New Program Teaches English to Hispanic Construction Workers

“A new educational resource from Home Builders Institute (HBI), the workforce development arm of NAHB, will help home builders improve their communications with Spanish-speaking workers.

Sed de Saberâ„¢ (“Thirst for Knowledge”) ”” Home Builders Edition is being developed in partnership with Retention Education, LLC, as an English as a Second Language (ESL) learning tool for the residential construction industry. It includes seven self-paced, interactive books that use Leap Frog Enterprise, Inc.â„¢ technology to teach workers 500 vocabulary words and more than 340 phrases commonly used in home building.”

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