Objective: Participants will increase their sensitivity to the needs of multilingual employees, understand and discuss common problems and solutions related to communicating with multilingual employees in the workplace, and become empowered to better support employees who speak English as a second language.
Audience: Managers
Class size: Up to 20 people
Length: 2 hours
Cost: Contact us for pricing or call 408-524-1649
Class size: Up to 20 people
Length: 2 hours
Cost: Contact us for pricing or call 408-524-1649
This workshop will cover questions such as:
• What specific challenges do speakers of English as a second language face in the workplace?
• What are the sources of these challenges?
• How should I approach an employee who appears to be struggling with his/her language skills?
• How can I help these employees improve their skills?
• How can I offer encouragement to my ESL employees without segregating them from the group or causing them to become defensive?
• My employee often tells me he understands a task but the results do not reflect this. How can I prevent this from happening in the future?
• What are the three most important things I can do as a manager to work effectively with my employees who speak English as a second language?
• What specific challenges do speakers of English as a second language face in the workplace?
• What are the sources of these challenges?
• How should I approach an employee who appears to be struggling with his/her language skills?
• How can I help these employees improve their skills?
• How can I offer encouragement to my ESL employees without segregating them from the group or causing them to become defensive?
• My employee often tells me he understands a task but the results do not reflect this. How can I prevent this from happening in the future?
• What are the three most important things I can do as a manager to work effectively with my employees who speak English as a second language?