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Diachkova, Yana; Sazhko, Lilia; Shevchenko, Liudmyla; Syzenko, Anastasiia – Arab World English Journal, 2021
In English for Specific Purposes, one of the challenges is to transform teaching and learning into a process, which focuses on the development of professional skills, enables students to become successful learners of the target language, and makes them more aware of the local and global environments. This paper aims to analyse key challenges that…
Descriptors: English for Special Purposes, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Global Approach
Zholdoshalieva, Rakhat, Ed.; Teng, Jian Xi, Ed.; Ayyappan, Annapurna, Ed.; Tu, Boxuan, Ed. – UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning, 2022
Poor literacy skills can result in exclusion and reduce people's capacity to participate in political, social, cultural and economic life. This is important for migrants, refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) who seek to live and work in a dignified, safe and fair environment and to be engaged members of their new communities. The…
Descriptors: Technological Advancement, Technology Uses in Education, Literacy Education, Refugees
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Tabieh, Ahmad A. S.; Abuzagha, Hiba Y.; Al Ghou, Kazim A. – Pegem Journal of Education and Instruction, 2021
The Interest in blending soft skills along with the cognitive ones in the EFL teaching field originates from dimensioning the drastic changes facing the world with the hit of the COVID-19. Eventually, EFL teachers are confronted with hostile situations that challenge individuals' ability to adapt to the work environment. Employers and teachers in…
Descriptors: 21st Century Skills, Soft Skills, Skill Development, Teamwork
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Irgatoglu, Aydan; Pakkan, Gülsev – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2020
This study investigates the 21st century skills of the third and fourth year students studying at the Department of English Language and Literature of two Turkish state universities. Additionally, this study reveals the levels of the 21st century skills of these students. To this end, a case study has been designed and conducted with 158 ELL…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, 21st Century Skills
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Movchan, Larysa – Comparative Professional Pedagogy, 2018
The article tackles the issue of students' professional identity in relation with their motivation towards learning foreign languages (with the focus on English). Modern European education is based on the principle of integrity of the interests of all stakeholders, and future specialists must be ready to meet the challenges of the growing global…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Economics Education, Professional Identity, Second Language Learning
Boyer, MaryAngel – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Training programs that combine learning English with career and vocational skills are highly desired to prepare many displaced workers that are English speakers of other languages (ESOL). Globalization has caused jobs to be exported and brought to this country, people with needed skills that do not have full command of the English language. The…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, English Language Learners, Vocational Education, Employment Potential
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Bastalich, Wendy; Behrend, Monica; Bloomfield, Robert – Teaching in Higher Education, 2014
In recent years, contentiously for some, universities have developed generalist skills lists and associated curricula in response to government demand for more "employment-ready" graduates. Such training usually includes writing and communication. In Australia and the UK, guidelines designed to support the development of skills…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Foreign Countries, Literacy, Curriculum Development
Flores, Norma Landa – 1988
An instructional model for developing skills in job-related interaction among students of English as a second language (ESL) is proposed and discussed. The rhetorical communication process model, adapted for ESL students, gives detailed attention to the encoding and decoding processes of mainstream English-speakers and allows the ESL speaker to…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Course Descriptions, English (Second Language), Interpersonal Communication
Mercer County Community Coll., Trenton, NJ. – 1994
This packet contains sample DACUM (Developing a Curriculum) materials developed for two companies (The Hibbert Group and Trane Corporation). For the Hibbert Group, materials include the following: job and task descriptions for data services, inventory control, planning, and quality services personnel; a curriculum for those employees in reading,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Curriculum Development
Marshall, Brigitte, Comp. – 1998
The resource materials in this package are designed for use by English language and job training instructors attempting to make their instruction more urgently and comprehensively employment-focused. They are arranged in topical sections, each with an introduction and brief description of how they may be used. Sections address these topics:…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Classroom Environment, Corporate Education, Difficulty Level
Berney, Tomi D.; Plotkin, Donna – 1990
Project BRIDGES, a 3-year program conducted for students of limited English proficiency (LEP) at three High Schools in Brooklyn (New York City) sought to develop the English language, academic, and vocational skills of a high-risk LEP population. The native languages of the participating students were Haitian Creole, Spanish, Chinese, Hebrew, and…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Business Education, English (Second Language), Federal Programs
Lewandowski, Carol – 1992
This document is one of a series of student workbooks developed for workplace skill development courses or workshops by Mercer County Community College (New Jersey) and its partners. Designed to improve the English speaking and reading skills of non-English-speaking hospital housekeeping and food service staff, the course focuses on the skills…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Communication Skills, Daily Living Skills
Zavez, Joan; And Others – 1996
This teaching guide contains nine lesson plans for teaching job-related English for speakers of other languages (ESOL) to employees at Barber Foods in Maine. The lessons cover the following topics: (1) rotation directions; (2) protective clothing (level 2 and level 2/3); (3) talking to supervisors; (4) accident prevention; (5) machinery…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Course Content
Keresztes-Nagy, Susan – 1993
The curriculum guide is designed for a workplace education program for assembly line workers, inspectors, machine operators, packers, materials handlers, blenders, grinders, and trainers in a factory. The curriculum consists of instruction in English as a Second Language for the job, workplace communication, efficient and safe work habits, and…
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Inplant Programs, Interpersonal Communication, Job Skills
Lewandowski, Carol – 1992
This document is one of a series of student workbooks developed for workplace skill development courses or workshops by Mercer County Community College (New Jersey) and its partners. Designed to help chemical plant employees who are nonnative English speakers, the course covers basic English speaking and writing skills needed to communicate…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Chemical Industry, Chemistry
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