Next week there will be an exciting discussion on the Workplace Literacy Electronic List.  If you are not subscribed to the Workplace Literacy list, directions for doing so are at the end of the message.

 The focus of the discussion will be on the resource called: Tennessee ESOL in the Workplace and it is one of the newly-added resources in the National Institute for Literacy's Workforce Competitiveness Collection. Tennessee ESOL in the Workplace is a training manual for ESOL supervisors and instructors.  It is available online at http://www.cls.utk.edu/pdf/esol_workplace/Tenn_ESOL_in_the_Workplace.pdf 

Here is what the outside expert reviewers had to say about the resource: "This resource is extremely well-done and is a collection of some of the best training material on workplace English Language Acquisition. A special strength of the resource is the evidence base provided in the reference list, research summaries, and articles. The manual includes basic information, Powerpoint presentations, and very useful checklists on how to design a program, present a plan to a workplace community, and monitoring and evaluating the program. It would benefit from more information on how to deliver instruction, although such information is available in other resources. All workplace ELL and ABE instructors and program developers should review this manual."

To join the Workplace Literacy Discussion List go to:  http://www.nifl.gov/mailman/listinfo/Workplace/ and complete the information required.  If you want to unsubscribe after the discussion, go back to the same page and choose "Unsubscribe" at the bottom of the page.

On Friday, July 18, information about the manual, and how the manual came to be written, will be posted on the Workplace Literacy Discussion List. The actual discussion will start on  Monday, July 21.

Daphne