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A listing of useful Curriculum Development / Vocabulary Acquisition resources.

Facilitators' Training Guidelines Download this section below

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.

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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.

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A listing of technical words used in the Facilitators' Training Guidelines.

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