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English Literacy Skills Assessments

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WHAT IS ELSA?

ELSA is short for English Literacy Skills Assessment.
It is a language based assessment but incorporates basic numeracy into the assessment.

​The assessment is designed to measure a person's ability to integrate listen, speak, read and writing skills in English. 
The assessment  benchmarks the candidate's current skill against what would be expected of an English mother tongue speaker. 
Results are expressed in number of years of formal learning in English. It is also equated to  NQF levels, equivalent school grades and CEF (Common European Framework) outcomes. The individual report maps the language strengths and weaknesses of the candidate.  
elsa report sample

THIS IS WHAT WE TELL OUR ELSA CANDIDATES...

A three-part video series of Zanele making sense of her ELSA experience.
4 minutes, 3 minutes & 5 minutes is all it takes.
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THE VARIOUS ELSA OPTIONS

ELSA, English literacy skills assessment
Paper & Pen assessment
SUPERVISED

For Organisations to assess English skills in-house.
Online English Skills Assessment
Online ELSA
SUPERVISED or UNSUPERVISED
Organisations who are interested in assessing candidates or employees who are computer literate and/or in distance locations.
e-learning English skills assessment
e-ELSA@home
​UNSUPERVISED 
Individuals who are interested in assessing English efficiency for themselves. 
HOW to be an elsa user

ENGLISH LITERACY STATISTICS

WHAT WE'VE LEARNED FROM 
ELSAs IN 10 YEARS
Average Literacy Statistics
The average South African: 
Functions at English skills level expected after  7 years of formal learning such as in mother tongue users.
Chalk Chart, 36% of South Africans are functionally Literate in English, Kaleidoprax
36% of South Africans are Functionally Literate 
Basic literacy and numeracy skills to cope with life and work in English
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Chalk Chart, 64% of South Africans are not Functionally literate in English, Kaleidoprax
64% of South Africans are not Functionally literate 
8 years of language exposure competence

The average South-African is NOT Functionally Literate in English!

WHY SHOULD I CARE?

ENGLISH is the language of the work, study and training environment, but it is not necessarily the language of the people. Whether you are a student, CEO, leader, employee, employer or entrepreneur, we tend to agree with Stephen Wang:
 "Your success will be determined 5% by your academic credentials, 15% by your professional experiences, and 80% by your communication skills."

ELSA is used for different purposes

English Skills assessment value-add
ELSA value-ADD

CONSULT WITH US

To find out how to use the ELSA, select the right ELSA, about the Reports and to sign up as a ELSA User...
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"We don't care to teach English, 
We care to open doors to learning- and job opportunities.''

- The Kaleidoprax Institute
Solutions to English Literacy, Great English Adventure

Contact us

Email
info@kaleidoprax.co.za
Address
1010 Zebediela Street,
Faerie Glen, Pretoria,
0081
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