The Certificate III in Spoken and Written English (CSWE III) will help you learn English that is useful for your day-to-day life in Australia, to get a job and for further study. You will improve your speaking, pronunciation, listening, reading and writing.

You will learn to:

• develop confidence in your ability to understand and use English
• build your speaking, listening, reading and writing skills
• learn new vocabulary and improve your grammar
• improve your pronunciation
• learn to interact effectively and with confidence across a range of common social situations

Courses are free for eligible participants under the government funded:

• Adult Migrant English Program (AMEP)
  The AMEP provides a minimum of 510 hours of free English language tuition to all eligible migrants, refugees and humanitarian entrants.Read more about Eligibility for the AMEP.

Students can obtain a Certificate III in Spoken and Written English or Statements of Attainment for modules of the Certificate. This qualification is recognised throughout Australia.

91423NSW  Certificate III in Spoken and Written English

• in full-time classes during the day
• in part-time classes, during the day, evening or on Saturdays
• in classes with additional lessons online – blended learning
• by distance with a teacher who phones and sends lessons to you
• CSWE online 
• with a home tutor who visits you each week
• in bilingual classes for low-level English learners (CSWE I)
• independently in our educational computer rooms and individual learning centres

Bring your passport to a NSW Adult Migrant English Service (NSW AMES) Centre. Your visa and passport tell us if you are eligible. We can help you register and be interviewed for free English courses. The interview is not a test. A trained placement teacher will ask you questions in English and get you to read and write. This is to place you in a class which is at the right English level for you.

Junko from Japan

When I migrated to Australia from Japan I was 41 years old. I met my Australian husband in Japan and we decided to come here because we believed that Australia was a good country to raise our baby. When I arrived in Australia I couldn’t speak English well, and I even needed my husband’s help to enrol at AMES. I started the Level III class at Campsie AMES. After that I studied Conversation, Pre-IELTS and Online study at AMES in Surry Hills. My teachers’ advice, such as reading newspapers and listening to the radio, was very helpful. (I still continue doing them now.) When I was small I dreamed of becoming an interpreter. I never imagined this dream would come true, but it has. Luisa, an AMES officer at Campsie, motivated me by saying “Why don’t you give it a try here in Australia?”. As I am a simple person, I just took her advice and tried… and last year, when I was 45 years old, I got NAATI Paraprofessional Interpreter’s Accreditation! Now I am mainly working for Centrelink as an interpreter and gradually accumulating experience in the business area. I am also studying Accounting and Finance at Ultimo TAFE to get background knowledge of business and trading. Actually it is hard for me to manage the time to study, work, look after my 4-year-old son and do housework, but I say why not try when I can get support from society and my family? I am happy to be in Australia because it has given me a great chance. I want to tell all the AMES students that all of us will be successful if we continue making an effort. Don’t give up, and be happy!

Maggie from China

It’s a success for all 19 girls, my dear friends, to celebrate the completion of our studies. We have been working hard for the past 6 months and accomplished 14 books and hundreds of hours of practicum. 

We have different colours of skin, we have different habits of life and we have different religions - but we share the same goal. We will have a better life in the future and enjoy this multicultural society in Australia. At this moment I feel I am part of this society, not a visitor.