Description
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 programme, including communicative picture dictionary lessons, skill-building exercises, new standards-based activities, and a complete audio programme.
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.
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
Features & benefits
- 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.