Hough & Horne
Training Courses in Alberton

Training by qualified ETDPSETA accredited trainers. We offer education and training for the workplace.

ELSA ( English Literacy Skills Assessment) is a language, norms-based, group-measuring instrument that can quantify and diagnose a respondent's English language (and numeracy ) skills performance, equating the competency-input performance level to that of a South African English mother-tongue peer. It is essentially a prior-learning and placement guide for English (and Numeracy/Maths), but is also valuable to indicate the gap in functional literacy levels in an English environment. Enable and empower learners to build confidence in workplace English through improving cognition and proficiency in the language. Programmes follow an integrated approach to the four basic skills; Listen, Speak, Read and Write. Honing skills should always be in integrated and applied. It is not taking a compartmentalised approach to learn about the language. We shape Solutions to bridge English literacy gaps. Determine ease of access to workplace documents and communication. Sir Ken Robinson: Bring on the learning revolution! ELSA is an acronym for English Literacy Skills Assessment. It is a language, norms-based, group-measuring instrument that can quantify and diagnose a respondent's English language (and numeracy ) skills performance, equating the competency-input performance level to that of a South African English mother-tongue peer. It is essentially a prior-learning and placement guide for English (and Numeracy/Maths), but is also valuable to indicate the gap in functional literacy levels in an English environment. Theunis Horne originally developed ELSA with the intention of using it as a diagnostics tool for upgrading English Literacy Levels. The English Literacy Skills Assessment should not be seen as a test for pointing out inadequacies, but rater as a means of coming up with quality solutions that are in direct proportion to the quality of the description of the problem we’re trying to solve. At no more than R200 per unit, ELSA is an affordable pre- and post-assessment diagnostic tool. Paper and Pen assessment ELSA Intermediate spans thirteen grades, i.e. Companies and Institutions use it to assist recruitment, correctly place individuals in development and training programs and to determine the health and effectiveness of their current communication structures. Electronic assessment One online adaptive assessment for both ELSA Elementary and Intermediate with immediate report generation. It not only measures the integration of listen, speak, read and writing skills, but also the ability to conceptualise and integrate with new knowledge in English. The scoring is objective and the functions are mastery, survey and diagnostic. It is a Paper & pen assessment, with an electronic version (e-ELSA) for computer literate candidates. Using ELSA benefits your organisation/institution in more ways than one: ELSA will pick out your potential achievers and identify the ones who don't have the language skills to develop their potential. ELSA will also pick out those with poorly developed language skills. Once they've been identified, their skills can be upgraded. ELSA will help you determine the English comfort zone of your workforce or student body which, in turn, will enable you to make your instructional materials, in-house publications, standing orders, IR procedures, etc., user-friendly.