These lessons are designed to familiarize students with political and legal terminology through memorization and testing. Students are required to take notes on the terms and definitions given in class on 3 by 5 cards to file alphabetically at home. They are also instructed to keep a notebook of the terms to bring to class and memorize. After one…

Developed by educators from the Emily Griffith Opportunity School, this teacher's guide presents a course in health care vocabulary for secretaries, medical records personnel, laboratory assistants, shipping personnel, and patient relations personnel in health care facilities. The course, which should require 10-14 hours of instruction, contains…

This learning module is intended as a worksite-specific example of a curriculum that addresses the specific job-related language needs of nonnative speakers of English. The module, which is designed to be presented in three 10-week sessions, focuses on different parts of the work orders typically encountered by workers in two different departments…

This module (part of a series of 24 modules) is education program, on fostering students' growth in reading skills. The genesis of these materials is in the 10 "clusters of capabilities," outlined of Public Law 94-142 to Teacher Education." These clusters form of Public Law 94-142 to Teacher Education." These clusters form the…

The booklet is part of a grade 10-12 social studies series produced for bilingual education. The series consists of six major thematic modules, with four to five booklets in each. The interdisciplinary modules are based on major ideas and designed to help students understand some major human problems and make sound, responsive decisions to improve…

A project was undertaken to develop a remedial academic curriculum and materials that would help disadvantaged students gain the basic mathematics skills necessary to succeed in an electronics program. Major activities of the project included development of a bibliography of currently available math resource books with materials appropriate for…

This guide outlines for teachers the principles and practices of the use of workstations for teaching culturally and linguistically diverse pupil populations. Workstations can provide practitioners with information concerning appropriate learning methods and environments for this population and allow examination of different instructional…

Designed specifically for beginning college students enrolled in art appreciation and studio art courses, this validated visual literacy module will help students acquire verbal and visual skills necessary for viewing, comprehending, and valuing linear drawings. The module can also be used with high school students and adult learners. All…

The guide was developed as a resource for the adult English-as-a-Second-Language teacher with classes of mixed language proficiency, and to accompany a teacher workshop. It consists of a brief introductory section to orient teachers to the approach and materials suggested, and a series of separate classroom activities for language skill…

This trainer's guide is intended to assist supervisors of work-based career training projects in familiarizing students with abbreviations, acronyms, and terminology that are commonly used in the workplace. The guide is one in a series of core curriculum modules that is intended for use in combination on- and off-the-job programs to familiarize…

This document, which was developed as a cooperative effort between the business and education communities in Denver, presents an English-as-a-second-language curriculum for service helpers in full-service and fast food restaurants. The curriculum consists of five lessons targeted toward high intermediate to advanced nonnative speakers who work in…

This curriculum is designed for adult learners in the workplace whose reading and writing skills have never been developed as much as desired or whose skills have atrophied. The overall goal is to bring these learners to a level approximately equivalent to the end of 12th grade. This volume contains five of the nine modules in the curriculum; a…

This instructor's manual for workplace trainers contains the materials required to conduct a course on developing successful learning strategies. The course includes six lessons for workers, two lessons for supervisors, and strategies for helping workers continue to develop the skills taught in the course. The following materials are provided for…

This curriculum package on workplace vocabulary is a product of the Workforce 2000 Partnership, which combined the resources of four educational partners and four industrial partners in Alabama, Georgia, and South Carolina to provide education and training in communication, computation, and critical thinking to employees in the apparel, carpet,…

This curriculum module contains materials for conducting a course designed to build oral and written English skills for nonnative speakers. The course focuses on increasing vocabulary, improving listening/speaking skills, extracting information from various written texts (such as memos, notes, business forms, manuals, letters), and developing…