DOCUMENT RESUME ED 351 590 CE 062 492 AUTHOR Lewandowski, Carol TITLE English as a Second Language for Chemical Operators. INSTITUTION Mercer County Community Coll., Trenton, N.J. SPONS AG,NCY Office of Vocational and Adult Education (ED), Washington, DC. National Workplace Literacy Program. PUB DATE 92 CONTRACT V198A10206 NOTE 118p.; For related documents, see CE 062 480-501. PUB TYPE Guides Classroom Use Instructional Materials (For Learner) (051) EDRS PRICE MF01/PC05 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Adult Education; Adult Literacy; *Chemical Industry; *Chemistry; Daily Living Skills; Employment Potential; *English for Science and Technology; English for Special Purposes; *Job Skills; Limited English Speaking; Literacy Education; *Second Language Instruction; Skill Development; Technical Occupations; *Vocational English (Second Language) IDENTIFIERS *Workplace Literacy ABSTRACT This document is one of a series of student workbooks developed for workplace skill development courses or workshops by Mercer County Community College (New Jersey) and its partners. Designed to help chemical plant employees who are nonnative English speakers, the course covers basic English speaking and writing skills needed to communicate effectively at work and outside the workplace. Much of the vocabulary covered and the reading, writing, and role playing assignments were developed for workers at Rhein Chemie in New Jersey. The materials for the course include a course outline, objectives, a topical outline, and 20 lessons for English as a Second Language. Lessons consist of objectives, information, and exercises. Topics covered are as follows: verb tenses, asking questions, measurement, prepositions, directions, complex sentences, possessives, reading skills, conditionals, use of verbs, quantity, and countable and noncountable nouns. An appendix contains a review of verbs. (KC) *********************************************************************** Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. *********************************************************************** CHEMICAL LANGUAGE FOR A SECOND ENGLISH AS OPERATORS 7-4 CeD ;.T.1 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION of Educational Research and Improvement ()Mc ED CATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) This document his been reproduced as received from the perSOn Or OrginilatOh Ortglnaling Minor Changes have been made to improve reproduction duality Points of new Or opinions stated trith.SOOCu. official went do not necessarily represent OE RI position or policy Education Department of United States Prepared Under a Grant to Literacy Program National Workplace COMMUNITY COLLEGE MERCER COUNTY Development Training and Center for Road 1200 Old Trenton Trenton, NJ 08690 Elaine S. Weinberg Skills Program Director, Workplace 2 AVAILABLE BEST COPY Alb Acknowledgements Lewandowski for chemical mill This manual was developed and taught by Carol literature and other operators. She supplemented course content with actual company time and effort she put into her IIImaterials. With much appreciation, we thank Carol for the classes. OVICRVISK O7 VORIPLACZ LITERACY PROJECT Skills for Tomorrow,..NOW from a Department of The Workplace Literacy Project resulted partnership with Education grant, plus in7kind_contributions from a Princeton Plasma Physics General Motors Inland Fishez Guide Plant, The project is an Laboratory, and St. Francis Medical Center. "skills gap" in industry attempt to find solutions to the growing read -.the front page More than 25 million Americans cannot today. In addition, workers whose average ages are of a newspaper. environment that may not rising, must produce in a technological This lack of knowledge makes have existed when they began working. changing workplace. it difficult to compete in a technologically immigrants have entered the an increasing number of Moreover, In response. skills. workforce with limited English communication government provided a grant to to this growing need, the Federal partners to develop ways to Mercer County Community College and its The aim of workplace knowledge. enrich and expand employees' basic the self-esteem of the improve also to was project the participants. from all levels of Support for the project was solicited an advisory In addition, unions. company management and the employees from each company council, comprising key management and Each time-frame of the project. determined the design, goals, and from their site, and MCCC hired company provided a liaison person Employee release time for a director to manage the program. classes was site-specific. Information about Participation in the program was voluntary. flyers, union letters, classes was disseminated through company and open forums with notices, notices included with paychecks, supervisors and employees. post testAng. The ABLE test was used for normative pre and MCCC to course. Other types of evaluations varied from course discuss present and future counselors met with each student to educational objectives. business writing, math, Courses were offered in reading, In addition, there were science, and English as a Second Language. and other work workshops in problem solving, stress management, for The curricula for the courses were customized survival skills. possible. each worksite to be as job focused as will serve as a model for It is our hope that this program with the skills other organizations to empower their employees workplace, today needed to succeed in the changing 'technological and in the future. __CONTINUING_ EDUCATION COURSE OUTLINE ENGLISH IN THE WORKPLACE Course covers basic English speaking and writing skills needed to effectively at work and outside of the workplace. communicate role Much of the vocabulary covered and the reading, writing, and Chemie, playing assignments were specific to the work done at Rhein OBJECTIVES Upon completion of this course, students will be able to: Communicate with co-workers and supervisors in English o Understand instructions given in English o directions follow written of and read able to Be o relevance to work and other important tasks TOPICAL OUTLINE Simple present tense o Asking questions and reporting information o Measurement o Verb: to have o Prepositions Present progressive o Directions in a building o Complex sentences o Simple present vs. present progressive o Possessives o Simple reading skills-- o Future tense o Calling in sick o Future tense: going to do something o Modals o Past tense: regular forms o Comparatives and superlatives o Past tense: to be o Past tense: irregular verbs o Use of the verbs: to lose, to spend, to waste o Verb tense consistency o Conditionals and the use of can/will in the past o Permissives and causatives Making a complaint/request/suggestion Past progressive o Quantity: too, enough o Countable/nonconountable nouns o Mercer County Community College 1.i ESL Lesson: Lesson Objectives: Upon completion of this lesson, students will be able tor Ask questions and make statements usino the simple 1. present tense Use the auxiliary verb "do" 2. Use the verb "to be" in sentences and questions 3. in the present tense Use present tense neciat i ves 4. 6 1.2 QUESTION FORMAT Present tenc,e: use helper "to do" do we do I YOU do YOU (plural) do he / she they do DOES it HELPER SUBJ VERB MISC. Where DO YOU live? When DOES she come to work? What DO they at noon? eat Why DO stUO YOU enOlish? How DO YOU like Your .j cat How many dons DOES he have? What kind of car DOES he have? How often DO they have class? ANSWERS: live we live I YOU live YOU Iive he / she / LIVES it they live 1.3 Negative answers: always use "doesn't" or "don't" plus verb don't smoke. I He doesn't pack the materials. They don't wear boots in the office. Short answers: Do YOU like your job? Yes, don't. No, do. I I Does she drive? Yes, she does. No, she doesn't. Do they wear hardhats? Yes, they do. No, they don't. Contractions: Do not = don't. Does not = doesn't S QUESTION WORDS: where (donde) who (quien) what (que) when (cuando) why (por que) how (como) which (coal / cuales) how man" (cuantos) -how-much (cuanto) what kind of (que tipo de) how often (con que frequencia) how many times (cuAntas vece,.) 1.5 Reading practice: present tense This is Joe. Joe is 28 Years old. He works at a chemical company in Trenton. He likes his job very much and he especially likes his co-workers. Joe works five days a His company has four shifts week, Monday through Friday. and he works the second shift, from noon to 8:00 p.m. In work. Joe mixes chemicals and prepares products for Because he works with chemicals, Joe has to wear shipment. safety classes and a uniform. He doesn't wear his uniform Instead, he wears jeans and a t-shirt to work and to work. he chances his clothes in the men's locker room. At the end Then he puts his street of his shift, Joe takes a shower. clothes back on and drives home. Joe is usually tired when he gets home, but he still likes his job. QUESTIONS: WHERE does Joe work? 1. HOW OLD is Joe? 2. Does Joe like his job? 2. Whom does Joe like? 4. iii