TY - JOUR AU - McLaughlin,, Jane AB - Abstract This article begins by describing briefly how unemployment is changing society in Britain, and goes on to give an account of how native speakers of languages other than English are especially affected. In London, experimental ESL courses have been set up to meet the needs of unemployed adults, and the article describes the establishment and evolution of these courses. This content is only available as a PDF. © Oxford University Press TI - ESL for the unemployed JF - ELT Journal DO - 10.1093/elt/39.2.88 DA - 1985-04-01 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/esl-for-the-unemployed-wc0dqXxC0a SP - 88 EP - 95 VL - 39 IS - 2 DP - DeepDyve ER -