They danced, sung and ate. But above all the TAFE Illawarra Wollongong students in the Adult Migrant English Program celebrated.

And for students like Adnan Abou Kassem, the Refugee Week party on June 11, represented a perfect opportunity to highlight all the good things about the Illawarra's refugee community.

Mr Kassem came to Australia from Syria with his family in 2014 and is now happily living in Wollongong and enjoying learning English in the AMEP.

"The AMEP has a family atmosphere. The teachers are friendly and they treat the students like equals," he said.

"I really like the program because it teaches practical things about normal life and gives us good points of focus and useful information about how everything works in Australia."

Touching on the theme, "With courage let us combine", the Refugee Week launch event included performances from AMEP students, Warrawong Intensive English Centre high school students and Gowrie creche children.

Joy Sharpe, TAFE Illawarra's general education and access programs relieving assistant faculty director, said the event was important in raising awareness about the region's refugee community.

"TAFE Illawarra celebrates important events like Refugee Week with music, food and students' stories as a chance to promote a supportive multicultural learning environment," Ms Sharpe said.

"Refugees often need to learn English as a priority when they arrive in our community and the AMEP provides English language tuition in listening, speaking, reading and writing as well as practical aspects of living in Australia."

TAFE Illawarra has more than 280 students learning English through AMEP, which is available to eligible migrants, from the humanitarian, family and skilled visa streams, across 14 sites.

It is Australia's largest English Language Settlement program and is funded by the Australian government.