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[Workplace 791] Re: Concurrent Vocational and Language Trainingddilker at brockport.edu ddilker at brockport.eduThu Jun 21 11:52:22 EDT 2007
Thanks, Jill. This is wonderful ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jill K. Bishop" Date: Thursday, June 21, 2007 9:23 am Subject: [Workplace 783] Re: Concurrent Vocational and Language Training To: barbara.jacala at guamcc.edu, 'The Workplace Literacy Discussion List' > Hi Barbara: > > > > I'd recommend the text Hotel English > (http://www.workplaceesl.com/index.php?option=com_content > > emid=25> &task=view&id=28&Itemid=25). We've used it at a number > of hotel > English classes, and it's been very successful. > > > > Feel free to follow up with me directly if you have any additional > questions. > > > > Regards, > > > > Jill Bishop > > > > _________________________________________________________ > > Jill K. Bishop, PhD > President > Workforce Language Services, LLC > Office: 773.292.5500 | Cell: 312.493.9497 | Fax: 312.896.9281 > > www.workforcelanguageservices.com > > *Bridging Language & Culture in the Workplace* > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: workplace-bounces at nifl.gov [mailto:workplace- > bounces at nifl.gov] On > Behalf Of Barbara Jacala > Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 7:17 PM > To: 'The Workplace Literacy Discussion List' > Subject: [Workplace 777] Re: Concurrent Vocational and Language > Training > > > Hello from the Western Pacific, > > > > On Guam, our local hotel industry hosts Asian non-English > speakers for a > > one-year internship in the hospitality field. Our college > provides the > > English language course at the beginning of the year. I am > interested in > > instructional materials or textbooks that include basic English > hospitality > trade terms and phrases that we can use in the course. Anyone? > > > > Barbara Jacala > > Guam Community College > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: workplace-bounces at nifl.gov [mailto:workplace- > bounces at nifl.gov] On > > Behalf Of JURMO at ucc.edu > > Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2007 7:13 AM > > To: crandall at umbc.edu; workplace at nifl.gov > > Subject: [Workplace 776] Re: Concurrent Vocational and Language > Training > > > Hello, All, > > > > Unless I'm mistaken, I don't think anyone in the US is tracking > who is doing > > work-related basic skills education on a national basis -- > whether in > > workplaces or non-workplace settings. This would be a massive > undertaking, > as whatever programs are out there are not generally funded by a > central > funder and thus have no particular reason to report what they > are doing to a > > central place. > > > > However, a number of states do fund workplace basic skills > programs -- which > > might fall under the heading of "concurrent vocational and language > > training." Those states likely have databases of their > respective programs. > > To find out which states do or don't keep such databases, I'd suggest > > contacting the National Adult Education Professional Development > Consortium > (www.naepdc.org). > > > > In years past, reports from projects which participated in the > National > Workplace Literacy Program (funded by the US Dept. of Ed.) were > stored at > > the ERIC Clearinghouse on Adult, Career, and Vocational > Education at Ohio > > State University. Both of those programs were defunded, > although there > > still might be an archive containing those NWLP reports. > > > > > > Paul Jurmo, Ed.D. > > Dean, Economic Development and Continuing Education Union County > College > 12-24 West Jersey Street > > Elizabeth, NJ 07202 > > 908-659-5103 telephone > > 908-965-6010 fax > > Jurmo at ucc.edu > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: workplace-bounces at nifl.gov [mailto:workplace- > bounces at nifl.gov] On > > Behalf Of JoAnn (Jodi) Crandall > > Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 4:48 PM > > To: The Workplace Literacy Discussion List > > Subject: [Workplace 775] Re: Concurrent Vocational and Language > Training > > > Hi Laurie, Amber and others, > > > > This is an interest of mine as well. There is a discussion of a > concurrent > program at the College of Lake County in Illinois in a report > that I wrote > > with Forrest Chisman. It combines vocational training in a > number of areas > > with VESL courses. The program is provided at the community college, > > however, not at the workplace. The report, Passing the Torch, > can be > > downloaded from the website at www.caalusa.org > > > > > > I am especially interested in learning more about programs like > > these--either at educational institutions or at the workplace--for > > health-related careers. > > > > Jodi Crandall > > > > > > > Hi Laurie - > > > > > > This area of VESL is an interest of mine as well. In answer > to your > > > original question, I am relatively sure that there is *not* a > > > centralized database of these types of programs (based on my own > > searches). > > > > > > I teach and do curriculum development in a program that > involves a > > > community college (like IBEST does) and the National Retail > > Federation. > > > We do a course that blends customer service training with ESL > training > > > > - the goal of which is employment in retail sales. > > > > > > The International Union of Painters and Allied Trades has also > > > designed an interesting program that combines their hard skill > > > apprenticeship curriculum with basic English skills. However, > that > > > program has not yet been implemented in IUPAT local unions. > > > > > > I think most VESL programs are actually not like these - > they're > > > vocationally-oriented English classes but without a real > technical > > > skill component and the corresponding job > placement/advancement goals. > > > > > > Amber Gallup > > > Washington, DC > > > > > > Laurie Ketzenberg wrote:Re: > > > [Workplace 769] Re: Concurrent Vocational and Language Training > > 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 I'm learning about ... > > > > > > > > > On 6/19/07 6:06 PM, "Ginnie Gorin" 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 > > > > 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 > > > --------------------- > > > Graduate Student > > > Temple University > > > Philadelphia, PA > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------- > > > National Institute for Literacy > > > Workplace Literacy mailing list > > > Workplace at nifl.gov > > > To unsubscribe or change your subscription settings, please > go to > > > http://www.nifl.gov/mailman/listinfo/workplace > > > Email delivered to ggorin at gmail.com > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > > > ---------------------------------------------------- > > > National Institute for Literacy > > > Workplace Literacy mailing list > > > Workplace at nifl.gov > > > To unsubscribe or change your subscription settings, please > go to > > > http://www.nifl.gov/mailman/listinfo/workplace > > > Email delivered to lauriek at temple.edu > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------- > > > National Institute for Literacy > > > Workplace Literacy mailing list > > > Workplace at nifl.gov > > > To unsubscribe or change your subscription settings, please go > to > > > http://www.nifl.gov/mailman/listinfo/workplace > > > Email delivered to ambergallup at yahoo.com > > > > > > > > > Amber Gallup > > > Director, Essential Language > > > (202) 234-4565 > > > www.essentiallanguage.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------- > > > National Institute for Literacy > > > Workplace Literacy mailing list > > > Workplace at nifl.gov > > > To unsubscribe or change your subscription settings, please go > to > > > http://www.nifl.gov/mailman/listinfo/workplace > > > Email delivered to crandall at umbc.edu > > > > > > -- > > JoAnn (Jodi) Crandall > > Professor, Education Department > > Director, Ph.D. Program in Language, Literacy & Culture > Coordinator, Peace > > Corps Master's International Program in ESOL/Bilingual Education > University > of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) 1000 Hilltop Circle, > Baltimore, MD > > 21250 > > ph: 410-455-2313/2376 fax: 410-455-8947/1880 > > email: crandall at umbc.edu > > www.umbc.edu/llc/ > > www.umbc.edu/esol/ > > www.umbc.edu/esol/peacecorps.html > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------- > > National Institute for Literacy > > Workplace Literacy mailing list > > Workplace at nifl.gov > > To unsubscribe or change your subscription settings, please go to > > http://www.nifl.gov/mailman/listinfo/workplace > > Email delivered to jurmo at ucc.edu > > ---------------------------------------------------- > > National Institute for Literacy > > Workplace Literacy mailing list > > Workplace at nifl.gov > > To unsubscribe or change your subscription settings, please go to > > http://www.nifl.gov/mailman/listinfo/workplace > > Email delivered to barbara.jacala at guamcc.edu > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------- > > National Institute for Literacy > > Workplace Literacy mailing list > > Workplace at nifl.gov > > To unsubscribe or change your subscription settings, please go to > http://www.nifl.gov/mailman/listinfo/workplace > > Email delivered to jill at workforcelang.com > >
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