Serving the LEP Student in the Vocational Preparatory Instruction Program
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LEP students are sometimes confused by the way native speakers speak English.
What you can do: add focused listening for information activities from relevant video or cassette materials; explain how to interpret reduced pronunciation such as "gotta, wouldja; couldja, didja;" ask students to interview each other, staff in their schools or people in their communities and make reports on what they learned.
Demonstrating gender equity in
the lab.
Working well with people of diverse cultural backgrounds and mixed genders
is extremely important in the American workplace. Employees are expected
to get along with coworkers and operate as a team member.
What you can do: use graphic organizer activities to compare and
contrast gender roles around the world and in the U.S.; create mixed gender
pairs and teams whenever possible; include readings about workers in nontraditional
roles i.e. female mechanics or a male nurses; ask students to create posters
regarding sexual harassment rules and consequences.
Incorporating skills for goal
setting, problem solving and participative management.
LEP students can build a sense of self-reliance and independence when
they are asked what they would like to learn and given skills to get where
they want to go.
What you can do: Use brainstorming techniques and rank ordering
to activate thinking.
This program was developed by the State of Florida Adult Secondary/GED/VPI Committee of the Practitioners' Task Force, through an Adult Education State Leadership Grant from the Florida Department of Education, Division of Community Colleges and Workforce Education.
Disclaimer: While every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of this web-based training component, it is not an official publication of the Florida Department of Education.
