[EDLING:2377] New English-as-a-Second-Language in the Building Industry

[Francis M. Hult]

Hispania News

New English-as-a-Second-Language in the Building Industry

Home Builders Institute, National Association of Home Builders and Lowe’s 
Unveil Sed de Saber(TM)-Construction Edition at the International Builders’ Show

A new self-paced learning program is now available to help the home building 
industry’s 2.5 million Hispanic workers learn English. Sed de Saber(TM)-
Construction Edition, sponsored by Lowe’s, was custom-created by the Home 
Builders Institute (HBI), the workforce development arm of the National 
Association of Home Builders (NAHB), to address job site communication 
challenges presented by the language barrier. 

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