Conceptualizes managers' just-in-time training as occurring through proactive work practices characterized by "hot action" and adult learning principles. Shows how anticipative actions model Aristotle's epistemology of phronesis or practice wisdom. (Contains 24 references.) (SK)

This article draws on the understanding of the lives and experiences of two Somali women, as case studies, to examine the relationship between identity, work and language learning. It begins with a brief discussion of embodied knowledge, with a view to exploring how "know how" intersects with literacy and identity. The article then moves…