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English Courses

Our English courses support the development of the core skills of reading, writing, listening and speaking skills. Students gain these skills for work, life and community engagement applications.

English as an additional language

This program is focused on improving students’ English language skills, including speaking, reading, numeracy and writing. The content will follow a formal sequence based on topics relevant to new settlers in Australia and also cover aspects of Australian culture. The content will be influenced and driven by learner interest. The program content is based on activities that learners often need to undertake during their normal daily activities, such as renting a house, making a medical appointment, talking to a doctor, enrolling in school and completing Centrelink forms.

Day & time: Monday–Friday 9:00AM–11:00AM

Date: 15th April – 28th June 2024

Location: Community Hubs

Cost: $85.00 or $50.00 concession

For more information or to register please contact the office on 9309 8531, email admin@banksiagardens.org.au, or visit our office at 71-81 Pearcedale Parade, Broadmeadows.

Conversational English

This course is designed to assist the CALD community, low skilled and vulnerable workers and unemployed/underemployed people to participate in gainful employment or further study pathways leading to employment.

Learners will focus on improving their understanding of the English language specifically to align with their job seeking process. The curriculum will focus on conversation and reading skills, grammar in everyday situations, online communication, interview skills, filling in forms and occupational health and safety guidelines and the specific English language required for these activity.

Day & time: Monday–Friday 11:00AM–1:00PM

Dates: Please contact reception

Location: To be confirmed

Cost: $85.00 or $50.00 concession

For more information or to register please contact the office on 9309 8531, email admin@banksiagardens.org.au, or visit our office at 71-81 Pearcedale Parade, Broadmeadows.

English for employment

This course is a practical model of delivering employment-based content for people from language backgrounds other than English who have intermediate English language skills and digital literacy skills. Participants will develop the English language skills of speaking, listening, reading and writing skills. In addition, students will also gain other employability skills, particularly technology skills, that will help them participate in further training or apply for paid work.

Day & time: Thursdays 10:00AM–12:00PM

Term dates: 15th April – 28th June 2024

Location: Banksia Gardens Community Services

Cost: $85.00 or $50.00 concession

This course will run subject to numbers. If you are interested in this course, please contact the office on 9309 8531 or email admin@banksiagardens.org.au so we can help to schedule this class.

English for citizenship

This course is focused on the Australian Citizenship Pledge. It covers information contained in the testable section of the resource book to help students to pass the citizenship test.

This course is delivered in plain English focuses on topics of the citizenship test that are frequently difficult for students to pass, and can be tailored specific needs of students. This course is conducted in a classroom setting, with a number of support resources to assist you in understanding important citizenship concepts.

Day & time: Mondays 10:00AM–12:00PM

Dates: 15th April – 28th June 2024

Location: Banksia Gardens Community Services

Cost: $85.00 or $50.00 concession

For more information or to register please contact the office on 9309 8531, email admin@banksiagardens.org.au, or visit our office at 71-81 Pearcedale Parade, Broadmeadows.

English for Driving

English for driving course will help perspective drivers and local residents navigate Australian road culture. Learning to drive is a daunting task for many, but when you’re learning to drive and understand the road rules in a new country, the process is much more difficult. Learners from non – English speaking backgrounds to will learn to drive safely and confidently on Victorian Roads.

This program prepares individuals to study for their L plates in English, the hazard perception test and teaches them the English skills required to understand the Australian road culture, road rules, to drive and being a safe driver.

Day & time: Mondays 10:00AM–12:00PM

Dates: 15th April – 28th June 2024

Location: Banksia Gardens Community Services

Cost: $85.00 or $50.00 concession

For more information or to register please contact the office on 9309 8531, email admin@banksiagardens.org.au, or visit our office at 71-81 Pearcedale Parade, Broadmeadows.

Social Media Safety

This program is designed to help students, parents, educators, community members make better choices regarding online safety. This program will teach you “what you need to know now” to navigate the online world with human wellbeing front and centre. The program is an eye opener for social media users to learn how to secure personal space (profile/ timeline), account interactions with the rest of the internet and other apps, to reduce the risk of unauthorised access to your accounts, to manage the impact of bullying attempts or a friend’s impact on your digital presence, to navigate hoaxs, scams, online challenges, games and many more tricky social media applications.

Day & time: Friday 12:00PM–2:00PM

Dates: 15th April – 28th June 2024

Location: Banksia Gardens Community Services/ Bethal PS

Cost: $85.00 or $50.00 concession

For more information or to register please contact the office on 9309 8531, email admin@banksiagardens.org.au, or visit our office at 71-81 Pearcedale Parade, Broadmeadows.