Launching ESOL resources

Today we have launched our ESOL (English as Second or Other Language) resources on the museum website. The resources were created by Kate Congdon of Cardiff and the Vale College as part of the HLF (Heritage Lottery Fund) redevelopment of St Fagans National History Museum. In my last blog I discussed how we had trialled the resources with around 300 students from Cardiff and the Vale College. As a result of the trial we had very positive feedback and some minor adjustments were able to be made. There are 6 different levels of resources starting with Lower Beginners up to Upper Intermediate. The 6 different levels focus on different buildings across the museum.

There's always a sense of achievement when finishing a project but on this ocassion there is also a feeling of sadness that I have finished working with Cardiff and the Vale college. Working with Kate and the ESOL students from the college has been a pleasure. I want to say a massive thanks to Kate and all the students that took part and I hope we can work together again on future projects.

The resources are freely available to anyone wishing to use them on a visit to St Fagans. The resources are currently PDF worksheets but in the coming months my aim will be to convert these resources into digitial worksheets such as on iBooks.