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Direct linkRenée DePalma; Juan-Miguel Ortega-Herráez; Maribel Del-Pozo-Triviño; María-Isabel Abril-Martí – Interpreter and Translator Trainer, 2024
Non-governmental development organizations (NGDOs) are responsible for ensuring basic human rights for socially marginalised people. In situations of migration, people's opportunity to regularise their migratory status and to secure their fundamental rights to key public services is entirely dependent on communication with the local…
Descriptors: Translation, Program Descriptions, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Barkan, M.; Toprak, E.; Kumtepe, A. T.; Kumtepe, E. Genc; Ataizi, M.; Pilanci, H.; Mutlu, M. E.; Kayabas, I.; Kayabas, B. Kip – Educational Media International, 2011
ELBEP (Eliminating Language Barriers in European Prisons Through Open and Distance Education Technology) is a multilateral project funded by the European Union (EU) Lifelong Learning, Grundtvig (Adult Education) Programme. It aims to overcome language/communication problems between prison staff and foreign inmates at European prisons via online…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Communication Problems, Distance Education, Correctional Institutions
Thomson, Janet, Comp. – 1985
Results of and recommendations from the responses of 22 Great Falls secondary school language teachers to the Montana Foreign Language Needs Assessment survey are reported. Information presented includes the local teachers' educational background and their perceptions and attitudes about additional training in instructional techniques and testing,…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Language Skills, Language Teachers, Needs Assessment
Download full textBuchanan, Keith – 1990
There are an estimated 30 million people in the United States with native languages other than English. Within this group are a number of limited-English-proficient individuals. Whether seeking a first American job or better employment, this group encounters a job market that is changing drastically in the number of jobs it can offer to…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Cooperation, Cross Cultural Training, Curriculum Development
Murphy, William – 1992
A study of data on 6,846 adult literacy education students in Pennsylvania gathered information on student characteristics, instructional settings, teaching methods, and program and policy needs. Results indicate that about 34% of the students were Hispanic, 31% were Indochinese, and 21% were from Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union.…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Curriculum Development, Educational Needs, Educational Policy
Peace Corps, Washington, DC. Information Collection and Exchange Div. – 1998
The guide is one section of a resource kit designed to assist Peace Corps language instruction coordinators in countries around the world in understanding the principles underlying second language learning and teaching and in organizing instructional programs. This section focuses on staff development for language teachers. An introductory chapter…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Needs, Language Teachers, Needs Assessment
Crooks, Tony, Ed. – 1996
Seven conference papers discuss English language training and political development in Asia, including language project design and evaluation, counterparting, sustainability, appropriate technology, and languages and the politics of development. Papers included are: "Linguistic and Cultural Considerations of Writing ELT Texts for Use in…
Descriptors: Cultural Context, English for Special Purposes, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Boyter-Escalona, Margaret – 1994
Final evaluation of the Workplace Education Program, funded by the National Workplace Literacy Program to provide workplace literacy education programs to 425 members of Chicago (Illinois) area clothing and textile workers union members, is presented. The program's goal was to enhance workers' basic literacy skills for present job stabilization…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Attendance Patterns
