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Bartelo, Dennise M. – 1983
Adult students of English as a second language (ESL) need to learn how to express in writing what they know how to say. An introductory lesson plan is presented which has helped students put their words into writing. A unit on communicating personal information is developed from the first class meeting's introductions of name, address, occupation,…
Descriptors: Adults, Basic Skills, English (Second Language), Functional Literacy
Download full textVaut, Ellen D. – 1982
This book deals with several aspects of teaching everyday survival skills to adult English as a second language (ESL) students. The basic orientation of the book is based on a determination of skills students need to cope in a community. This determination involves consideration of the skills the community requires, the skills the students lack,…
Descriptors: Adults, Basic Skills, Classroom Techniques, Communicative Competence (Languages)
Center for Applied Linguistics, Washington, DC. Language and Orientation Resource Center. – 1982
Teaching English as a second language (ESL) to competencies requires that the instructional focus be on functional competencies and life-coping skills while developing the spoken and/or written English structures necessary to perform these skills. A step-by-step approach to develop and implement a competency-based approach to ESL for adults is…
Descriptors: Adult Programs, Adult Students, Basic Skills, Communicative Competence (Languages)
Coast Community Coll. District, Costa Mesa, CA. – 1996
This manual is a guide to an interactive training program designed to address key skills necessary in today's high performance workplace. This module is intended to meet the learning needs of production workers by focusing on improving basic skills in English as a second language. Throughout the module's 24 lessons, which can be used to create a…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Behavioral Objectives
Lane Community Coll., Eugene, OR. – 1997
This document, which is intended for workplace trainers, contains materials for conducting five workplace mathematics courses that were developed through the Workplace Training Project, a partnership involving Lane Community College in Oregon and five area businesses. The five courses, which were developed by project staff based on the business…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Algebra, Arithmetic
Williams, Kenya – 1998
This resource guide contains learning activities designed to complement existing ABE curricula or become the cornerstone of an ABE curriculum integrating reading, writing, and math skills with practical life knowledge. The guide begins with an introduction, acknowledgments, and an overview of Colorado's Certificate of Accomplishment program, which…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs
Kissam, Ed; Dorsey, Holda – 1997
This handbook is intended to help administrators and instructors of adult basic education and English-as-a-Second-Language programs use the 30 Tierra de Oportunidad (Land of Opportunity) instructional modules, which address four strands or clusters relating to the different major domains in which adults function: work life, family life, community,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Students, Basic Skills
