February 29 2016 Assignment

1. Vocabulary: At the Pharmacy
1. Write down some new words.
2. Use them in sentences, and have a partner check them with you.
2. Role play: Consulting a Phramacist 
1. Practise aloud by yourself.
2. Practise aloud with a partner.
3. Record on audioboom.com.
3. Write a brief report on Friday's field trip.
1. Interview and quote at least one of your classmates who went.
2. Include a picture of the field trip.

  1. Vocabulary: At the Pharmacy

•  pharmacist

           Ask your pharmacist for advice.

•  capsules  tablets

          Witch do you prefer, capsules or tablets?

•  dosage

          We can't put on a high dosage of vitamin C.

•  direction

          Before we have some medicine, we must read the directions carefully.

•  overdose

          Each year, many people take an overdose.

  2. Recording of Consulting a Phramacist

  https://audioboom.com/boos/4244298-recording-consulting-a-pharmacist

 3. Write a brief report on Friday's field trip.

     Last Friday, we went to the Conference Centre to have the annual IEP Conference. Many volunteers helped us to registering and  finding the meeting room witch our needs, they're very friendly. At first, we had  the presentation of Successful IEP Panel, four people who came from different countries told us their levies in Canada. It's very difficult at first, but they are successful with their hard working. I admired them very much, and I believed they will being my example. After that we went another meeting rooms which talked about five topics: engineering, information technology, sales,marketing & communications, finance & accounting and healthcare and related professions. I was an budding engineer before I went to Canada, so joined the  Skill Building Session of Engineering. There're five professional engineers made presentations of information in the engineering field  for us. we known If newcomer like us wanted a job of engineering, we must have licence of Canada. So we must study hard at first. After meeting, we had luncheo and took some photos. It's a nice day for us. 

  

February 23 2016 Assignment

Here are your tasks:

1. Vocabulary enrichment: Friendships
1. Write down at least 5 new words/phrases.
2. Make sentences with them, and check your pronunciation of those sentences with your partner.
2. Role Play: Having a Best Friend
1. Practise by yourself.
2. Then practise with your partner.
3. Finally, record your dialogue on Chirbit or Audioboom.
3. Networking 1: Connect Facebook to ESLTeach
4. Networking 2: Connect LinkedIn to your instructor’s.

Recording:

https://audioboom.com/boos/4218533-recording-having-a-best-friend
 

    Enterprise Toronto professes to be "an innovative public and private sector alliance. It's created to provide one-stop sourcing among services and programs, which are tailored to meet the needs of Toronto's entrepreneurs and small businesses." 

February 22 2016 Assignment

What do you want to study in LINC? Directions:

1. Add additional topics to this list. 
2. Then prioritize the topics by putting them in the right order--the most urgent and important ones at the top. 

• Medical issues (going to the doctor and hospital, phoning an ambulance, and staying healthy by eating well and exercising) 
• Information about Canada (what's in the news, aboriginal people, government, history, geography, customs and everyday life) 
• Employment (how to write a resume and covering letter, where and how to look for a job) 
• Canadian law and the police (individual rights and responsibilities, zero tolerance, traffic laws) 
• Housing (changing apartments, tenants rights, buying a house) 
• Education (the education system, contact with your child's school) 
• Consumer information (buying things, servicing and repairing cars and other items) 
• Insurance (public car insurance, private life and house insurance) 
• Banking and money (using bank machines, how to save on taxes) 
• Other - please specify 

Write one sentence on what you hope to be able to do in the next 3 months in each of the four skills: Listening, Speaking, Reading, and Writing. This list of skills may help. E.g. "I hope to be able to read and follow instructions and warnings on a label for a common chemical product (such as cleaning products, paint thinner) used at home or at work."

Finally, write a short report about your break last week. Did you make any new friends?



What do you want to study in LINC? Directions:

1.  Information about Canada (what's in the news, aboriginal people, government, history,  geography, customs and everyday life) 
2.  Medical issues (going to the doctor and hospital, phoning an ambulance, and staying healthy  by eating well and exercising) 
3.  Education (the education system, contact with your child's school) 
4.  Employment (how to write a resume and covering letter, where and how to look for a job) 
5.  Canadian law and the police (individual rights and responsibilities, zero tolerance, traffic  laws) 
6.  Housing (changing apartments, tenants rights, buying a house)  
7.  Consumer information (buying things, servicing and repairing cars and other items) 
8.  Insurance (public car insurance, private life and house insurance) 
9.  Banking and money (using bank machines, how to save on taxes) 
10.  Other - please specify 

  Write one sentence on what you hope to be able to do in the next 3 months in each of the four skills:

1.  I hope be able to write some documents, resume, letter in English.
2.  I hope be able to read some novel books. 
3.  I hope be able to  listen to a short news report on TV and radio, and listen to              telephone call  clearer.
4.  I hope be able to talk to everyone in English easily.

    report:

         Last week, I made some new friends on my Weibo. I liked cooking very much, and I also liked  study cooking from friends. My new friends like it too. We shared our photos of cooked food by ourselves and talk about how  to  make it. We also shared many interesting stories of  lived Canada everyday, and exchange the information of education of children.  Moved  a new country, and with different culture, we must learning many new skills to live, and we hope to have more new friends to share good live.   

February 12 2016 Assignment

Fer 12 2016 Assignment
Here are your tasks:

1. Enjoy listening and learning vocabulary here.
2. Practise this conversation by yourself and then with a partner. Record it on Chirbit or audioboom.
3. Listen to, practise, and record with a partner this conversation.
4. Try doing a jumping exercise, and record it on Chirbit or audioboom.
5. Create a third Chirbit or audioboom with your partner, this time using random information and vocabulary that you have learnt this morning.

1 .Recording of Conversation

https://audioboom.com/boos/4176025-calling-ambulance\




2. Amusing Ski Trip

     I went  to learn skiing with my classmates at Earl Bales Ski and Snowboard Centre yesterday. In winter, skiing is the favorite sport in Canada， we liked the beatiful photos of skiing and snown hill. Although it was very cold , we were all excit ed to learn this program. For most of us, we are the students with no experience of skiing. At first, we learned how to wear the boots, skis and helmet. Then we started learning step and jump on the snowground. It seemed simple but very diffcult for beginner. We tried again and again. At last, we started skiing on the beginner hill with the help of teather. Although  feeling very tired, we enjoy ed this sport and expect the next trip.

IEP conference registration Feb.26.2016

February 5, 2016 Assignment

Friday's Assignmen

1. Read this page, and identify one major response you would like to see from Torontonians (e.g. I would like more people to go outdoors/take more iPhone pictures/play computer games/walk their dogs). Discuss it with 2 partners.
1. Create a table on 6 facts about the parks of Toronto.
2. Create a poster that includes your table of facts.



Is this cartoon funny? Discuss with a partner.

3. Read your classmates’ blogs and leave your comment on each.
2. Find your home on the Parks & Trails Map. Is it on the front or back side of the map?

  1. Create a table on 6 facts about the parks of Toronto.

Park	Feature	Address
High Park	Natural areas and walking trails, sports facilities, historic Hillside Gardens, Children's Garden, Grenadier Pond, High Park Zoo, Colborne Lodge, Trackless Train	1873 Bloor Street West                 Phone:(416) 721-2012
Don Valley Brick Works Park	The Natural Environment and Community Programs Unit of Urban Forestry, City of Toronto, took the lead on restoration efforts, and continues to coordinate ecosystem management of the park.	550 Bayview Ave.
The Franklin Children's Garden	Little Sprouts Garden, TD Storybook Place, Snail Trail, Hide and Seek Garden, Franklin’s Pollination Station, Pine Grove and Turtle Pond.	Centre Island, via Jack Layton Ferry Terminal
Rouge Park	Diverse wilderness landscapes, historic sites, extensive trails, outstanding viewpoints, Rouge Beach, Rouge River	Meadowvale Road, Scarborough, ON M1C 1R8  Phone:(905) 713-6038
Village of Yorkville Park	Award-winning design, diverse gardens, unique landscape features	115 Cumberland St
Toronto Music Garden	Beautifulgardens inspired by the music of Johann Sebastian Bach, great views of Lake Ontario, summer concert series, eco-programs	479 Queens Quay West

  2. Create a poster that includes your table of facts.

   1.High park

  

   The Official City of Toronto page for High Park. Recognized as one of the most significant natural          sites within the City of Toronto, the park contains an outstanding concentration of rare plant                    species and is home to many species of wildlife.

         2. Franklin Children's Garden

  
       The garden is a hands-on learning environment that combines interactive features with                          recreational programming for children to discover the wonders of the natural world and to embark          on  the great adventure of reading

         3. Humber Bay Butterfly Habitat

  

  The Humber Bay Butterfly Habitat is an ecological restoration project that provides critical habitat           for a variety of native butterfly species.

          4.Rouge Park
        
  Rouge Park, one of Toronto's best kept secrets, and Toronto's largest park is becoming Canada's         first national urban park.

         5. Toronto Music Garden
        
  The park design is inspired by Bach’s First Suite for Unaccompanied Cello, with each dance                   movement within the suite corresponding to a different section of the garden.

         6. Village of Yorkville Park
         
   Unusual and popular features include a 700-ton Muskoka granite outcrop, a rain curtain/icicle                fountain and gardens featuring distinct plant communities.
        

February 4, 2016 Assignment

Wednesday, February 4, 2016

Thursday's Assignment

Good morning! The first thing we're going to do today is to follow-up on all the interesting, useful, and varied idioms from the Dictation Triptych on Rec Jobs.

So here are your tasks:

1. Identify 10 most useful idioms and create a sentence with each one, a sentence that brings out the meaning most clearly.
2. Using a different work situation, e.g. a restaurant or grocery store, use those sentences in a conversation between a manager and a worker. Feel free to insert interesting details of your own.
3. Have 3 classmates check your dialogue before publishing it.
4. Add a picture.
5. Create an audio recording.

10 idioms:   

 1. Bob's your uncle

  2. you betcha

3. hit the road

 4. bright-eyed and bushy tailed

 5. killer job

6. best in the west

 7.easy there

 8. how about the weather

9. there you go

10. good to go

Dialogue:

A: Hi there, can I help you?

B: Yes. Could you give me a bottle of sunscreen cream of this series?

A: OK, please wait a moment.

B: Thank you, you're so bright-eyed and bushy tailed.

A: Oh  sorry,  it is sold out. Do you like to try  another one?

B: My skin is sensitive,  I want a sunscreen cream of UV 40. I saw it last week.

A: OK, you can come to see again next week, maybe some new one will arrive.

B; But I must take it before I hit the road.
A: Oh,maybe you can look for that in other stores.

B: You betcha!  I'll look for it in other stores.

Recording:

https://audioboom.com/boos/4146603-recording