July 6 2016 Assignment

Task 1:

Look up the meanings of the vocabulary words below.

Aggressive                                     equality                                       rituals  

Annoyed                                       minimize                                       task

Collaborative                                 oblivious                                     valuable

Customs                                         promptness                                  values

Embarrassment

Task 2:

Use at least five of these vocabulary words to write an email to a friend describing to him/her the Canadian culture.

Hi Mike!

I am very sorry to forgetting reply your email because I came back home later after my son's graduate rituals last night. I am studing in Canada and become oblivious these days. Don't annoyed with me. 

You know living in a new country, the education and skills that I gained in China isn't valuable. I must study 

hard to adapt to new costoms and different culture of Canada with my promptness.

Miss you and your while family.

July 4 2016 Assignment

Happy Canada Day to everyone,

 Let’s start our class today by listening to this video.

Task one:

Try to list down at least three misconceptions about Canadians that were mentioned in the video and write them down.

1   prime minister, not president.

2   Its language are English and French, not American.

3   It pronounces  "about", not "a boot"; 'peace", not "police".

4   It's diversity, not assimilation.

5   It speaks 'z' like "zed", not "they".

6   The beaver is noble animal.

7   don't live in igloos.

Task two:

Check with your partner what he/she has come up with, and come up with the common ones to be shared with the rest of the class.

Task three:

Classroom Needs Assessment

Personal Information

1.      Email address   :  _H1105881263@gmail. com_________________________________________

2.     What country are you from?  ___China______________________________

3.     What is your first language?  ___Chinese_______________________________

4.     What other languages do you speak?  ____British English____________________________________

5.     How long have you been in Canada?  _______six months______________________________

6.     Are you working right now?  No         If yes, what is your job? ________________

7.     What is your profession?  _______________________________________

8.     What was your job before you came to Canada?  ________________________________

9.     What is your highest level of education? 

1 university  1 technical college  1 secondary school   Degree? ________________

10.  Did you study English before you came to Canada? 1 Yes  1 No. If yes, so for how     long? ___12 years_____________

11.  Have you studied in ESL classes before in Canada?  1 Yes  1 No

12.  What are your 4 CLBs?        L 5                     S 5           R 7              W 5

13.  What language skill is the easiest for you? Please order from 1 (easy) to 4 (difficult).

1 reading  3        1  writing   4           1 listening  1         1 speaking  2

14.  List three goals or/and reasons for you taking this program.

…go to college …………………………………………….

………………………………………………..

………………………………………………..

15.   Which skill(s) do you want to work on in this class: speaking, listening, reading, or writing?

………all…………………………………………………………………………………

16.  What do you need to learn in this class? Choose the most important 5 things and write them in order in the opposite column.

Skills/Topics
ü  Assessing your long and short term goals ü  Assessing your skills ü  Understanding the workplace culture ü  Resume and cover letter writing ü  Obtain a LinkedIn account ü  Pronouncing English clearly
ü  How Canadian society works
ü  How to understand speakers
ü  Starting small talks in English
ü  Improve writing skills
ü  Talking on the telephone
ü  Improve listening skills
ü  Practise job interviews
ü  Practise presentations
ü  Learn how to speak at work
ü  Learn idioms
ü  Learn grammar
ü  Canadian culture
ü  other (specify)