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This short discussion (from the US Adult English Language Learners discussion list) contains some interesting comments and a link for those struggling with 'ESOL for Specific Purposes'/work-based ESOL. Materials from Virginia Adult Learning Resource Centre seem to be high quality.
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James
 
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Hi Amber,

I can't offer you an answer to your question, but I can offer you a specialized curriculum that you may want to use with your construction workers. Building Basics:  ESOL Toolkit for General Construction, Landscaping, Painting and Plumbing is a multi-level curriculum that can be used in its entirety or in parts. This free resource can be found at:  http://www.valrc.org/publications/buildingbasics/
 
For General Construction the units are:

Measurements and Dimensions
Heavy Equipment
Work Schedules
Worker Rights

Hope that this is helpful.

Nancy
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Dear Colleagues -

Many of us know from experience that a very large amount of time, expense, and often special expertise that go into the creation of a customized ESOL curriculum. Practically speaking, we often have to move ahead with transition or ESP programs, be they vocational or academic, using a mix of resources not all specifically designed for that purpose.  I'm certainly finding this a challenge in a program in which I'm helping union construction workers with intermediate English language skills transition into their English-only apprenticeship courses, and another group of advanced ELLs prepare for mainstream content courses in a community college.

My question to you is:  How have you incorporated pre-academic and vocational instruction into existing intermediate or advanced ESL curricula?  In other words, how have you taken a more lifeskills-oriented text and/or sequence of classes, and made them more relevant to students' vocational and academic goals, as they get closer to those transitions (without a full-blown new curriculum)?

Thank you,

Amber Gallup
Director, Essential Language

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