STIC - Health Care: Supplementary Information
Overview
Bibliography 
A listing of useful Curriculum Development / Vocabulary Acquisition resources.
Facilitators' Training Guidelines
The curriculum for the Occupational Terminology Workshops is a self-contained
document that includes lesson plans, participant handouts, and a comprehensive
facilitator’s guide for the successful delivery of the workshops.
The curriculum is divided into three modules, and within each module there
are between two and four three-hour topics or lessons. Each lesson has
been structured around the Canadian Language Benchmarks in terms of language
skills, competence areas, and competencies. The methodology adopted is
based on a weak approach to task-based learning structured around pre-tasks,
tasks, and post tasks. Each kind of task reinforces language competencies
in different ways.
Tasks have been defined as real-world communicative acts that participants
will likely encounter in their pursuit of employment in their occupation.
Expected learning outcomes are outlined at the beginning of each lesson.
Although each lesson is complete in terms of facilitator preparation
requirements and methodology, the following guidelines may be adopted
as the necessary background information needed by the facilitator in terms
of theory, content, and language-learning approach. They may also familiarize
the facilitator with the format of the lessons. The guidelines provide
the framework for the development of a two-day facilitator training program,
but can be used independently as a guide in preparation for the delivery.
It should be noted that the curriculum and the facilitator’s guide
were developed assuming that an experienced ESL instructor would deliver
the workshop. Familiarity with the particular occupation would be an asset.
Evaluation Form
Evaluation is an important part of the curriculum. Two Participant Evaluation
Questionnaires and one Facilitator Feedback Questionnaire are provided
in Appendix B. It is recommended that these questionnaires be used to
evaluate each lesson / each module in addition to evaluating the program
as a whole following completion of the workshop.
Glossary
A listing of technical words used in the Facilitators' Training Guidelines.
 Downloads
All downloads are in Adobe Acrobat
PDF.
Download a print version of the above materials.
Overview [420
KB, 30 pages]
Download the complete Facilitator's Guide and Participant's Workbook.
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