Suggests the concept of English as a second (ESL) training in the workplace as a response to the immediate language needs of working adult immigrants. Several programs now underway on the job-site are described that were formed to meet the expressed language needs of those who do not have the time or energy to benefit from existing programs. (SL)

Describes a 24-week language training course designed to help refugees and/or immigrants become better able to obtain and do the work of their occupation, in English. The course stresses written and oral communication with employers, job search techniques, as well as those skills and vocabulary/phrases necessary for filling out job application…

Discusses evolution of task performance assessment technique of the Toronto Office Skills Training Project (TOSTP), a 45-week training program for women from Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia. Training in office skills, language, and life skills is uniquely integrated in a program designed to enable the women to overcome the obstacles of language…

Three vocational English courses conducted in 1976 are described and evaluated. Elements included are program participant characteristics, trainee concerns and attitudes, language background, reaction to the course, placement tests, course material, costs, funding, supervisors' comments, and a follow-up study conducted the same year. (MSE)