months before its launch in September 2019. We believe the development of these new pathways will open up new avenues for our learners, help them to thrive in both the classroom and the workplace. If you would like to find out more about our new pathways, please contact our Product Development Team .

15