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Norris, Cynthia Zylkuski; Breen, Patricia K. – 1990
A description is provided of the Lower Merrimack Valley Workplace Education Project (WEP), an educational project that offers English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) and job-specific education classes to hourly employees in the Semiconductor Division of Alpha Industries. The challenge of the project was to create a WEP that could accommodate the…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Objectives, English (Second Language), Industrial Training
Prince, David – 1983
The Vocational English as a Second Language (VESL) in Industry Project was designed to develop and implement a competency-based VESL curriculum to be used with industry-linked VESL language training. Language needs for limited-English-proficient workers in companies in the greater Seattle, Everett, and Tacoma areas were identified through a…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Vocational Education, Competency Based Education, Curriculum
Download full textHellman, Linda – 1995
A Pima County (Arizona) adult workplace education program in English as a Second Language (ESL) is outlined. Salient elements in program design, student recruitment and program marketing, student assessment, instructional methods, and program evaluation are noted, and the topical content of the ESL curriculum is charted. Tasks/competencies and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Course Content, Curriculum Development, Educational Strategies
Merlin, Shirley B. – 1993
This document contains the performance report, external evaluation, and curricula for the Career Enhancement Program, a workplace literacy partnership conducted by James Madison University and Massanutten Technical Center for five companies in Virginia. The performance report describes how the project delivered individualized workplace literacy…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Cooperative Programs
Taylor, Marjorie; And Others – 1992
Anodizing, Inc., Teamsters Local 162, and Mt. Hood Community College (Oregon) developed a workplace literacy program for workers at Anodizing. These workers did not have the basic skill competencies to benefit from company training efforts in statistical process control and quality assurance and were not able to advance to lead and supervisory…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Community Colleges, Cooperative Programs
PDF pending restorationVoght, Geoffrey M., Ed. – 1983
A collection of 11 papers presented at the conference on applications of foreign languages and international studies to business addresses curriculum development and materials selection for college business Spanish. The following papers are included: "Procedures for Implementing and Funding Spanish Courses for University Business Students" (Laura…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, College Second Language Programs, Cultural Education, Curriculum Development
Burns, Anne, Ed.; Hood, Susan, Ed. – 1995
The collection of papers on course design includes reports of teaching practice and classroom research by teachers of English as a second language. Papers include: "Teacher Researchers: Perspectives on Teacher Action Research and Curriculum Renewal" (Anne Burns); "From Curriculum to Courses: Why Do Teachers Do What They Do?" (Susan Hood); "The…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Case Studies, Classroom Research, Competency Based Education
Adult Education Newsletter, 1995
The seven issues of the newsletter contain articles, letters, professional announcements, reports, reviews, and classroom instructional ideas of interest to teachers of adult English as a Second Language (ESL). Articles address these topics: diversity and commonalities among language and literacy teachers; part-time teaching; literacy for homeless…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Adult Basic Education, Adult Students, Cancer
