Following a review of our qualifications and feedback from our centres, we are increasing the time allowed for ESB Entry Level Award ESOL Skills for Life (Writing) Entry 3) from 60 minutes to 70 minutes. This is to ensure that learners can plan, write and review their responses in the time provided, and takes effect…
Notice for all ESB Speech UK and International centres: Following a review of our Level 3 Speech qualifications, we have made some changes to the grade descriptors at Grade 6 and Grade 8. It is no longer necessary for learners to memorise their texts for the Literature Interpretation at Grade 6 or the literary recommendation…
Following our endorsement of the Oracy Education Commission’s Final Report, “We need to talk”, English Speaking Board (International) Ltd. (ESB) is pleased to share further details about our initiatives and how we plan to support the aims of the national oracy entitlement. “We support: the greater emphasis placed on the importance of spoken language; the…
English Speaking Board (International) Ltd. (ESB) welcomes the publication of the Oracy Education Commission’s Final Report, “We Need to Talk”, which emphasises the urgent need for a national commitment to prioritising oracy in schools across England. “Now more than ever, we need our young people to be equipped to ask questions, to articulate ideas, to…