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Download full textRido, Akhyar – International Journal of Language Education, 2020
This study was aimed at revealing pedagogical practices of experienced vocational English language teachers, focusing on their lesson planning as well as teaching and classroom management practices, and to understand why they act the way they do. Data were collected through interviews with 5 selected experienced vocational English language…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Practices, Vocational English (Second Language), English Teachers
Price-Machado, Donna – 1998
Three specific classroom techniques for teaching vocational English as a Second Language to adults are discussed. They are three items on the SCANS (Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills) list of "easy things" to do to integrate workplace basics into the classroom, designed to encourage a student-focused classroom. They…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Class Activities, Classroom Communication, Classroom Techniques
Compass Points: New Directions for English Language Training, 1998
This document consists of the first four issues of a quarterly newsletter devoted to providing assistance to refugee service provisions across the United States in regard to English Language Training. Articles include the following: nature and national activities of the English Language Training Technical Assistance Project (ELT/TA); profiles of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Classroom Techniques, Curriculum Design, English (Second Language)
Lopez-Valadez, Jeanne; Bruns, Cristy – 1990
This bibliography lists the library holdings of the Illinois Bilingual Vocational Education Project that pertain to vocational English as a Second Language (VESL), career, and vocational education for the limited-English-proficient (LEP) population. The project is a statewide technical assistance and staff development center designed to help…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Awareness, Classroom Techniques, Counseling Services
Sample, Barbara – 1998
A classroom activity for teaching vocational English as a Second Language to adults and focusing on development of listening comprehension is described. The exercise is based on the principles for development of workplace skills offered by the Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills (SCANS), and addresses specific competencies…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Behavioral Objectives, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques
Menard-Warwick, Julia – 1998
This document contains two guidebooks--a workbook for students and a handbook for teachers. Class activities are designed for English-as-a-Second Language (ESL) students at level 1B of the Washington State Core Competencies. Some activities may be appropriate for level 1A and/or level 2 students too. Materials are based on experience and are…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, English (Second Language)
Ferraro, Carole – 1998
This bilingual curriculum was developed by job search counselors at a Seattle nonprofit social service agency in conjunction with Washington state's welfare reform initiative, WorkFirst. The workshops were 30-hours long and were given over a 2-week period. The classes were conducted in the students' native language, as well as in English by an…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Bilingual Instructional Materials, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques
Taylor, Nancy; Lenhart, Debra – 1984
This manual is one of four self-contained components of a larger handbook designed to assist secondary and postsecondary instructors and support staff in meeting the needs of limited-English-proficiency (LEP) students in vocational training programs. Together with an accompanying set of vocational English as a second language (VESL) vocabulary…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Food Service, Learning Activities
Shay, Gail; Lenhart, Debra – 1984
This manual is one of four self-contained components of a larger handbook designed to assist secondary and postsecondary instructors and support staff in meeting the needs of limited-English-proficiency (LEP) students in vocational training programs. Together with an accompanying set of vocational English as a second language (VESL) vocabulary…
Descriptors: Auto Mechanics, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Learning Activities
Shay, Gail; Lenhart, Debra – 1984
This manual is one of four self-contained components of a larger handbook designed to assist secondary and postsecondary instructors and support staff in meeting the needs of limited-English-proficiency (LEP) students in vocational training programs. Together with an accompanying set of vocational English as a second language (VESL) vocabulary…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Learning Activities, Limited English Speaking
English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) and Citizenship Programs. Technical Assistance Paper.
Florida State Dept. of Education, Tallahassee. Div. of Workforce Development. – 2000
This technical assistance paper is designed to help local adult education administrators and teachers in Florida as they implement changes in the Adult English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) Program Curriculum Framework, which provides the state with a minimum set of standards to be used by all facilities delivering ESOL citizenship…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Adult Students, Citizenship Education, Classroom Techniques
Alvarez, Irma J. – 1994
The Office Information Systems-International Program at Southwestern College, in California, was designed to provide Hispanic students with training for entry-level office employment. This model program guide stems from a project to improve curricula and delivery and focuses on changes in three intensive bilingual programs in general, medical, and…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Bilingual Students, Business Skills, Classroom Techniques
Career Resources Development Center, Inc., San Francisco, CA. – 1993
Project EXCEL is a federally-funded workplace literacy program involving hotel enterprises in the San Francisco (California) Bay area. Its focus is on identification and instruction of literacy skills essential to job success for limited-English-proficient (LEP) workers. Training is intended to enable employees to understand written work orders,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Classroom Techniques, Communication Skills
Smith, Nancy E. – 1986
Limited English proficient adults represent a special population group served by the federally funded Adult Education Act. Usually, limited English speakers attend English as a second language (ESL) classes offered by state and local agencies. In the last decade, changes in the approach to ESL instruction have deemphasized academic ESL and focused…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Bilingual Education Programs, Classroom Techniques, Educational Research
Siefer, Nancy; Lenhart, Debra – 1984
This manual is one of four self-contained components of a larger handbook designed to assist secondary and postsecondary instructors and support staff in meeting the needs of limited-English-proficiency (LEP) students in vocational training programs. Together with an accompanying set of vocational English as a second language (VESL) vocabulary…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Computer Literacy, Computers
