Yes, VESL brings up a gazillion hits.  And there are a gazillion definitions
of VESL.

My interest is in hard skill training for NNS (health care, culinary arts,
building trades), where the goal is technical skill acquisition and upward
ladder job placement and retention.  This would likely require interagency
and interdisciplinary partnerships between ESL and Vocational agencies and
instructors.

IBEST in WA is one model I¹m learning about ...


On 6/19/07 6:06 PM, "Ginnie Gorin" <ggorin at gmail.com> wrote:


> I would be very much interested in this as well.  Googling "VESL" brings up

> some.

> GG

> 

> On 6/19/07, Laurie Ketzenberg < laurie at medivetproducts.com

> <mailto:laurie at medivetproducts.com> > wrote:

>> Dear Colleagues,

>> 

>> Is there a centralized database of programs that offer concurrent vocational

>> and language skills training for non-native speakers of English?

>> 

>> Thanks!

>> Laurie

>> ---------------------

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>> Temple University

>> Philadelphia, PA

>> 

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