National Adult Literacy Database

The lead article in this issue describes a Calgary company’s initiatives to help employees whose first language is Vietnamese improve their command of English with the goal of making the workplace safer.

Another article describes Applications of Working and Learning (AWAL), a one-day professional development activity to help teachers show students how the curriculum they are learning in the classroom is used in the workplace.

The issue also includes an account of a symposium, held in Calgary in 2002, on incorporating Essential Skills into workplace training agendas.