A 12-month program provides adult Indochinese refugees with the basic communication skills and understanding of American culture needed to help them secure or upgrade employment. Offered through the community college system, the program is divided into four levels of instruction: non-literate, beginning, intermediate, and upper intermediate. The curriculum at each level consists of reading, grammar, tests, and an outside speaker program. Staff development includes preservice workshops and teacher observations. Special attention is also given to preparing staff for cultural differences in dealing with the Indochinese population. A list of special considerations describes the problems of pronunciation and the special needs of a non-literate student body. Appendices contain a course description, samples of tests, a discussion of cultural differences, songs for use in an English as a second language class, and an evaluation instrument. (LP)