Tuesday 29 November 2016

BLACK FRIDAY 2016

I spent my first Black Friday in Canada last week. I was excited as our teacher Joseph took us to the Downtown to experience the atmosphere of the special day. 

I met Joseph and other students in the Sheraton Hotel around 11 am. There happened to be an ESL exhibition in the hotel. As we visited the exhibition, Joseph introduced some exhibitors, I took a few ESL materials and souvenirs from some exhibitors. 

After visiting the exhibition, we went to Eaton Center through the PATHThe mall was so crowded. Lots of items were on big sale, which encouraged people to buy, buy and buy. There was a very high and well-decorated Christmas tree in the mall. It is said that this Christmas tree was the highest one this year. We can feel that the festival season is here and the Christmas is coming.

I think it is one of the best forms to learn English and understand the culture of Canada, isn't it?






THE MAP OF ZIKA Monday, November 28, 2016


Monday, November 28, 2016

Tuesday's Listening Assignment

What mosquito-borne diseases can you think of?

Do you consider them modern? Why or why not?

  1. Listen to this recording in Medium (N. American English) and one more.
  2. Do this spelling exercise and this dictation exercise.
  3. Listen to the Medium (N. American English) reading again.
  4. On a blank world map, include details about Zika virus in three different areas/countries mentioned in the audio. Include three different areas/countries NOT mentioned in the audio, and mark them differently.

answer for Q4:

Wednesday 23 November 2016

Nov. 23, 2016 Assignment

Wednesday, November 23, 2016

Wednesday's Reading Assignment


Here are your tasks:
  1. Role play: Having a Business Mentor
  2. Check out these associations: 1234
    1. What are their histories, features, and opportunities? Use Google and take notes for each of them.
    2. As a member of one association, write a brief email requesting services equivalent to another association’s, providing the relevant URL evidence.

ANSWERS;
1.The Canadian Tamil Professionals Association (CTPA)
The Canadian Tamil Professionals Association (CTPA) founded in 2008, is a non-profit, non-political organization focused on developingopportunities for young Tamil professionals through networking events, professional development, and community involvement. CTPA will further the interests and objectives of local emerging leaders and stimulate interest and participation in local business activities and community events.
CTPA was formed to address the need for Tamil people starting a new career or business to network with each other and support and promote each others’ businesses. Providing opportunities for young Tamil professionals to meet on a regular basis encourages relationships to be built and perspectives to be shared.

2.The Canadian Arab Institute (CAI) 
The Canadian Arab Institute (CAI) is a charitable, non-partisan policy and community engagement think-and-do-tank.  It was founded in 2011 with the aim of starting a new conversation about the life and contributions of Canadian Arabs and offering a unique perspective on public policy issues.CAI generates original discourse that engages Canadian institutions and the public and helps improve understanding between communities.
3.Cross-cultural Professionals Association of Canada(CPAC)
CPAC (Cross-cultural Professionals Association of Canada) was first founded in 1992 as a registered not-for-profit organization. Our mandate is to assist internationally trained professionals in gaining recognition, cultural integration, career advancement, civic engagement in Canada and expanded international opportunity through quality service and advocacy.
4.Professional Immigrant Networks (PINs)
PINs is made possible through the collaborative efforts of a number of stakeholders.Associations are member-based associations run by and for skilled immigrants. They work to help their members connect with and integrate more quickly into the labour market.One of the ways the PINs program builds the capacity of professional immigrant association is by raising awareness. They do this by:Promoting PINs associations to immigrants, prospective immigrants, employers and key stakeholders through our outreach activities including immigrant fairs, speaking engagements and other related conference. Encouraging immigrants to connect with PINs associations to help build their professional networks as part of their job search strategy. Engaging employers to connect with immigrant talent through the associations

Monday 21 November 2016

SOME RESOURCES

http://425window.blogspot.ca/p/resources.html

Pronunciation


Learn Phonics with Your Kids! 
Text-to-Speech in Various Accents; also, http://ttsreader.com/ and http://www.fromtexttospeech.com/ (Thank you, Liu Shui!)
Sounds of American English (Iowa University)
ELLLO Listening Lessons
The Canadian Accent 

Resources

English Language Conversation Teacher: Anyone interested in private tutoring can contact Kathleen Dearing atkathleen.dearing077@sympatico.ca.

New! A self-driven pronunciation course from Carnegie Mellon University!





Featured

ESL Teacher's Facebook
LinkedIn Business Networking Site
Videos for conversation starters/startlers
Facebook Toronto LINC Site: Share your ideas and experiences!
Free Online Storage/Sharing of Huge Files (> 1GB)
Camping Tips for Torontonians - post your ideas or questions for the summer!

Listening

200 Dictation Exercises!
Dictation for "Beginners"
Beginning, Intermediate, and Advanced Dictation
Dictation of 10 Useful Suggestions
ELLLO Listening Lessons
English Media Lab Video Lessons
Science Vocabulary and Listening with Steve Spangler
Stories & Poems with MP3
English Media Lab Video Lessons

Speaking

Animated English Medical Dialogues
Talk English Speaking & Listening Help
Listening, Speaking, and Pronunciation (MIT)

Reading

Canadian Stories, by Subject
Reading Comprehension, from Beginning to Advanced

Writing

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  1. It's very useful ! Thanks !
    Reply
  2. Thanks, Qi! You're so very welcome :)
    Reply
  3. That is very excellent for my English study, I never hear that so many good resource in the past time. Thank you for your work.
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  4. Thank you, Thomas, for those kind remarks! Glad you're enjoying the resources, and best wishes!! :)
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On Meetup

Monday, November 21, 2016


Monday's Writing Assignment


Here are your tasks:
  1. From this list of meetups, make a list of 3 you would be interested in and 3 you would not.
    1. For each meetup, list the group name, cost, number of members, frequency of meetings, and one or two more details.
    2. Write a short text message to a classmate to recommend a group, stating key details and reasons for your recommendation.


The group name
cost
Number of members
Frequence of meetings
Leadship Team
Upcoming meetups
One of details
3 Interested
1
Startup Toronto
No
3624
124
5
5

2
Toronto Entrepreneurs
No
11377
195
1
2

3
Hacker Nest Toronto Tech Socials
No
10535
88
14
12

3 No Interested
1
Toronto Gay Men’s Group
No
43
900
1
14

2
Ladies Night Out
No
633
210
1
7

3
Peel Region Investing
No
47
1
1
2

The Text: Hi Marry, do you want to start up your own business? I think you have to collect informations at first. Now there is a group 'Startup Toronto' in meetup maybe help you, the address is: https://www.meetup.com/Startup-Toronto/, you may try. Good luck!

  1. Learn the key vocabulary in this podcast: Not Getting Walked All Over
    1. Select a Text-to-Speech website to read it aloud.
    2. Finish the paragraph: "In professional relationships, my best experience was when ..."
    3. Use vocabulary words you learnt from the podcast, publish, and read your classmates' paragraphs!




Friday 18 November 2016

Q&A on This Phone Call

Hellow, good morning, can I speak to Jasitina, please?
Speaking.
Hellow Jasitina, my name is Master Babic, I'm a friend of your brothers.
O, yeh.
I was talking with them yesterday, and he suggested that you would be a good passenger talk to about possible career options in physical therapy.
Oh, sam. what did he say about me?
He said you have a lot of experiences and  you know all about this field. I'm a new in Canada, and  I try to find out how I can become a lisences physical therapy here, I worked in  the Syrian Inpulling  for a few years. Do you think you might be open to have an information interview with me? So I can know my options. I do really appreciate it.
Sure, why not?
Oh, that's great.
Can we set a date at time?
Yes, do you want to meet in the evening? I finish work at 5, so I could...


1 Who is Jastina?
   A lady who has lots of experience of physical therapy and she is one of Babic's friend's sister.
2 What did Master Babic want to do?
   She wanted to get a lisence of physical therapy.
3 When would they meet to talk about?
   The evening of that day.

Tuesday 15 November 2016

Monday, November 14, 2016

Tuesday's Reading Assignment


Here are your tasks:
  1. Read this article: http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/canada-jobs-october-1.3836222
    1. Identify and share with a partner 10 new words/expressions.
    2. Listen to your partner and check for meaning and pronunciation.
  2. Ask 3 questions based on the article, and answer them on your blog.
Answers:
2.1 What is the title of this article?
The title of this article is Canada adds 44,000 jobs in October.
2.2 What is the Statistics Canada reported?
Statistics Canada reported Friday that most of the jobs came from Ontario and British Columbia, which added 25,000 and 15,000 new jobs, respectively. Most other provinces were largely unchanged.
2.3 Which departments added the jobs in the past month?
During the month itself, the construction, wholesale and retail trade, "other services," educational services, natural resources and public administration sectors added jobs.

10 new words: respectively; expectations; flip; Opposition; note; recovery; softens;  tighter ;mortgage;

NOTE:
Statistics Canada = Stats Can

Monday, November 14, 2016

Monday, November 14, 2016


Monday's Writing Assignment

Welcome back! What a great time we had on our feet at last Friday's Remembrance Day Ceremony. For pictures, be sure to check them out here.
Today, we start out on a new weekly theme! Can you guess from the picture below? Tell a partner:
Here are your tasks:
  1. Learn the vocabulary here.
    1. Complete this online exercise.
    2. Follow-up with this task.
    3. Help this baker.
  2. Search for 3 possible jobs you could qualify for in Canada. Publish the job titles, URLs, and relevant reasons/qualifications.
1.1



A Conversation with Partner on Dental Clinic
2
2.1  fisheries.
       Because I like fishing, so I like somethings about aquaculture.
       https://www.aquaculture.ca/files/join-CAIA.php

2.2 A general Labour $17/hr
      The wages may be the reason.
      http://jobview.monster.ca/general-labour-17-hr-job-aurora-on-ca-175983949.aspx?jobPosition=1

2.3 A Professor
      Just want to be.
      https://www.uoguelph.ca/hr/careers-guelph/current-opportunities#professional