ESB News Winter Edition 2022

Barbara is an experienced assessor having previously worked for several other Awarding Organisations. She has worked with charities that help asylum seekers to learn English and prepare for assessments. Barbara believes that ESB is a valuable programme for learners and is looking forward to working at ESB. “I feel nervous but excited”, said Barbara. “I feel very supported by the assessors at ESB, having received brilliant guidance during my training sessions in Liverpool and London. Many awarding bodies don’t offer this level of support upon training, and I now feel well equipped to do my job. I particularly like ESB’s detailed feedback to learners which is so useful to them and the chance to work with such a helpful team is one I’m going to appreciate greatly.

Barbara with some of the many learners she’s assessed over the years

“I think the assessments themselves are extremely thorough and if the goal is to teach English in a way that will benefit the learner for life, then ESB’s programme is definitely one of the best at achieving this.”

Finally, Theresa comes in with extensive experience, having worked as an assessor previously for another Assessment Organisation. She has also taught ESB and, like Sarah, can bring an understanding of ESB from a teacher’s perspective into the assessor team. Says Theresa, “Having taught ESB, I am a fan of what it can do for learners. The assessments revolve around real-life situations in a way that helps to equip learners for life in the UK. I enjoyed the training process and meeting the team. I hope my experience both assessing and teaching can be valuable to the team!” ESB is always excited to bring in new assessors to the team, especially as we look to expand the number of centres that we cater for. Having a large team of quality assessors ensures that more and more learners can reap the rewards of learning from the ESB programme and can develop skills that will last them for a lifetime. We hope that Theresa, Barbara and Sarah have a great time assessing our learners!

Do you want to improve the oracy skills and confidence of the learners at your centre? If you think your centre could benefit from ESB, please get in touch at business@esbuk.org and we can discuss how we can help.

Theresa Raffin preparing for a day of assessments

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