Funded by the GLA as part of the ESOL plus Arts initiative, Picture This! was a ELTON Award-winning participatory ESOL and photography project that ran during the COVID-19 lockdowns. An innovative 8-week online participatory ESOL and photography course was created as an opportunity for ESOL learners to practise their English and express themselves while exploring their surroundings, their feelings, their lives and identities through images.
We’d love to share our approaches and support you and your learners to get snapping and get writing! Please do get in touch to find out more about our online or face-to-face training and support offer and rates. Email Sarah Sheldon here.
Key project statistics
Over 2 ESOL and photography courses, 30 participants shared feelings, heritage, culture, family, home and much more through photos, conversation and text, including poetry.
9 volunteers were trained to provide online and offline support.
We were delighted that Picture this! won the Local Innovation category at the 2022 ELTons Awards of the British Council. 150 entries were received from 45 countries worldwide and panels of experts worked independently to find the entries that best showed excellence in innovation and functionality to meet the needs of English language learners and teachers around the world.
What the judges said:
“Innovative, fun, imaginative, and engaging.”
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