It’s a relaxed, supportive space to connect with others, share good practice, hear the latest ESOL news and updates, and build a stronger regional voice together.

We’re pleased that Marie-Léa Demolliens will be sharing practical ideas on Retention: Study Skills for Language Learning, with strategies you can use straight away to help learners stay motivated and on track.

In this session, we will look at how photography enriches and supports language learning in the ESOL classroom – how it can be used as a simple warmer, as part of a lesson, or as the basis for a full course.

Ascentis is running its annual ESOL conference in Manchester again this year, bringing together practitioners and professionals from across the sector to share ideas and explore developments in ESOL.

‍ Are you a teacher in Prison Education? Join the next meeting of the Prisoners' Education Trust's Essential Skills and Inclusion network on 13th March. The latest meeting for this established network will see presentations by Pass Functional Skills and also teams from NOVUS presenting their AI prompt project.

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In this workshop, we will take you through some examples of ESOL projects from the grassroots organisation, Heart & Parcel. Whilst ESOL in formal settings is essential, we argue that small grassroots groups are significant for creating structured communicative activities.

In this workshop we will consider what neuroscience can tell us about the impact of trauma on the brain and behaviour. We'll then explore some practical strategies to support students and help them to regulate their emotions and get back to learning.

Join Ascenits at their ESOL Coffee Morning in Bristol for a relaxed and informative morning with colleagues from across the ESOL sector. The event will feature updates from Ascentis, industry speakers, and plenty of opportunities to network and share practice with other ESOL professionals.

In this session Sam will introduce some second language acquisition theories which inform the way ESOL classrooms, materials and activities are set up. Sam will be sharing loads of classroom ideas, materials and recommended activities which reflect the key themes of these theories.

Join colleagues from across the region for an inspiring afternoon of professional development at the Brasshouse Language Centre, located within the iconic Library of Birmingham. This face-to-face Midlands conference offers a valuable opportunity to reconnect with fellow ESOL practitioners, refresh your practice, and engage with high-quality training in a welcoming and vibrant setting.

Kindly sponsored by Ascentis.

How can we help young learners build greater resilience? Many have been through difficult and even traumatic experiences, and part of both healing and learning is creating opportunities to grow resilience within a trauma-informed practice.

.Join us in this Teachmeet, sponsored by NOCN, to share teaching ideas on how general core skills are being developed to support progression and enhance learning experiences for ESOL learners. 

💡 We need your 4 minute presentations on topics including: digital literacy, civic participation, heath and wellbeing, financial and practical skills, work-readiness, social English.

Join the third Ideas Swap event for everyone working whithin the voluntary ESOL sector.

Think of your lesson as a tree — its roots in students’ experiences, its branches formed by their interactions. Traditional lesson planning can make us act like gardeners, trimming away anything that doesn’t fit our objectives, and missing rich learning opportunities along the way.

Two years on from the launch of our ESOL Literacies readers and our online forum about ways to use them in class, we are back to introduce some worksheets to accompany the readers and to talk about even more things you can do as follow up activities.

Join the ESOL Research Community to hear Chathuska Undugoda share award-winning research on practical strategies for fostering cultural inclusion in adult ESOL classrooms.

Discover how rehearsal room strategies – combined with narratives and language from playwrights such as Shakespeare  – can enliven your ESOL teaching.

This session explores how ESOL teachers can harness generative AI to create tailored resources that reflect their own professional expertise.

Do you find yourself spending ages looking for material and planning your lessons for the week? This session will focus on approaches, strategies and material for teachers to draw upon in order to make planning lessons for pre-entry as fast and effortless as possible!

 Join us at the next network meeting for London ESOL managers.

Join us in this Teachmeet, sponsored by NOCN, about general core skills: communication, presentation, teamwork and study skills.

This interactive webinar explores how AI-enhanced escape activities can bring immersion and excitement into the online classroom.

NATECLA East of England and Cambridge and Peterborough Combined Authority are delighted to invite you to the 2025 Annual Conference.  Join for a day of ESOL presentations, workshops, discussions and networking events.

NATECLA Scotland are delighted to invite you to the 2025 Annual Conference.  Join us for a day of ESOL presentations, workshops, discussions and networking events.  There will also be the opportunity to meet and talk with the different exhibitors.

This interactive event is a chance to connect with like-minded ESOL practitioners and explore practical ways to help learners build stronger study skills and emotional intelligence to be ready to learn.

Join NATECLA Cymru for a discussion and Q&A with learners, parents, teachers and managers on the challenges young people face moving from school to college.

This webinar will explore some of the common challenges in delivering ESOL for Work programmes and provide practical ideas for addressing them.

 Join us at the next network meeting for ESOL managers working in FE, adult education and community settings throughout the UK and Ireland.

Join this Ideas Swap event for everyone working whithin the voluntary ESOL sector.

The NATECLA Midlands Branch invites you to our next TeachMeet Forum on the theme of British Values.  

Navigating the complexities of language learning can be challenging, but for learners with Dyspraxia, these challenges are often magnified. This training session will equip you, as an ESOL tutor, with the knowledge and strategies to better support your learners with dyspraxia.