Monday's assignment

Good morning all,

Listen to this talk and answer the following questions:

1. Why did the presenter mention “My fair lady”?
2. What is the percentage of youth the speaker has mentioned? How many text they send? How often?
3. What are the ten advice the speaker mentioned to have a great conversation?
4. Now, complete the table and add as many words or phrases that you have learned from the talk.

Word/phrase	Meaning	Sentence
Compromise
Competence
Pontificate
Pushback
Pundits
Conservative
Liberal
Go with the flow
Brag about
Promotion
Condescending
Rephrasing
Miniskirt

Thursday'a assignment

Good morning everyone,

We have been attending JSW for two days so far. Now, you need to use the SAR strategy to apologize to a co-worker for a mistake made. Click on this link to record your answer. 

Wednesday's assignment

Good morning everyone,

Today we will start with a different speaking task. Read the following dialogue once and then click on this link and follow the following steps: 

First, record yourself reading the following dialogue without looking up any words.

Second, find out the meaning of the underlined words and use each one in a sentence.

Third, record a second time reading the same dialogue.

Fourth, copy both links to your blog for your teacher’s feedback.

A: So, we’ll be seeing you at this Friday’s cocktail party?

B: Oh, I didn’t tell you.We cancelled.

A: That’s a surprise. How come?

B: We didn’t know earlier, but the Jameses are going.

A: And how’s that a problem?

B: They just seem so snobbish, always trying to keep up appearances.

A: Maybe they’re just nouveau riche and trying to adjust.

B: I don’t know. They’re too much like FOBs, and they talk funny.

A: Look who’s snobbish here.

B: Hey, whose side are you on?

A: Maybe we could reach out to them and see if we could help them become more 

socially integrated.

B: Whatever! We just can’t stand elitists and hypocrites!

Field Trips in the month of November

Friday Nov. 11: Field Trip to Remembrance Day Ceremony at the  Queen's Park



Remembrance Day is a special time for all Canadians, and this year's ceremony venue of choice for us is the provincial capital at Queen's Park.
Those leaving from Don Mills can feel free to avail yourselves of this map.

Let's meet at 10.30 am next to King Edward VII in full military regalia

Friday Nov 25: Field Trip to Black Friday Sale Downtown

 

Eaton centre is the place and will confirm the time early next week.

Wednesday's assignment

Task 1:

The following words/phrases come from the radio show you will listen to. Write down what you think the phrases mean. Then listen for the phrases in the recording and revise your definitions based on what you hear.

• create rapport

• interaction

• no-no’s

• casual friends

• break the ice

• robotic

• engage in (a conversation)

• colleagues

Task 2:

Listen to a radio show guest talk about small talk. Underline true or false below.

1. Small talk is mainly used to get things done and to provide information. T F

2. When someone asks, How are you? they are asking for information about your health. T F

3. In Canada, people always expect you to ask about their family. T F

4. People use small talk in the workplace to keep their work relationships friendly. T F

5. An example of small talk is giving a compliment to someone. T F

6. Couples who have been together for a long time often engage in small talk. T F

7. People in Canada talk about the weather all the time because they love it so much. T F

Monday's assignment

Good morning everybody,

This week, we will try to know ourselves better to be able to decide our career goals and our next steps in Canada.

Task 1:

About me: Write a short autobiography about yourself.

Express what your first language is, you former country, professional background, things that you like or dislike to do, your hobbies, and why you need to learn English.

Task 2:

Read this short inspiration story about goals and prepare a short example of a time you have used the strategy mentioned in the story to share it with your peers. Click here for the full story.

Thursday's assignment

Good afternoon everyone,

We are still talking about how to have or maintain healthy diet. Go on this link, listen to the listening task, answer the questions, and then check your answers.