English for Workplace, Civics and Academic Readiness Vocabulary Dictionary Workbook

by Molinsky, Steven J; Bliss, Bill

• ISBN13: 9780135168240
• ISBN10: 0135168244
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2018-01-31
• Publisher: Pearson Education ESL
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Summary

English for Workplace, Civics, and Academic Readiness is a combined picture dictionary and workbook that develops students' vocabulary to meet the new integrated English literacy and civics curriculum goals of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA).  It contains all multilevel workplace, civics, and academic content in the Word by Word vocabulary development program, including communicative picture dictionary lessons, skill-building exercises, new standards-based activities, and a complete audio program.

This easy-to-use text for beginning through low-intermediate learners can serve as a supplement to any English series, as a stand-alone course, or as a work-text for independent study at home, in a lab setting, or in distance learning.

Features

• Vibrant illustrations and an active conversational approach make vocabulary learning come alive.


• Standards-based activities develop essential skills for success at work, in civic life, and in continuing education, including research tasks, surveys, charts and graphs, reading comprehension, and writing.


• Multilevel activities meet the needs of beginning and high-beginning/intermediate learners.


• Critical thinking and personalization questions promote problem-solving and sharing.


• Community tasks connect the classroom to civic life.


• Teamwork activities develop students’ language abilities for working cooperatively in school and work settings.


• A comprehensive audio program and answer key allow students to use the text independently at their own pace.

Table of Contents

1 RETAIL

A Department Store

 

2 CULINARY & FOOD SERVICES

An Institutional Kitchen, a Restaurant, & a Cafeteria

 

3 BUILDINGS & GROUNDS

Landscaping, Cleaning Services, & Maintenance

 

4 COSMETOLOGY

A Hair Salon, a Nail Salon, & a Spa

 

5 MANUFACTURING

A Factory & an Assembly Plant

 

6 RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION

Home Building

 

7 COMMERCIAL CONSTRUCTION

A Construction Site

 

8 AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY

Auto Services & Auto Body Repair

 

9 MEDICAL CARE

Hospital & Home Health Care

 

10 HEALTH SERVICES

Medical Offices & Services

 

11 PUBLIC SAFETY

Police & Fire Departments, Courts, Corrections, & Security

 

12 FINANCE

A Bank, Insurance, & Finance Offices

 

13 OFFICE ADMINISTRATION

A Business Office

 

14 HOME, PERSONAL, & COMMUNITY SERVICES

The Service Economy

 

15 SMALL BUSINESS, FRANCHISE OWNERSHIP, & ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Shops, Stores, & Services

 

16 TRAVEL & HOSPITALITY

A Travel Agency, an Airport, a Hotel, & Tourism

 

17 COMMUNICATION & THE ARTS

Publishing, Printing, Advertising & Marketing, Print Journalism,

Television & Radio Broadcasting, Music Production, Movie Production,

Theater, Architecture, Fine & Applied Arts, & Fashion

 

18 TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Installation Sites & Telecommunications Offices

 

19 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Computer Networking, Information Systems,

Computer Repair & Support, Game & App Design

 

20 GREEN JOBS

Wind, Solar, Geothermal, & Conversion Energy, Energy Efficiency,

Recycling, Forest/Land/Agriculture, Environmental Remediation,

Air Pollution, Electric Vehicle Production & Conversion, Light Rail

Transportation, Biofuel Production, A Brainstorming Session

 

Tech Tasks

Skills Check Answer Key

Regular Verbs

Irregular Verbs

Occupations Glossary

Workplace Communication Index

Employment Sector Index

Career & Workplace Index