"Put English to Work" ‎- it‎'‎s ESL for the world of work‎!‎ Contemporary‎'‎s "Put English to Work" integrates competencies‎,‎ structures‎,‎ and functions within a communicative model‎.‎ Students acquire general vocational and pre‎-vocational skills ‎- a perfect prescription for vocation and workplace ESL programs and one that‎'‎s flexible enough for general adult ESL/ESOL programs‎,‎ too‎.‎ Each of the seven books follows the workplace experiences of several characters‎:‎ getting hired‎,‎ keeping a job‎,‎ and working toward promotion‎,‎ along with occasional returns to pre‎-employment‎.‎ Accompanying audiocassettes provide recorded dialogues from the texts and other listening exercises‎.‎ The instructor‎'‎s manual contains lesson plans‎,‎ extension activities‎,‎ grammar explanations‎,‎ answer keys‎,‎ and tape scripts‎.‎