Building an Adult Workplace Literacy Program for Spanish-Speaking Carpenters

Autor/inn/en	Case, Rod E.; Ainsworth, John; Emerson, Rick
Titel	Building an Adult Workplace Literacy Program for Spanish-Speaking Carpenters
Quelle	In: Adult Learning, 15 (2004) 3-4, S.22-27 (6 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1045-1595
Schlagwörter	Workplace Literacy; Adult Education; English (Second Language); Spanish Speaking; Instructional Development; Woodworking; Course Organization; Curriculum Development; Course Descriptions; Nevada + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung; Holzbearbeitung; Course organisation; Kurskonzept; Curriculum; Development; Curriculumentwicklung; Lehrplan; Entwicklung; Kursstrukturplan
Abstract	This article provides a field-based account of how to develop and implement an adult workplace literacy program for English as a Second Language (ESL) students based upon the principles of a social practices definition of literacy. The purpose of the program is to provide basic literacy instruction for the growing population of Spanish-speaking apprentice carpenters in northern Nevada. The following parties participated in the development of the program (Pseudonyms are used in place of actual names.): a college professor of English as a second language and his graduate students at the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR); the Joint Apprentice Training Committee (JATC), a union school of carpentry in northern Nevada; Spanish-speaking apprentice carpenters attending the JATC; and representatives of various construction companies. This article details the development of a curriculum for the UNR/JATC workplace ESL literacy program, with a particular emphasis on the role that the socio-cultural definition of literacy played in the development of the curriculum. After a discussion of the context for the UNR/JATC workplace ESL literacy program, the authors detail the steps taken in developing the curriculum. (Contains 4 tables.) (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10