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Los Angeles Community Coll. District, CA. Office of Occupational and Technical Education. – 1988
The bibliography is designed for learning center instructors at the Los Angeles Community College District who are involved in vocational education for limited-English-proficient (LEP) adults. The bibliography emphasizes vocational English-as-a-Second-Language (VESL) materials that develop occupation-related language skills. In addition to VESL…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Basic Skills, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy
Direct linkGrosse, Christine Uber – Business Communication Quarterly, 2004
Many firms within and outside the United States operate in multilingual environments that require executives to do business in English as well as in other languages. Executives for whom English is a second language often face special challenges communicating in such settings. This study examines how 115 executives in a distance-learning business…
Descriptors: Business Communication, Business Administration Education, Distance Education, Mexicans
Wales, M. L. – 1994
This report highlights the career and accomplishments of Margaret Howell, an English teacher in Australia who was instrumental in the development of English language learning for non-native speakers in the workplace. Material used was gathered in 1986, 1989, and 1992 interviews before her death of cancer in 1992. A chronological account of her…
Descriptors: Acculturation, English Instruction, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
Download full textIngram, Pam – 1994
This document is the teacher's edition of a learning module designed to help nonnative English speakers develop basic workplace mathematics skills. This module was developed by educators from the Emily Griffith Opportunity School. The math curriculum presented in how math might be taught to nonnative English speakers at a manufacturing worksite.…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Behavioral Objectives, Cultural Differences, Learning Activities
Grasso, Rena; Vallone, Kerren – 1994
Two English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) curricula for hotel employees are outlined. The first is limited-English-proficient (LEP) housekeeping staff. It contains notes on initial background and needs assessment, assessment results, course logistics and project design, course content, evaluation, and results. The 60-hour beginning-level curriculum…
Descriptors: Course Content, Course Descriptions, Curriculum Design, Hospitality Occupations
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)
Latchford, Ann – Digest of Australian Languages and Literacy Issues, 1996
Australia's Occupational English Test (OET) for health professionals was developed in response to the need for immigrant health professions workers to have increased awareness of Australian colloquialisms, improved language training, both in general and within the professions, and cultural awareness training. The test assesses speaking, reading,…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Cultural Awareness, Foreign Countries, Interpersonal Communication
Grumm, Margaret; Van Horn, Barbara – 1998
The resource guide presents educators' reviews of instructional materials and resources related to adult and family literacy education, including workplace literacy. Materials reviewed include commercially available classroom materials, Internet sites, computer software, videotapes, and audiotapes. The materials reviewed were drawn from a survey…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Citizenship Education, Daily Living Skills, Family Literacy
Byrd, Eboni Nikita; Comer, Marcus M. – Online Submission, 2007
It is estimated that 22 percent, of adults in the Piedmont Triad of North Carolina have poor literacy skills, meaning that they have difficulty with tasks involving simple texts and documents. Purpose: Given this low level of adult literacy, the purpose of this exploratory research study was to analyze the perceptions of North Carolina's adult…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Programs, Program Effectiveness, Family Literacy
Northwest Educational Cooperative, Des Plaines, IL. – 1985
This guide outlines a curriculum designed to provide English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) life-skills instruction for refugees in the Chicago metropolitan area, concentrating on the Level One survival skills. Non-Southeast Asians account for more than half of those served, all of whom receive, or are at risk of receiving, public assistance. Most are…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Competency Based Education, Curriculum Guides, Daily Living Skills
Martin, Sabrina Budasi – 1994
The curriculum guide is designed for a basic skills course for machine maintenance workers. The 12-week course is divided into three segments: English as a Second Language and vocabulary development; technical vocabulary and mathematics; and technical symbols, trouble-shooting, and word problems. For each of the three segments, a list of…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Diagrams, Job Skills, Literacy Education
Becker, Aliza; And Others – Passage, 1986
A Chicago vocational English language training program (VELT) conducted a needs assessment survey of employers of limited-English-proficient (LEP) workers in assembly, packing, shipping, janitorial and housekeeping, machine operation, and food preparation jobs. The purposes of the survey were to determine: (1) the employers' methods of obtaining…
Descriptors: Employer Attitudes, Employer Employee Relationship, Job Applicants, Job Skills
Adamsky, Richard A.; And Others – 1987
The first part of this document provides a brief account of a project to develop learning modules on the microcomputer and the microscope for use with limited English-proficient speakers of other languages who are enrolled in vocational education courses. The bulk of the document consists of appendixes presenting the modules themselves. The…
Descriptors: Korean, Learning Modules, Limited English Speaking, Microcomputers
Peer reviewedRae, Ann – ELT Journal, 1986
Presents a detailed case study of an English as a second language linked-skills course in child care piloted in the West Midlands area of England. Background information to the course is followed by details of recruitment, the syllabus, classroom practice, assessment, and some of the outcomes. (Author/SED)
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Child Care Occupations, Experimental Curriculum, Foreign Countries
Marshall, Brigitte, Ed. – Learning a Living, 1998
The nine issues of this periodic newsletter contain professional news and articles addressing issues in English language training for limited-English-proficient workers, including "English Language Training for Employment Participation," a description of resources and programs; "CalWORKS: What Does This Legislation Allow Me To…
Descriptors: Adult Education, English (Second Language), Immigrants, Limited English Speaking
