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ESL in the Workplace

News of Workplace Basic Skills ESL classes being taught by RTC faculty in Renton-area businesses. Businesses served since 2007: Service Linen Supply, Orca Bay Seafoods, Gate Gourmet, 99 Ranch Market, NationWide Janitorial Services at Westfield Shopping Center, Gretchen's Shoebox, Great Wall Shopping Mall, Tukwila Pantry, Cathay Bank, Renton Hilton Hotel, Seattle Hyatt and Olive 8 Hotel, QFC Commissarry, and Oberto Sausage Company, Habitat for Humanity, and Metalworks.

Thursday, July 21, 2011

ON-SITE ESL CLASSES!

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ESL Students Speaking English: Short Videos

  • ESL Citizenship Students: Introductions I
  • ESL Citizenship Students: Introductions II
  • Jumei and Fabriel work on greetings: Ranch 99
  • 99 Ranch Market Students
  • Carlos at Orca
  • Dalong at Gate Gourmet
  • Don at Orca
  • Elizabeta at Gate Gourmet
  • Four Gate Gourmet Students
  • Kastriot at Gate Gourmet
  • Kim-cuc at Orca
  • Miguel at Orca
  • Orlando at Orca
  • Thu at Orca

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.

Workplace ESL IN THE NEWS!

Workplace ESL IN THE NEWS!
Cover story of Renton Reporter (click photo)

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