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Sue Withers has taught English for Speakers of Other Languages at Northampton Jesus Centre; she is currently doing the same in London Jesus Centre.Published: 11th Sep 2006
CAN YOU imagine yourself arriving, sometimes through difficulty, in a bewildering foreign environment where you can't speak the language?
"Can you imagine yourself grappling with incomprehensible forms, unable to understand the signs in a supermarket, baffled by the GP receptionist or dumb in the face of hostility?
"In my career as an ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) teacher my students have told me stories like these.
"In the Jesus Centre our aim is to teach immediate survival English to those at the lowest level of speaking and listening, but also improve the literacy, pronunciation and grammar of more advanced students.
"Classes can be a shock to those who expect to...
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