Workplace Plus Level 1: Living and Working in English (Workplace Plus: Level 1 (Paperback))

Workplace Plus: Living and Working in English 1 is a course that prepares adults for self-sufficiency in the three principal areas of their lives: the workplace, the community, and the home. Communicative competence in English is of critical importance in achieving self-sufficiency. Workplace Plus applies the best of current second language acquisition research to ensure immediate survival, rapidly enabling learners to: * understand spoken and written general and employment-related language * communicate in their own words * understand the culture and behavioral expectations of their new environment and workplace. Workplace Plus is designed to be used in a period of 60 to 90 instructional hours. Each unit includes: * Basic essential vocabulary * Practical conversations * Practical grammar * Authentic practice Table of contents: * Welcome to Workplace Plus! * Unit 1 Your life and work * Unit 2 Your environment * Unit 3 Your equipment and machines * Unit 4 Your customers * Unit 5 Your time * Unit 6 Your supplies and resources * Unit 7 Your relationships * Unit 8 Your health and safety * Unit 9 Your money * Unit 10 Your career * Vocabulary reference lists (Alphabetical word list. Key expressions. Irregular verbs, Numbers, Days, Months. Supplementary word lists).