Workskills, Book 1

Workskills is a series of 3 workplace literacy textbooks and audiotapes for use with multilevel groups of students. Content is taken from actual workplace experiences and situations likely to be encountered by workers in the United States. The teaching approach is functional and contextual, and includes exercises to develop students' problem-solving skills. Exercises are interactive, cooperative, and practical. Skill areas focus on reading, writing, speaking, listening, vocabulary, math, and practical literacy as they relate to the workplace. The texts can be used by native speakers as well as nonnative speakers. Each book covers different aspects of the following topics: Unit 1: Company policies Unit 2: Giving and following directions and instructions Unit 3: Safety Unit 4: Interacting with co-workers Unit 5: Interacting with supervisors Unit 6: Personalities and conflicts Unit 7: Valued work behaviors Unit 8: Job performance Unit 9: Goal setting Unit 10: Job training/continuing education
Author: Kathy S. Van Ormer

Publisher: Prentice Hall Regents

Binding: Paperback

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0139530762

ISBN-13: 9780139530760