Book 1 Work skills - A teaching approach that is functional and contextual - Mary Lou Beilfuss ^ Susan C. Quatrini ^ Kathy S. Van Ormer - 1994 - Paperback - Prentice Hall Regents

Book 1 Workskills - A teaching approach that is functional and contextual

Workskills is a series of 3 workplace literacy textbooks and audiotapes for use with multilevel groups of students. Content is taken from actual workplace experiences and situations likely to be encountered by workers in the United States.

* The teaching approach is functional and contextual, and includes exercises to develop students' problem-solving skills.
* Exercises are interactive, cooperative, and practical.
* Skill areas focus on reading, writing, speaking, listening, vocabulary, math, and practical literacy as they relate to the workplace.
* The texts can be used by native speakers as well as nonnative speakers.

Each book covers different aspects of the following topics:

Unit 01: Company policies
Unit 02: Giving and following directions and instructions
Unit 03: Safety
Unit 04: Interacting with co-workers
Unit 05: Interacting with supervisors
Unit 06: Personalities and conflicts
Unit 07: Valued work behaviors
Unit 08: Job performance
Unit 09: Goal setting
Unit 10: Job training / continuing education