Cultural Awareness Connect pdf Connect Movie International Students Connect Citizenship

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Connect - for international students in the UK

Kestrel's Connect package covers all the cultural awareness needs of international students before and after their arrival in the UK. The material includes substantial in-class language learning materials. Click on the tabs above for full information (including samples) on the individual components.

Connect Movie

Available in English, Spanish, Mandarin, Arabic and Japanese.

Contact the Connect team to discuss your 'pick and mix' options.

This animation prepares students with lower-level language skills for their arrival in the UK. It highlights matters they need to prepare and think about well in advance of leaving home. It provides some orientation on the usual difficulties, such as British immigration, visas, money matters, homestay families, food, accommodation, a multi-ethnic society and staying safe in the UK. Connect Movie can be branded and loaded to an institution's website.The branding can be limited to the first frame, or extended to your full address details in the animation narrative.
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Connect pdf

Pdf annual licence fee £100
Combine with Connect Movie for best value.

'Every homestay student should have a copy of Connect'
Shireen Weston, Bidbury for English

As a pdf this document can be emailed to students, saving institutions time and postal costs. It provides international students with 24 pages of detailed pre-and post-arrival information. Described as 'the best information of its kind' by those in the field, it is particularly useful for students who will be spending some time with a host family. It also contains live links to sources of key information. A responsible document written in accessible English. Click here to read more and see sample

Just Connect

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International Students Connect
UK price: £6.50

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Just Connect (Intermediate) and International Students Connect (Advanced) are 96-page magazine-style materials for overseas students in the UK. (Richly illustrated and suitable for HE, FE and language schools). They encourage students to make the most of their stay in the UK while exploring the rich terrain of self- and cultural awareness. Can also be used for language learning purposes.

Click here for more information and to view samples.


ESOL/EFL Citizenship Materials

The Long Journey, Cover

The Long Journey: 100 years of democracy in Britain

35-page A4 photocopiable resource - download only - £7.00
Suitable for mature teenagers and adults - upper intermediate to advanced English language learners.
Participants in this role-play can experience what it was like to be part of approximately 66% of people denied a vote in one of the most crucial elections in the UK's history.
In the central role-play they adopt British identities, explore the background to the election of 1905, read competing manifestos, mark their ballot papers and prepare to vote.
They can engage with the long battle for universal suffrage in the UK. Read more, view sample...


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