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Download full textBoyer, Ernest L.; And Others – 1992
This volume contains the text of six speeches selected from approximately 125 plenary talks that have been given over the past few years at more than 40 Freshman Year Experience Conferences by leading educators concerned about improving the first year undergraduate experience. In the first speech, "The Undergraduate Experience: Critical…
Descriptors: Adult Students, College Freshmen, College Instruction, Cultural Pluralism
Schiller, Maureen – TESL Talk, 1993
Demonstrates how students can be involved in designing a curriculum to meet their needs. The article shows how part of an ESL (English-as-a-Second-Language) program for displaced factory workers turned into an experience for social activism. (CK)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Students, Advocacy, Class Activities
Ross, Nancy; Ierullo, Teresa – TESL Talk, 1993
Describes a program designed to help prepare learners for entry into the Canadian workplace. The article delineates an "English and Employment" class developed as a result of a concern expressed by 25 male students urgently needing employment. The curriculum included a self-awareness component, resume writing, job search strategies, and…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Curriculum Design, Employment, English (Second Language)
Goldstein, Tara – TESL Talk, 1993
Advocates using the English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) curriculum to deal with issues of employment in order to prepare immigrants to advocate on their own behalf. The article argues that educational personnel can advocate on behalf of immigrants for the implementation of appropriate ESL programming that will increase their access to employment.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Students, Advocacy, Curriculum Design
