Saturday All information contained on these pages is meant to be used as a reference only. This file was created or last modified on Tuesday, February 29, 2000. Impact surveys are effective evaluation tools, answering questions asked by funding organizations. This session has been cancelled.
Local businesses provide an authentic context in which students can learn and use business English.
The presenter demonstrates how to enhance IEP business English programs through site visits at local corporate facilities. Participants examine ways of recruiting host companies, structuring effective visits, and integrating the visits into the curriculum. In a pilot study conducted in 1999, the ORA was administered to 100 NNS military pilots and air traffic controllers from 30 countries. This presentation discusses the study's results. The presenter gives preliminary results of a review of final reports from federal workplace literacy programs to determine strategies used for recruitment, intake and assessment, curriculum development, instruction, support services, program structure, collaboration, institutionalization, and evaluation.