Creative English
Case Study: Rohema
- Case Studies
- Creative English
This case study featured on Lifeline Projects is an example of a learner’s journey from Creative English participant to facilitator.
The Creative English Programme 2019/20: Confidence, Integration and Inclusion through Language Learning
- Evaluations
- Creative English
This external evaluation of Creative English highlights the effectiveness of the programme in not only improving learners’ English ability, but also in fostering belonging, community and integration for those that take part.
Creative English sessions improving mental health and wellbeing
- Academic Papers
- Creative English
Creative English was featured in a case study for Healthwatch Barking and Dagenham, which highlights the impact of community and connection on mental health and wellbeing. The Creative English team run sessions for people with little or no English to build their confidence and language skills for everyday situations like talking to neighbours, doctors, teachers, shop assistants and landlords. The isolation which can occur when you move away from familiar support networks, combined with the feelings of disempowerment when you can’t do the things you need to look after yourself and your family can have a very negative effect on
Reducing Health Inequalities for People Living with Frailty
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- Creative English
A new report, by Friends, Families and Travellers, shares practical recommendations and examples of how commissioners, service providers and health, care and support staff can successfully overcome barriers to healthcare for people at greater risk of frailty, including people experiencing deprivation, people who are homeless, people from Gypsy and Traveller communities, and more. We were delighted to be featured as a case study on page 17.
Training with Creative English – laughing our way to better English!
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- Creative English
One of our Creative English license holders, The Ascension Paradise Garden in Salford, wrote an amazing blog on their experiences of running a Creative English class. Our group has undergone quite a few changes over the last 6 months with many new participants joining and becoming volunteers – so we decided it was time to breathe some new life into our class! Dr Anne Smith, the creator and developer of Creative English came all the way up to Salford from her base in London to visit us and deliver training to our group over what was two very fun and
“You are contagious”: Paper by Dr Anne Smith
- Academic Papers
- Creative English
Dr Anne Smith as published a new Open Access article in the Scenario journal, entitled “You are contagious”: The Role of the Facilitator in Fostering Self-Efficacy in Learners. The article identifies kinaesthetic approaches to facilitating a learner in role, which help to lower the affective filter, and support learner progression in a mixed ability group. It examines the role the body plays in accelerating the creation of a supportive group dynamic, and where it can support and interfere with the likelihood of applying the language and confidence developed in real life.
Stories of Success
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- Creative English
You know that old platitude ‘the smallest things make the biggest difference’? Well, who’d have known that the key to confidence lay in a pair of shoelaces! One learner from our hub at Gascoigne Primary School has reported the immense satisfaction she felt at being able to go into a shop and ask for shoe laces. Having previously been a teacher in her home country, she felt bewildered and disregarded, arriving in a completely new place with no idea of how to do things for herself, no voice, and no real sense of purpose. The laces on a pair of
Meet the Volunteers
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- Creative English
Here’s what some of our volunteer facilitators have to say about their own journey with Creative English! Tahmeena I just want to say thank you so much for giving me the opportunity to do this. It has pushed me out of my comfort zone and given me so much confidence. Former court clerk turned stay-at-home mum, Tahmeena arrived at training uncertain about whether doing Creative English was really ‘right’ for her, but keen to learn new skills nonetheless. As the training progressed, she expressed increased enthusiasm for the project and an appreciation of what it aims to achieve, as well