Improving English skills - on-site vocational English as a second language classes

Nation's Business, May, 1993 by Roberta Maynard

"We are trying to group together students from different companies," says Tru Miller. "The costs will be on a per-student basis, and we will try hard to keep them down." Miller says the group intends to promote its services through local chambers of commerce.

On the national level, Congress has gotten into the act. A bill introduced in the House by Rep. Bill Emerson, R-Mo., would give businesses a tax credit for half the money they spend on English language training for employees. Should the bill become law, business interest in ESL could become even greater.

For information on VESL companies or instructors in your area, check the telephone book under "Languages," or contact Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL), a professional organization of 23,000 ESL educators and administrators, in Alexandria, Va., at (703) 836-0774.