Developing an English Literacy Training Program for the Work Context: The Trainer-Researcher Reflection

Monparath Charatwattananich ,Janpanit Surasin

doi:10.7176/jep/10-24-13

Abstract

The aim of this Doctoral research was to explore with the developing of training- research process of an English literacy training program for engineering staff for the work context and to determine how the researcher-reflection effects the training program. The Instructional System Design (ISD); ADDIE model was used as a framework for developing the training program. The sequencing process of ADDIE; Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation and Evaluation was operated in two phases as to seek for a more precise and reliable training program development. The researcher took two roles of an English language trainer and a researcher. The training-research results found that engineers’ skill needed were listening, speaking in work context, and presentation skills that they could learn and apply right at work and they preferred practicing and activities rather than listening to the classroom instructions. The training was a practice-based design using a combination of work-related content / topic and material developed to address the authenticity of work context. The peer-peer interaction helped participants gaining more confidence and learning outcomes. The research suggested that trainer’s ability to facilitate and stimulate the practicing opportunities resulted in learner’s speaking skill improvement. Keywords: ADDIE, work context, authenticity, global English DOI: 10.7176/JEP/10-24-13 Publication date: August 31st 2019

Highlights

The literacy deficits could be an employability barrier, there is a need for expanding training for workers through their workplace literacy training program
The ADDIE model was applied as a research framework for developing of training program
The findings presented here respond to the guided question of how to develop a self-design English training program for the work context

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Introduction

The literacy deficits could be an employability barrier, there is a need for expanding training for workers through their workplace literacy training program. Workplace literacy training program has been developed and evolved constantly to meet the people and the world changes. The declaration of the UN Literacy Decade (2003-2012), UN has been a forefront to promote literacy in youth and adult, in industrialized and developing countries via promoting the literacy training program throughout academic institutes, nongovernmental organizations, communities and national governments. In the globalization era, the rapid changes in the world of work and the multimodal literacy and complexity are increasingly required. The employee needs to take opportunities for self-development while it is the employers’ job responsibility to structure specific workplace literacy training, complex literacy skills, and high-level cognitive learning that help their employees to successfully communicate and be able to initiate into the way language works in their workplace context (Adoniou, 2016)

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