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Communication Skills

Communication Skills

Funded Courses

For the following courses, you may be eligible for full or partial government funding or a loan, depending on factors like your age, location, residency status, employment situation, or income.

Communication Skills - Career-Ready English
Next Start Date: 06/10/2026
Other Dates Available: 2

This Community course helps you develop the English communication skills needed to succeed in the workplace and during the job search process. Over six weeks, you will build confidence in both written and spoken communication through practical, real world tasks. The course also supports the development of key transferable skills—such as critical thinking, problem solving and teamwork—often referred to as Fusion Skills.

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Communication Skills: Cross-Cultural Conversations
Next Start Date: 09/03/2027
Other Dates Available: 1

Navigate London’s diverse personal and working environments with cultural intelligence. This interactive intensive workshop unpacks how background, culture, and communication habits influence human interactions. You will explore spoken nuances, indirect messages, and unspoken assumptions, equipping you to prevent misunderstandings and build collaborative relationships across cultural boundaries.

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Communication Skills: Find Your Voice & Speak with Confidence
Day(s): Wednesday
Time: 15:00 - 17:00
Weeks: 2
Start Date: 20/01/2027
Venue: Lisson Grove Centre
Full Fee: Free
Funding Available: Yes, if eligible
Level: Mixed

Gain the tools and self-assurance needed to express yourself clearly in daily situations, study, and social settings. This practical short course explores how playful drama techniques, focused vocal work, and physical relaxation exercises can transform how you present yourself to others. You will learn how to steady speaking nerves, project genuine presence, and cultivate a voice that feels authentic, grounded, and confident.

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ESOL Conversation Club Facilitator Training
Day(s): Tuesday
Time: 09:30 - 12:30
Weeks: 1
Start Date: 15/06/2027
Venue: Lisson Grove Centre
Full Fee: Free
Funding Available: Yes, if eligible
Level: Mixed

This workshop is designed to support volunteers and community workers who want to run engaging and effective ESOL conversation clubs. It focuses on how to create welcoming, interactive sessions that help English language learners build confidence, improve fluency, and connect with their communities through informal speaking practice. The training is practical in nature, offering ideas, approaches, and activities that make conversation clubs enjoyable, inclusive, and impactful.

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Full-Cost Courses

The following courses must be paid for in full before starting, but in some cases there may be discounts available depending on eligibility.

Communication Skills - Improve your Pronunciation
Day(s): Wednesday
Time: 15:00 - 17:00
Weeks: 5
Start Date: 14/04/2027
Venue: Lisson Grove Centre
Full Fee: £90
Funding Available: No
Level: Level 1

Want to communicate more effectively and confidently? Accelerate your communication skills with our 4-week 'Improve Your Pronunciation course'. You'll learn to understand the nuances of English pronunciation and fix common pronunciation problems.

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Communication Skills: Thinking Critically Through Everyday Philosophy
Day(s): Tuesday
Time: 13:00 - 15:00
Weeks: 6
Start Date: 02/02/2027
Venue: Lisson Grove Centre
Full Fee: £40
Funding Available: No
Level: Level 1

Specifically designed for ESOL and Functional Skills English learners, this course uses simple philosophical ideas to help you communicate with greater clarity, confidence, and purpose in everyday life and at work. By exploring relatable ethical, social, and workplace situations, you will learn how to move beyond basic responses, challenge unspoken assumptions, and build well-reasoned arguments. The course equips you with the vocabulary, structure, and calm precision needed to express complex ideas clearly, weigh diverse points of view, and make your voice heard in discussions, meetings, and community life.

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Why study at WAES?
  • Highly qualified and professionally experienced tutors
  • Accessible Central London centres with bespoke facilities and great transport connections
  • A wide range of in-person, online, distance learning and community-based courses
  • Unique work experience opportunities through partnerships
  • Guest speakers offer introductions to career pathways in a variety of sectors
  • Excellent progression to employment, apprenticeships or further learning including university
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