The video clips listed below were taken from the PBS LiteracyLink series Workplace Essential Skills. These short video segments provide learners and teachers opportunities to enrich their Project CONNECT experience in many ways:

• Learners can practice listening to conversational English.
• Learners can solidify and expand their understanding of Project CONNECT's content, particularly as it relates to life and workplace skills.
• Learners can increase their knowledge of U.S. culture, particularly as it relates to the American workplace.
• Teachers incorporate video segments into their plans for teaching writing and reading for a purpose.
• Teachers can use the clips as topics for classroom discussion.

Workplace Essential Skills video excerpts

1. Planning to Work, 1
   Duration: 1 minute, 8 seconds
   Recognizing and identifying your talents.
   Suggestions for instruction:
   • Video content relates closely to concepts and language presented in Working in the USA modules
     • Appropriate for content covered in Finding a Job.
2. Planning to Work, 2
   Duration: 3 minutes, 11 seconds.
   Identifying the public library as a resource for job hunting.
   Suggestions for instruction:
   • Video content relates closely to concepts and language presented in Working in the USA and Living in the USA modules
     • Appropriate for content covered in Finding a Job and Community Resources.
3. Planning to Work, 3
   Duration: 3 minutes, 10 seconds.
   Setting employment goals; understanding commitments required to complete job training and education.
   Suggestions for instruction:
   • Video content relates closely to concepts and language presented in Working in the USA modules
     • Appropriate for content covered in The American Workplace.
4. Matching Skills and Job, 1
   Duration: 54 seconds.
   Discovering your transferable skills.
   Suggestions for instruction:
   • Video content relates closely to concepts and language presented in Learning in the USA and Working in the USA modules
     • Appropriate for content covered in Career Planning, The American Workplace and Finding a Job.
5. Matching Skills and Job, 2
   Duration: 2 minutes, 13 seconds.
   Recognizing benefits of getting trained on the job.
   Suggestions for instruction:
   • Video content relates closely to concepts and language presented in Working in the USA modules
     • Appropriate for content covered in The American Workplace and Finding a Job.
6. Matching Skills and Job, 3
   Duration: 2 minutes, 54 seconds.
   Identifying resources for job openings; learning to understand language of newspaper and other job ads.
   Suggestions for instruction:
   • Video content relates closely to concepts and language presented in Working in the USA modules
     • Appropriate for content covered in The American Workplace and Finding a Job.
7. Matching Skills and Job, 4
   Duration: 2 minutes, 40 seconds.
   Presenting yourself effectively to prospective employers.
   Suggestions for instruction:
   • Video content relates closely to concepts and language presented in Working in the USA modules
     • Appropriate for content covered in The American Workplace and Finding a Job.
8. Applying for Jobs, 1
   Duration: 3 minutes, 16 seconds.
   Identifying parts of a job application and filling out a job application.
   Suggestions for instruction:
   • Video content relates closely to concepts and language presented in Working in the USA modules
     • Appropriate for content presented in Finding a Job.
9. Applying for Jobs, 2
   Duration: 1 minutes, 49 seconds.
   Making a good impression on a job application.
   Suggestions for instruction:
   • Video content relates closely to concepts and language presented in Working in the USA modules
     • Appropriate for content covered in Finding a Job.
10. Resumes, Tests, and Choices, 1
    Duration: 3 minutes, 19 seconds.
    Presenting yourself effectively on a job resume.
    Suggestions for instruction:
    • Video content relates closely to concepts and language presented in Working in the USA modules
      • Appropriate for content covered in Finding a Job.
11. Resumes, Tests, and Choices, 2
    Duration: 47 seconds.
    Identifying screening tests required for employment.
    Suggestions for instruction:
    • Video content relates closely to concepts and language presented in Working in the USA modules
      • Appropriate for content covered in Finding a Job.
12. Interviewing, 1
    Duration: 2 minutes, 4 seconds.
    Identifying job interviewing strategies.
    Suggestions for instruction:
    • Video content relates closely to concepts and language presented in Working in the USA modules
      • Appropriate for content covered in Finding a Job.
13. Interviewing, 2
    Duration: 2 minutes, 28 seconds.
    Identifying useful job interviewing strategies.
    Suggestions for instruction:
    • Video content relates closely to concepts and language presented in Working in the USA modules
      • Appropriate for content covered in Finding a Job.
14. Ready for Work, 1
    Duration: 2 minutes, 2 seconds.
    Recognizing challenges in keeping a job.
    Suggestions for instruction:
    • Video content relates closely to concepts and language presented in Working in the USA modules
      • Appropriate for content covered in Communication at Work and The American Workplace.
15. Ready for Work, 2
    Duration: 2 minutes, 1 second.
    Identifying responsibilities and appropriate behavior in the workplace.
    Suggestions for instruction:
    • Video content relates closely to concepts and language presented in Working in the USA modules
      • Appropriate for content covered in Communication at Work and The American Workplace.
16. Ready for Work, 3
    Duration: 2 minutes, 56 seconds.
    Recognizing what employers value and reward from employees.
    Suggestions for instruction:
    • Video content relates closely to concepts and language presented in Working in the USA modules
      • Appropriate for content covered in Communication at Work and The American Workplace.
17. Ready for Work, 4
    Duration: 2 minutes, 8 seconds.
    Recognizing relevance of taking responsibility for learning on the job.
    Suggestions for instruction:
    • Video content relates closely to concepts and language presented in Working in the USA modules
      • Appropriate for content covered in Communication at Work and The American Workplace.
18. Learning at Work
    Duration: 1minutes, 26 seconds.
    Recognizing significance of showing initiative at work; taking advantage of opportunities for growth.
    Suggestions for instruction:
    • Video content relates closely to concepts and language presented in Working in the USA modules
      • Appropriate for content covered in Communication at Work and The American Workplace.
19. The Language of Work
    Duration: 1 minutes, 37 seconds.
    Recognizing buzz words and the language of work; recognizing how to be a good listener in the workplace.
    Suggestions for instruction:
    • Video content relates closely to concepts and language presented in Working in the USA modules
      • Appropriate for content covered in Communication at Work.
20. Communicating with Co-workers and Supervisors, 1
    Duration: 3 minutes, 8 seconds.
    Communicating with co-workers and supervisors; avoiding bad talk; working as a team member.
    Suggestions for instruction:
    • Video content relates closely to concepts and language presented in Working in the USA modules
      • Appropriate for content covered in Communication at Work.
21. Communicating with Co-workers and Supervisors, 2
    Duration: 3 minutes, 52 seconds.
    Identifying conflict resolution strategies in the workplace.
    Suggestions for instruction:
    • Video content relates closely to concepts and language presented in Working in the USA modules
      • Appropriate for content presented in Communication at Work.
22. A Process for Writing, 1
    Duration: 3 minutes.
    Recognizing effective writing in the workplace.
    Suggestions for instruction:
    • Video content relates closely to concepts and language presented in Learning in the USA and Working in the USA modules
      • Appropriate for content covered in Academic Language Skills and Communication at Work.
23. A Process for Writing, 2
    Duration: 4 minutes, 33 seconds.
    Identifying a purpose, audience and format for writing.
    Suggestions for instruction:
    • Video content relates closely to concepts and language presented in Learning in the USA and Working in the USA modules
      • Appropriate for content covered in Academic Language Skills and Communication at Work.
24. Reading for a Purpose
    Duration: 1 minutes, 52 seconds.
    Skimming, glancing and scanning for information.
    Suggestions for instruction:
    • Video content relates closely to concepts and language presented in Learning in the USA module
      • Appropriate for content covered in Academic Language Skills.