1. VISION
The provision of high quality, accessible and affordable English for Speakers of Other Languages ( ESOL) is key to supporting the Scottish Executive's ambitions of growing the economy and of encouraging active citizenship in a diverse and pluralistic society. We recognise the vital contribution which New Scots and settled minority ethnic communities make to our society and in the Scottish labour market. Therefore, the vision of this strategy is:
That all Scottish residents 1 for whom English is not a first language have the opportunity to access high quality English language provision so that they can acquire the language skills to enable them to participate in Scottish life: in the workplace, through further study, within the family, the local community, Scottish society and the economy. These language skills are central to giving people a democratic voice and supporting them to contribute to the society in which they live.