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Direct linkNeff, Victoria; Negoescu, Ana; Vanek, Jen – COABE Journal: The Resource for Adult Education, 2021
This article describes an innovative workplace English initiative that aims to improve access to English language instruction for immigrant workers. Developed by the National Immigration Forum, Skills and Opportunity for the New American Workforce (SONAW) is a first-of-its-kind, blended training program comprising 40% face-to-face instruction and…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Immigrants
Download full textUNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning, 2021
The UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) has launched a new publication, "Integrated Approaches to Literacy and Skills Development: Examples of Best Practice in Adult Learning Programmes." This new compilation showcases 21 adult education programmes that demonstrate promising approaches to integrating literacy, life skills and…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Lifelong Learning
Johnson, Melissa; Bashay, Molly; Bergson-Shilcock, Amanda – National Skills Coalition, 2020
The ethnic and racial diversity of the residents of the United States of America is one of our country's unique strengths. However, Black, Latinx, Pacific Islander, Native, and certain Asian American workers face wide racial inequities in educational attainment, employment, and income. Immigrants and English learners, the majority of whom are…
Descriptors: Ethnic Diversity, Minority Groups, Racial Bias, Equal Education
Arnold, Lynnette – CATESOL Journal, 2014
As immigration reform is on the table for the first time in two decades, proposals are being made involving a path to citizenship for the 12 million undocumented immigrants now in the country. This article suggests that, in addition to helping these immigrants meet the English-language requirement for citizenship, comprehensive immigration reform…
Descriptors: Student Centered Learning, Vocational English (Second Language), Undocumented Immigrants, Citizenship
Papantoniou, Eleni; Hadzilacos, Thanasis – European Journal of Educational Sciences, 2015
Students in vocational schools in Greece are less motivated and have low performance in courses demanding academic skills, like language learning with reading and writing tasks (e.g. essay writing). If they were asked, they would say that they prefer to do things rather than study or get involved in traditional classroom language activities.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Web Based Instruction, Second Language Instruction
Zhang, Jian – International Education Studies, 2012
To strengthen the professional competence and basic ability is the objective requirements of the Chinese higher vocational college English teaching, while the positioning of the teaching objectives is partial to a "prisoner's dilemma" in game situations that any party will result in. To get rid of the "dilemma", we have to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), College Second Language Programs, Vocational Education
Bartel, Joan – TESL Canada Journal, 2013
For those immigrants to Canada who need some language training in order to access employment in their field, occupational ESL classes have been available in Ontario for several years. Recent additions to Occupation-Specific Language Training and Bridging programs, as well as a new emphasis on work-related content in LINC classes, have created a…
Descriptors: Pragmatics, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
de Bres, Julia; Holmes, Janet; Joe, Angela; Marra, Meredith; Newton, Jonathan; Riddiford Nicky; Vine, Bernadette – Language Teaching, 2009
The School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies (LALS) at Victoria University of Wellington conducts research and teaching in Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Writing and Deaf Studies. It incorporates a Deaf Studies Research Unit, which undertakes research on topics relating to deaf people and their language in New Zealand, and the New…
Descriptors: Language Research, Applied Linguistics, Foreign Countries, Native Speakers
Roman-Vargas, Madeline; Estrada, Ricardo A. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2008
Carreras en Salud (Careers in Health) provides bilingual/bicultural individuals with a fully-supported customized career path for nursing and other allied health occupations bridging individuals from unemployment/underemployment to high-demand healthcare positions. Healthcare providers, elected officials, and community leaders have partnered with…
Descriptors: Careers, Community Leaders, Allied Health Occupations, Bilingualism
Peer reviewedEmmenecker, Kathy – Journal of Correctional Education, 2003
Based on a needs analysis of 47 prisons, 6 pilot sites in the Michigan correctional system tested an innovative teaching method. The pilot resulted in adoption of a short-term, intensive, open-entry/open-exit program of vocational English as a second language. (JOW)
Descriptors: Correctional Education, Curriculum Development, Instructional Materials, Vocational English (Second Language)
Peer reviewedCantor, Jeffrey A. – Journal for Vocational Special Needs Education, 1987
Suggests a comprehensive bilingual program evaluation model, emphasizing assessment of bilingual vocational training (BVT) programs, that expedites the collection of useful program development data. Four phases include (1) review of program objectives, (2) review of BVT program design, (3) review of BVT program implementation, and (4) review of…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Individual Needs, Models, Program Evaluation
Peer reviewedMacDonald, Jeff – Convergence, 1990
The International Refugee Center of Oregon is a community-based organization that offers employment counseling and job placement to refugees. The Preemployment Training course helps refugees adapt to cultural differences in the U.S. workplace and teaches vocational English-as-a-Second-Language. (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Organizations, Cross Cultural Training, Educational Opportunities
Gordon, Robert A.; Friedenberg, Joan E. – Vocational Education Journal, 1988
Describes special vocational education programs in New York City and San Francisco for adult immigrants. The programs offer English as a second language, office skills, survival training, counseling, and job search skills. (JOW)
Descriptors: Adult Programs, Asian Americans, Disadvantaged, Dropout Rate
Aik, Kam Chuan – Guidelines: A Periodical for Classroom Language Teachers, 1988
The development of "English for Occupational Purposes" (EOP) by a team of seven authors and two project directors for EOP classes at Ngee Ann Polytechnic in Singapore is described. Aspects included the prewriting stage; analyses of the teaching, learning, and target situations analysis; writing and editing; and postwriting stage. (LB)
Descriptors: Authors, Editing, English for Special Purposes, Foreign Countries
Derge, William; Kudirka, Joi – 1986
The curriculum developed by the Fairfax County (Virginia) Department of Manpower Services in Vocational English as a Second Language (VESL) program is a response to the needs of Southeast Asian refugees for language and cross-cultural skills and to employers' needs for support services. The core curriculum, emphasizing fluency and listening…
Descriptors: County Programs, Curriculum Development, Employment Potential, Immigrants
