ESL in the Workplace: Building Bridges

Sunday, May 31, 2009

Building Bridges

The City of Renton and Renton Technical College are coordinating a generous grant to offer on-site ESL classes to Renton-area businesses. If you think this would benefit your company, contact Renton Technical College ESL Instructor Elizabeth Falconer, efalconer@rtc.edu.

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Would ESL Benefit Your Company?

Vocational ESL can lead to:

Better communication
Employees can communicate with each other and employer with more ease and accuracy. Safety regulations, product usage and expectations are better understood. Less stress, more smiles.

Increased cooperation
Employees gain a sense of group cooperation and caring by participating in a learning situation that is endorsed and supported by the employer.

Heightened confidence
As their level of English skills increase, so does the overall confidence and positive attitude of the worker.

Engaged employees
When employees feel the company cares about them in a meaningful way, they care about the company. They are more willing to go the extra mile, since the company is doing so for them.

Company loyalty
Employees will feel a sense of loyalty to a company when the company offers to help with their language education.

Better output
Employees will work more efficiently and with better accuracy. With better language skills, less time is spent on wondering whether communication has taken place or not, and more time on doing the job well. Better language skills = better workers. Output increases!

Improved job satisfaction
Nourishing the minds and hearts of employees will increase their work satisfaction and boost morale.

More flexibility for the company
More ability means more flexibility for promotions and work duties. Now you can promote from within, and offer incentives to workers for increasing their skills.

Better Life Skills
Language study includes culture study, and students learn how to handle cultural differences, what to expect in various everyday living situations, and how to become productive citizens. This is a gain for everyone.

An Employer Image of Leadership
Last but not least, the employer can feel great about giving their employees the opportunity to grow and succeed as they work. The feelings this creates are far-reaching, and will reverberate both within and beyond the company for a long time. Benefits like this can’t be found in a contract.

ESL in the Workplace

Sunday, May 31, 2009

Building Bridges

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