Teaching English in the Workplace Revised Edition

Since the first edition of Teaching English in the Workplace was published in 1984, workplace education programs have changed dramatically. A wider range of employers has been drawn in, unions and other groups have taken initiatives, and relevant legislation and policies have been created. In addition, the cultural composition of many communities is changing and social justice issues are receiving long-overdue attention. In this completely revised and expanded edition of Teaching English in the Workplace, Mary Ellen Belfiore and Barbara Burnaby have preserved the central themes of the first edition while integrating ideas and examples that reflect new ways of thinking about workplace education. Rounding out this edition are contributions from a variety of experts in the field about issues such as: Social justice and its role in workplace education; Responding to racism in workplace ESL; Producing clear language documents; Conducting an organisational needs assessment. Mary Ellen Belfiore has wide North American experience of teaching and administering successful workplace programs. She is a teacher, researcher and curriculum writer in adult education, English as a second language and teacher-training with a special interest in workplace education. Formerly an ESL teacher in Japan and Canada, Barbara Burnaby is a professor in the Adult Education Department, the Curriculum Department and the Modern Language Centre at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education in Toronto.