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Is That All There Is? Allocating Time and Staff. SCANS Plans Portfolio.

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Title: Is That All There Is? Allocating Time and Staff. SCANS Plans Portfolio.
Language: English
Authors: Erikson, Erik, Griffith, Emily, Spring Inst. for International Studies, Wheat Ridge, CO.
Availability: Spring Institute for International Studies, 1610 Emerson Street, Denver, CO 80218; Web site: http://www.springinstitute.com
Peer Reviewed: N
Page Count: 7
Publication Date: 1998
Sponsoring Agency: Office of Refugee Resettlement (DHHS), Washington, DC.
Intended Audience: Practitioners; Teachers
Document Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher
Descriptors: Adult Education, Class Activities, Classroom Communication, Classroom Techniques, Communication Skills, Cooperative Learning, English (Second Language), Hospitality Occupations, Hotels, Housekeepers, Independent Study, Interpersonal Communication, Literacy Education, Second Language Instruction, Skill Development, Small Group Instruction, Student Evaluation, Student Projects, Vocabulary Development, Vocational English (Second Language)
Abstract: Classroom techniques for teaching vocational English as a Second Language to hotel housekeepers are offered. The materials consist of a list of specific performance outcomes (use of content language to make verb/object combinations of hotel housekeeping tasks, use of functional language to create communication strategies for negotiation and planning), communication teaching points, and targeted SCANS (Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills) competencies, and a ten-step procedure for teachers to use in preparing and implementing an instructional unit. The steps cover such activities as anticipating student needs, preparing materials, building language use patterns in the classroom, forming student teams or groups, building discussions within groups, using independent study, setting goals, debriefing the groups, evaluating progress, and celebrating accomplishment. (MSE) (Adjunct ERIC Clearinghouse on Literacy Education)
Entry Date: 1999
Accession Number: ED425661
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:Classroom techniques for teaching vocational English as a Second Language to hotel housekeepers are offered. The materials consist of a list of specific performance outcomes (use of content language to make verb/object combinations of hotel housekeeping tasks, use of functional language to create communication strategies for negotiation and planning), communication teaching points, and targeted SCANS (Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills) competencies, and a ten-step procedure for teachers to use in preparing and implementing an instructional unit. The steps cover such activities as anticipating student needs, preparing materials, building language use patterns in the classroom, forming student teams or groups, building discussions within groups, using independent study, setting goals, debriefing the groups, evaluating progress, and celebrating accomplishment. (MSE) (Adjunct ERIC Clearinghouse on Literacy Education)