This is the first part of a two-part volume of supplementary materials intended for use in the Department of State's Intensive English as a Second Language, Cultural Orientation and Pre-Employment Training Program for United States-bound Southeast Asian refugees. It contains an introductory section on the program's history and the development of the materials for it, and information relating to the English as a second language (ESL) component of the program. This includes a section on ESL curriculum development principles and techniques, a description of ESL proficiency levels, brief descriptions of the programs in Bataan (Philippines), Galang (Indonesia), and Phanat Nikhom (Thailand), ESL placement and proficiency tests, program competency standards by topic and level, notes on general presentation techniques, and literacy activities and worksheets. (MSE)