[EDLING:1715] Re: ESL Learning Tool for the Residential Construction Industry

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Mensaje citado por "Francis M. Hult" <fmhult at dolphin.upenn.edu>:

> National Association of Home Builders
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> http://www.nahb.org/news_details.aspx?sectionID=148&newsID=2944
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> HBI and Retention Education LLC Launch Specialized ESL Training Tool
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> SED De Saber - Home Builders Edition
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> July 18, 2006 - Home Builders Institute (HBI), the workforce development arm
> of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), partnered with Retention
> Education, LLC, to develop Sed de Saber™ - Home Builders Edition, an English
> as a Second Language (ESL) learning tool for the residential construction
> industry.
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> “With nearly two and one half million Hispanic workers fueling the nation’s
> home building industry, Sed de Saber™ - Home Builders Edition represents an
> enormous opportunity for home builders to recruit and retain skilled workers,
> fortify business relationships, increase efficiency, loyalty and promote job
> site safety,” said Michael Sivage, Albuquerque builder/developer and HBI
> Chairman.
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> Sed de Saber™ - Home Builders Edition will feature seven interactive books
> that use the world-renown LeapFrog Enterprises, Inc.™ technology. Users learn
> at their own pace, on their own time, more than 500 vocabulary words and over
> 340 phrases specific to home building.
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> The program takes about 16 weeks to complete and includes an assessment tool
> to gage progression at set intervals. Each Sed de Saber™ kit is reusable and
> can be shared among workers, family and friends. “This is a breakthrough ESL
> tool that offers our industry a tailor made solution to language barriers
> typically found on residential construction job sites nationwide,” added
> Sivage.
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> A team of home building industry subject matter experts is providing content
> to ensure the material is relevant, accurate and true to the daily activities
> and interactions on the job site.
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> “Retention Education partnered with HBI to produce the most pertinent,
> effective and specific language learning program available to the home
> building community,” says Bill Groux, Retention Education’s founder and chief
> executive officer.  “Sed de Saber™ - Home Builders Edition is created by home
> builders, for home builders to foster better communication on the job site,
> and empower users to advance their skills – and their lives.”
>
> The Sed de Saber™ - Home Builders Edition kit includes a Quantum Pad™,
> microphone learning system, seven books with data cartridges, headset, power
> adapter and carrying case.
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> ABOUT HOME BUILDERS INSTITUTE: Home Builders Institute (HBI) is the workforce
> development arm of the 225,000-member National Association of Home Builders
> (NAHB). HBI is a non-profit organization offering craft education, training
> and placement programs for the residential construction industry. For more
> than 30 years, HBI programs have trained people in the trades, promoted the
> industry as a career and helped the residential construction industry and
> NAHB
> membership address its workforce needs.
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> ABOUT RETENTION EDUCATION: Retention Education, LLC is a workforce
> development
> company committed to the development and distribution of educational products
> that help Hispanic adults improve their work skills and their daily lives.
> Retention Education, LLC first released Sed de Saber™ , which translated
> means
> Thirst for Knowledge, for the hospitality industry in 2005.  Since then,
> 25,000 units have been sold.
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