British Awards For Training and Higher Education

English Language

English Language Courses Available at BATHE.

ESOL Skills for Life

Learner progression in achievable steps

BATHE’s ESOL Skills for Life qualifications are designed to aid progression and access into mainstream education and employment paths where English language skills are a requirement.

These qualifications are for adults aged 16 and over living in the UK who need English language skills for everyday life, for study and for employment. 

Assessment content reflects real life

BATHE’s approach focuses on supporting the development of communicative and transferable English language skills and on building learners’ confidence to use those skills in real life. The authentic nature of our topics and tasks makes preparation for our exams a motivating experience for students.

The content is based on the National Standards for Adult Literacy and is closely aligned to the Adult ESOL Core Curriculum.

Qualifications for each skill

Available at five levels from Entry 1 to Level 2, each ESOL Skills for Life award is a qualification in its own right.

Individual awards:   
Reading |  Writing  |  Speaking and Listening
Overarching certificate: 
BATHE ESOL Skills for Life certificate

  • ESOL Skills for Life — Entry 1
  • ESOL Skills for Life — Entry 2
  • ESOL Skills for Life — Entry 3
  • Certificate in English Language
  • International Certificate in English Language
English for Business Communications-EBC

BATHE English for Business Communications is a realistic and innovative exam based on a simulation approach. The candidate is placed in the role of a business person who finds a set of authentic-looking communications – letters, faxes, emails – in their in-tray when they come into the office in the morning. They have to write suitable replies, and other documents such as brief reports, following instructions from their manager or supervisor.

Non-native speakers of English who use English in the workplace and are looking for formal recognition of their ability.

Available to deliver in the following:

England

International

  • Level 1 Certificate in English for Business Communications
  • Level 2 Certificate in English for Business Communications
  • Level 3 Certificate in English for Business Communications
ISE – Integrated Skills in English

ISE - Integrated Skills in English exams

Transferable skills for study and employment

BATHE’s Integrated Skills in English (ISE) is a contemporary four skills (reading, writing, speaking and listening) qualification recognised by governments and institutions as providing reliable evidence of English language proficiency.

Preparing for ISE helps develops authentic communicative and transferable skills that are required for academic study and employability, such as synthesising information, participating in interactive discussions and presenting on topics of personal interest.

Two exam modules offer flexibility

There are two exam modules – Reading & Writing and Speaking & Listening, which, depending on whether you’re taking the exam in a BATHE Centre in the UK/, or a BATHE Registered Exam Centre anywhere around the world, can be taken together, or separately when you are ready.

Mapped to the CEFR

ISE proficiency levels are calibrated to the Common European Framework of Reference for languages (CEFR) and are available at five levels:

  • ISE Foundation – CEFR level A2
  • ISE I – CEFR level B1
  • ISE II – CEFR level B2
  • ISE III – CEFR level C1
  • ISE IV – CEFR level C2

CertTESOL

  • Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages

CertPT

  • Certificate for Practising Teachers

DipTESOL

  • Diploma in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages

TYLEC

  • Teaching Young Learners Extension Certificate
Access Certificate in English Language Teaching ( ACE)

This award enables candidates to gain an initial language teaching qualification in communicative language.