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"Brian, Dr Donna J G" <djgbrian at utk.edu> wrote:                Greetings, English Language Literacy Discussion List Members,
   
  On the Workplace Literacy Discussion List next week, we’re going to try out a new format for a discussion.  I’m calling it a “Talk Back” because we are featuring a highly-rated resource and engaging the authors of that resource in a “Talk Back” where you will be able to comment, ask questions, and add your own experiences to the discussion.  The resource is Tennessee ESOL in the Workplace and it is one of the newly-added resources in the National Institute for Literacy’s Workforce Competitiveness Collection. Access to the resources which have been included in the Workforce collection so far is at http://dev.nifl.gov/lincs/resourcecollections/RC_workforce.html. It should be obvious why I’m sharing this information with the English Language List!  I hope many of you will join us! 
   
   
  In order to be included in the Workforce Competitiveness Collection, a resource must pass a rigorous internal and external review process in which researchers and other experts in the field review the resource and rate it on several key issues, including whether they found it to be grounded in scientifically based and/or other rigorous research.  (If you care to look it up, you can find more about the review process at http://nifl.gov/lincs/resourcecollections/reviewprocess.html.) 
   
  Now for a little bit about the resource we will feature and its authors.  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.”
   
  The authors of Tennessee ESOL in the Workplace who will be available for the “Talk Back” are Pat Sawyer and Barbara Tondre.  Many of you probably already know them or know of them.  It was not hard to get them to agree to this “Talk Back” since they are both still working in the field, and are looking forward to this opportunity to dialog with list members on both the Workplace and English Language lists.  It probably also helped that I know them both through their development of this manual in Tennessee through the Center for Literacy Studies, where I work!  To join the Workplace Literacy Discussion List for this “Talk Back” opportunity, 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, Pat and Barbara will each post a message to the list giving some information about their backgrounds before they authored this manual, how the manual came to be written, and what they have been doing since the manual came out.  They may also have some questions that they are interested in asking you, both Workplace Literacy and English Language Discussion List members, about your related experiences in this field.  Then on Monday, July 21, we will open the discussion for your questions and comments.  The “Talk Back” means that both you and they will take the opportunity to “Talk Back,” and a lively discussion will ensue (obviously my hope!)
   
  So please subscribe, if you are interested, and look for Pat’s and Barbara’s introductions on Friday, and take some time to review Tennessee ESOL in the Workplace yourself so that you can determine what else you want to know about the resource, or so that you have in mind what you want to share with the authors about your experiences with workplace ESOL.  I know that there are a lot of you out there working in this area.  Don’t be hesitant!
   
  Donna
   
   
  Donna Brian
Moderator, LINCS Workplace Literacy Discussion List
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