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English for the World of Work    

Developing teaching and learning materials for vocational education    

Different professions require deeper exploration of different aspects and elements of language, in order to equip students with a proper tool for communication and career development.

Our aim is to develop a series of English language teaching and learning materials that would “hit the right button” for each industry sector.

Piloting the Project in Turkey

As the first stage of the project, we piloted the activity in Turkey in collaboration with the Turkish Ministry of Education, to respond to the needs of the key area of economy - the tourism sector.

We aim to develop vocational language learning and teaching materials for students and teachers, working in Turkey's Hotel and Tourism High Schools.

Specifically, we plan to:

develop three sets of support materials for the vocational English element of the Turkish curriculum in Hotel and Tourism (H&T) covering three elements: accommodation, transport and service   
set up and train a core group of materials developers: English language teachers and subject specialist teachers trained in developing materials for content and language integrated learning (CLIL), i.e. integrating English language skills development and the content of the subjects students need to learn. The core group consists of two or three subject specialists and ten English language teachers   

Our goal is to transform the skills of 22,000 students studying in Turkey's 106 Hotel and Tourism High Schools.

What the Stakeholders Say

"The project has brought into focus for the Ministry many of the issues related to English language teaching and learning." The Minister of Education, Dr Hüseyin Çelik, who sees the findings and recommendations of the project as forming the possible "basis for reform of ELT throughout the vocational education sector.”

"I've improved myself and realised my capabilities. We have had many training courses but I feel I have really developed a valuable skill during this training which will have an effect on English teaching in all tourism schools, not just my classroom." A participating teacher

In 2009-10 we plan to use excellent pilot results to roll out the project in several other countries taking part in the Skills@work project.

To find out more, please fill in the online enquiry form.

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