ADULT

Look Who's Talking

Course Length

April 2021 -> May 2021

Amount Payable

Fee for non-Lancashire Residents: £125.00
Fee for Lancashire Residents: £0.00

Fees can be waived?

Course Requirements

The course is designed to be accessed by Parents with children in EYFS and Key Stage 1 (if required).

Start Date

21/04/2021

End Date

05/05/2021

Start Date

21/04/2021

End Date

05/05/2021

Day / Time (If Applicable)

Wednesday - 21/04/2021 at 09:30 AM till 12:00 PM

Fee Type

Course Ref

BFEN1002 (2020/2021D)

Remaining Places

15 help

Course Location

Online Provision

Fees (before fee reduction/waivers)

Fee for non-Lancashire Residents: £125.00
Fee for Lancashire Residents: £0.00

Fee eligible to be waived?

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Please note that the College is only able to offer this course at the rates publicised on this website to those individuals aged 19+ or over on 31st August 2024 whose home address is in areas of England outside of the devolved authority areas of: Cambridge and Peterborough, Greater Manchester, Greater London, Liverpool City Region, Tees Valley, West Midlands and West of England. Where an individual resides outside of England or in one of the devolved areas then the College reserves the right to charge you for the delivery of the course at a rate of £11.25 per hour. This is in line with the College’s Fees Policy which is published on our websites.

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Overview of Course

During this 5 week course, you and your child will have the opportunity to explore a range of speaking and listening activities that Early Year’s children are taught, these activities are aimed to develop your awareness as a family about communication skill, including: speaking, listening, interacting and understanding skills at home.

The course uses animal themed games/ activities, (including singing/ rhyme/ craft/ repetition), to encourage and develop speaking and listening skills. You will increase your skills and confidence to support your child’s speech and language development at home.

There will also be lots of ideas for further activities you can do as a family, plus links to various useful websites. This course will enable you to be creative as a family whilst developing your confidence through communicating effectively with others and developing positive interaction skills as a family unit. You will be asked to complete an Initial Assessment at the start of the course, then you will just work through each section in order.

How long is the course?
This course is designed to take approximately 2 hours per session and there is 5/6 sessions but you can take your time with each of the activities. There are activities just for you, the Learner, to complete at the beginning and end of the course, and activities to complete with your child.

What you will learn

Through a gentle introduction to how children’s speech and language is developed in school, you will gain skills and knowledge to enable you to support your child's learning and development.

At the end of the course you will be able to:
• Identify current approaches to the teaching of Speaking, Listening Interacting & Understanding in school
• Recognise why communication is important to a child’s development.
• List 2 examples of how you can help your child develop their Speaking, Listening, Interacting and Understanding skills
• List 2 ways in which you have developed your confidence on this course
• Identify further learning opportunities and aspirations

Entry Requirements

The course is designed to be accessed by Parents with children in EYFS and Key Stage 1 (if required).

How Your Course Will Be Assessed

This is a practical and hands on course where you will be involved in various activities which will enable you to develop new skills.

• This course will be delivered via our online learning site, ‘Moodle’. You will study from the comfort of your own home, at a day and time that suits you.
• Once you have enrolled you will be sent information on how to get started on Moodle.
• Throughout the course there will be an opportunity to speak to one of our teachers and there will be also be ‘live’ chats available to those who wish to participate.
• Your teacher will be on hand throughout the course to offer you support, feedback and guidance.
• For this course, you will ideally have an email address and access to the internet via either a Smart phone, tablet or computer. You will need to be able to understand how to follow URL links to pages on the internet.
• No skills or experience needed.

How will I know if I'm making progress?

During the course, you will have the opportunity to discuss your progress with the teacher and feedback will be provided. You will also be encouraged to provide course feedback to your teacher and take part in end of course evaluation.

What coursework will I be expected to complete?

All work will be completed in the session, but it is hoped that you will apply what you have learnt in the sessions at home and support your child.

Additional information

How long is the Course?
This course is designed to take approximately 2 hours per session and there is 5/6 sessions but you can take your time with each of the activities. There are activities just for you, the Learner, to complete at the beginning and end of the course, and activities to complete with your child

The Additional Learning Support Teamwork across college supporting learners with a variety of learning needs in different ways. Support can be requested at enrolment or at any point throughout your course. For more information telephone 0300 123 6711 or email als@lal.ac.uk

Careers progression

• Other Wider Family Learning courses
• Level 1 Award in Supporting Your Child’s Learning
• Family English, Maths and Language courses (FEML)
• Functional Skills English or Maths

For general information about other courses, check out the website www.lal.ac.uk

We are very sorry but it appears that it is not currently possible to apply onto this course online, we are very sorry about this. If you wish to discuss this course with us please do get in touch and we will see how we can help. Or alternatively if you go to the main college website you can browse for other courses to apply for

The online application and enrolment process is really simple, once you have clicked the “APPLY" or "ENROL” button you will be redirected to the portal where you either log in or create an account (if you haven’t done so previously). We will then ask you to give us a couple of bits of information like address, mobile phone number ect and that’s it.

Once your applications has been made the next step will be for you to book yourself onto one of our interview evenings, depending on availability you might be able to do this straight away but otherwise we will get in contact to arrange when you come in for an interview.

At any point you can log back into the portal throughout the year, update information like your predicted GCSE grades, update contact and consent information and keep a live track of your application.

If you have any questions or run into any problems when using the portal please get in contact with us and we will help