English Language Learning, Job Skills Development, and Welfare-to-Work Services in Immigrant Communities.

This study examines Vocational ESL programs that can assist English-language learners participating in welfare-to-work programs obtain language proficiency and job skills. The study finds that a lack of referrals from county agencies and structural discrepancies between VESL programs resulted in few...

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Publicado en:	Social Development Issues Vol. 33; no. 1; pp. 46 - 60
Autores principales:	Chow, Julian Chun-Chung, Vu, Catherine M.
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	Lyceum Books, Inc. 2011
Materias:	Immigrants English as a foreign language Foreign workers Language & culture Social conditions of immigrants Employment of welfare recipients United States
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Sumario:	This study examines Vocational ESL programs that can assist English-language learners participating in welfare-to-work programs obtain language proficiency and job skills. The study finds that a lack of referrals from county agencies and structural discrepancies between VESL programs resulted in few welfare recipients participating in VESL programs. The analysis concludes with recommendations for using an integrative job coach model. Reprinted by permission of the publisher.