Received: (from news@localhost) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.8.5/8.8.5) id KAA05875 for nifl-esl@novel.nifl.gov; Tue, 4 Mar 1997 10:38:02 -0500 (EST) Path: literacy.nifl.gov!nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov From: Fran Keenan <fran@cal.org> Newsgroups: nifl.esl Subject: Workplace/Vocational ESL Pubs Date: 4 Mar 1997 10:38:00 -0500 Organization: National Institute for Literacy Sender: listproc@literacy.nifl.gov Distribution: nifl Message-ID: <s31bfaa4.001@cal.org> Reply-To: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov NNTP-Posting-Host: literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov X-Mailer: Novell GroupWise 4.1 Status: RO Content-Length: 1874 Lines: 45 The Project in Adult Immigrant Education at the Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL) has published two titles in the Issues in Vocational and Workplace ESL series. These issue papers are being distributed by NCLE, the National Clearinghouse for ESL Literacy Education at CAL. The Vocational Classroom: A Great Place to Learn English by Elizabeth Platt. (1996). Using examples from actual vocational classrooms, this paper explores how vocational teachers, ESL teachers, and vocational program administrators can maximize opportunities for limited-English-proficient students to improve their English as they master vocational content. Learning to Work in a New Land: A Review and Sourcebook for Vocational and Workplace ESL by Marilyn K. Gillespie. (1997). This comprehensive paper provides a detailed overview of the status of vocational and workplace ESL instruction in the United States. It reviews existing research and practice, presents program models, details funding strategies, and explains how to set up a workplace ESL program. It also includes examples of classroom activities and tools to use in needs assessment, learner assessment, and program evaluation. For prices and ordering information, please request a publications list from ncle@cal.org or visit NCLE's web page at www.cal.org/ncle and look under "What's New." Fran Keenan, NCLE National Clearinghouse for ESL Literacy Education (NCLE) Center for Applied Linguistics 1118 22nd Street NW Washington, DC 20037 fran@cal.org 202-429-9292, ext. 243 (phone) 202-659-5641 (fax) ********************************************************* Funded by the U.S. Department of Education, NCLE provides practitioners and others with timely information about adult ESL literacy education. NCLE is on the World Wide Web at http://www.cal.org/ncle *********************************************************
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