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Download full textLambert Snodgrass, Lisa; Hass, Margaret; Ghahremani, Mehdi – Journal of Global Education and Research, 2021
In recent years, the demand for more culturally competent candidates has risen as employers seek workers highly adaptable to the global marketplace. Study abroad internship programs offer a rich training ground for college students to gain valuable international and intercultural career experience. This study examined the effects of experiential…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Experiential Learning, Program Design, Study Abroad
Seufert, Peggy – 1999
Culture orientation training is received by the approximately 78,000 to 90,000 refugees settled in the United States each year. In this text, commonly asked questions concerning refugees' ethnic origins and English language abilities are explored as well as program considerations for serving this population. Topics of discussion are: who are the…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Career Counseling
Stevens, Anne, Ed. – 1991
A collection of essays on the relationship between second language education and labor needs focuses on the current situation in the United Kingdom, particularly in light of recent British educational initiatives and in the context of the emerging European Community. Essays include the following: "An Overview of Recent Developments in Modern…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Foreign Countries, Job Skills, Language Role
Sage, Sheila – TESL Talk, 1993
Focuses on growing companies in the areas of computers and semiconductors, health and medicine, instrumentation, and communications and telecommunications. The article argues that a knowledge of employment trends and workplace changes is important for those working with unemployed English-as-a-Second-Language learners. (25 references) (Author/CK)
Descriptors: Adult Students, Career Counseling, Economic Change, Employment Qualifications
Peer reviewedHenchiri, Michelle – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1993
A description of the French language training program used in Canada's Public Service Commission outlines its two components, a core course for lower levels and an independent study package, and other program aspects, including program characteristics, application of the communicative approach, notions as organizing principles, methodology, tests,…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Communicative Competence (Languages), Foreign Countries, French
Jewish Employment and Vocational Service, Philadelphia, PA. Center for Career Services. – 1987
This manual serves as a guide for the evaluation, design, administration, and teaching of vocational training programs for limited-English-proficient (LEP) students, based on a coordinated vocational skills curriculum developed for refugee clients. The vocational focus of the program is woodworking and skilled assembly, but the principles of…
Descriptors: Assembly (Manufacturing), Classroom Techniques, English (Second Language), Instructional Materials
Burt, Miriam – 1997
The report describes results of interviews with 18 workplace literacy education providers across the United States. Respondents include program directors, curriculum writers, teacher trainers, teachers, and consultants to programs serving a range of learners. An introductory section summarizes study methodology, workplace literacy program types,…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Cost Effectiveness, Curriculum Design, Educational Needs
Fischer, Joseph C. – 1994
An adult workplace program of literacy and basic skills is described and evaluated both for its effectiveness in the year 1992-93 and as a model for similar program efforts elsewhere. The evaluation addresses three specific program objectives: (1) establishment of a governance structure to assess actual workplace literacy requirements at the…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Attendance Patterns
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
Vocational Training Council (Hong Kong). – 2000
This document contains 123 papers from an international conference on vocational education and training (VET) for lifelong learning in the information era. The papers focus on the following themes: (1) societal and ethical issues; (2) human resource development and personnel training; (3) international issues; (4) information technology in VET;…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Academic Standards, Adult Learning, Alternative Assessment
