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Test and Develop English Language skills

The English Literacy Roadmap

Diagnose English Skills

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.

In diagnosing, it shows up an individual's strengths and weaknesses in an English language work/training environment. 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.

Solutions to Bridge Gaps

Kaleidoprax offers English Literacy Development Programmes focused on improving the skills of adult second language users. 

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. Immersion in the language is key.

The aim is to improve macro skills leading to micro skills development (grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation and spelling. It is not taking a compartmentalised approach to learn about the language.

How to become a User

ELSA can be administered in-house by own staff trained by Kaleidoprax. Note that it is a Category A assessment, formal registration as psychologist or psychometrist is not a pre-requisite.

Paper & Pen Scripts are uploaded to the Online Admin System and scored by Kaleidoprax within 24 hours.
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e-ELSA is a supervised electronic version with immediate results available online.
Contact us for a Language Audit to determine how to use our unique Solutions.
We shape Solutions to bridge English literacy gaps.
1. Measure current competency levels
2. Determine ease of access to workplace documents and communication.
3. Bridge the Gaps with suited English development solutions - offered in-house or customised to your unique requirements.
What we've learned from
ELSAs in the last 8 years*

The average South African: 
Functions at English skills level expected of grade 7 mother tongue users.
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36% of South Africans are Functionally Literate 
Basic literacy and numeracy skills to cope with life and work in English
64% of South Africans are not Functionally literate 
8 years of language exposure competence
1 in 10 South Africans
​are English first language users
Purpose for which ELSA was used in 2016 and 2017

 Placement In Learning

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Job
Recruitment​

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Development
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Language 
Audit

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Learner 
Selection

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Favourite thinking

We are inspired and enthused by these brilliant talks...
Sir Ken Robinson: Bring on the learning revolution!
Ted Talk, May 2010
Chris Lonsdale: How to learn any language in six months TEDx Lingnan University, 20 Nov 2013
Sir Ken Robinson: Changing Education Paradigms
RSA Animate, 14 Oct 2010
Carol Dweck: How To Help Every Child Fulfil Their Potential This inspires our adult learning thinking.
RSA Animate, 15 Dec 2015