English for Workplace, Civics, and Academic Readiness is a
combined picture dictionary and workbook that develops students'
vocabulary to meet the new integrated English literacy and civics
curriculum goals of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA).
It contains all multilevel workplace, civics, and academic content in
the Word by Word vocabulary development program, including
communicative picture dictionary lessons, skill-building exercises, new
standards-based activities, and a complete audio program.
This easy-to-use text for beginning through low-intermediate learners
can serve as a supplement to any English series, as a stand-alone
course, or as a work-text for independent study at home, in a lab
setting, or in distance learning.
Features
- Vibrant illustrations and an active conversational approach
make vocabulary learning come alive.
- Standards-based activities develop essential skills for success at
work, in civic life, and in continuing education, including research
tasks, surveys, charts and graphs, reading comprehension, and writing.
- Multilevel activities meet the needs of beginning and
high-beginning/intermediate learners.
- Critical thinking and personalization questions promote
problem-solving and sharing.
- Community tasks connect the classroom to civic life.
- Teamwork activities develop students' language abilities for
working cooperatively in school and work settings.
- A comprehensive audio program and answer key allow students to
use the text independently at their own pace.
