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(2016) . Does adding mathematics to English Language learners’ timetables improve their acquisition of English? Adults Learning Mathematics: An International Journal, 11(2), 52-57.  \nDoes Adding Mathematics to English Language Learners’Timetables Improve their Acquisition of English?  \nJenny Stacey  \nChesterfield College/Sheffield Hallam University  \n\u003C[staceyj1@chesterfield.ac.uk](staceyj1@chesterfield.ac.uk)>  \nAbstract  \nThis enquiry based project set out to find out if adult English language learners, known as ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) learners in the UK, might benefit, in terms of their acquisition of English, from studying maths. This research has been conducted at a medium sized FE college in the East Midlands where I teach. I evaluate this in two ways, firstly by analysing learners’results, and secondly by asking experienced ESOL teachers to observe and reflect on an ESOL Maths session. This project found a correlation between attending a maths class and improved English language exam results over 5 cohorts of students. In addition, ESOL teachers noted many and varied opportunities for English language learning in an ESOL Maths class, with higher levels of learner participation and confidence than seen in language classes. I recommend that we offer ESOL maths to ESOL learners, and that we reassess maths teaching for all learners, ESOL and English speakers, as a triad: conceptual understanding, procedural competence and language acquisition.  \nThis article was first published after proceedings at the BSRLM (British Society for Research into Learning Mathematics)/BERA (British Education Research Association) conference, Durham, UK, 2015. The research was carried out for the dissertation phase of a Master’s degree in Education. Key words: addition, English language learners, mathematics  \nIntroduction  \nThe learners involved in this project are all people who have voluntarily signed up for ESOL Maths, and may have just arrived in the UK, or been here for many years. They may have opted to come to the UK for work or family reasons, or been subjected to political or social persecution in their country of origin. The learners are all over 16 years of age; most are 19 or over. The primary motivation for many of the learners attending ESOL Maths classes is to improve their English, and this can be for a number of reasons, including improving their job prospects or helping their school aged children.  \nESOL Maths learners form part of a number of wider educationally-based communities, namely mathematics learners in the UK, ESOL learners in the UK, and, globally, those whose first language (L1) is not English who are learning maths in English. They may come from many countries and cultures which can be very different, both from the UK and each other, in terms of the content of maths lessons and assessments, mathematical symbols and language, and the value placed on mathematics learning.  \n52 Adults Learning Mathematics – An International Journal  \nMethodology and methods  \nIn order to ascertain whether adding ESOL maths to ESOL learners’ timetables has an impact on their acquisition of English I compared the results of ESOL learners who have studied formaths qualifications with those who have not. This was small-scale quantitative analysis based on an ESOL intake of approximately 130 learners each year, 11% to 18% of whom enrol for ESOL Maths.  \nIt should be born in mind that this is a small-scale investigation based in one college which has one ESOL Maths teacher, namely myself, although some higher-level learners do attend an English speakers maths class if it falls on a more convenient day for the learner. Entrylevel English learners are not encouraged to attend English speakers Entry-level classes as they are deemed to need specialist help. 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