Friday, November 18, 2016

Friday's Listening Assignment

If you want to know certain tips and details before applying to any job or industry, try to get it from the horse's mouth.

Watch this video and take notes, first with CC (close captioning) off and then later with CC on.

If you want to hear about such interviews at a slower rate, try this video.

Have you ever conducted an informational interview in your life? Discuss with 2 - 3 partners what you learnt.

Here are your tasks:

1. Listen to this phone call and write down 3 questions about it in full sentences.
2. Compare them with a partner, and write out the answers.
3. Who is Sam ?
4.  He is Jastena s brother .
5. Where does Justina come from ?
6. She comes from poland .
7. What did Justina job in here contry ?
8. She was job physotherapist .
9. Complete the following exercises on Interviews: 1, 2, 3

10. Information Interviews Activity 2

    Correct! Well done.
    Your score is 84%.

    Name of caller?	Henry Kieran	Marta Babic
    Caller's country of origin?	Slovakia	Poland
    Name of interview contact?	Dasa Paramasantham	Justina
    Caller's occupation?	civil engineer	physiotherapist
    Who advised caller to contact this person?	the professional association	Justina's brother
    What does caller request?	some time to talk in person	an information interview
    Type of information caller is looking for?	labour market situation	possible career options
    When does contact suggest meeting take place?	Friday at 1:30	in the evening

     .

11. Information Interviews Activity 3

    Your score is 62%.
    Some of your answers are incorrect. Incorrect answers have been left in place for you to change.
    Contact (Dasa): Dasa Paramasantham, Engineering Department.
    Job Seeker (Henry): Hello, Mr. Paramasantham. My name is Henry Kieran. I am a civil engineer from Slovakia and I am trying to find information that would help me to work in my profession here in Canada. I your name from the professional association. They told me that you would be the best person to talk to.
    Dasa: Oh, they did? I’m kind of busy right now.
    Henry: Oh, of course. I don’t mean right now. I was actually wondering if you might be to spare some time to talk with me. I would like to explore career options and learn about the labour market situation in structural engineering, and I think it would really help me to speak to someone like you.
    Dasa: , I am not sure if I can give you all that information, but I think it is a good start to your job search. I’d be happy to talk with you.
    Henry: Oh, that would be great.
    Dasa: Can you call me back some time on Friday? It’s usually quiet here on Fridays and we talk then.
    Henry: Sure. Friday is good. I was hoping to meet with you in person, though.
    Dasa: Oh. Well, that would be fine too. I can meet you after lunch; let’s say around 1:30?
    Henry: Great. I will be in your office at 1:30. Thank you, Mr. Paramasantham.
    Dasa: See you then.
     

Tuesday's Reading Assignment

Tuesday's Reading Assignment

How long does it take for a newcomer to find a job in another country? What kind of jobs are on offer--full-time, part-time, contract?

What series of questions and answers do you think led to this answer?

Here are your tasks:

1. Read this article.
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. 
3. (question 1 )what is the rate of jobless in Canada ?
4. (Ask 1) the rate of jobless in Canada is seven per cent .
5. (question 2)How many full -time jobs did the economy lost during last month ?
6. (Ask 2)the economy lost more than 23000 full-time jobs during the month . 
7. (question 3)what did the leader of the official opposition (Rona Ambrose )declare about September's numbers ?
8. ( Ask3) he said (Rona Ambose ) not a single new full-time job has been created since the new government took power a year ago .  
9.                   

Tuesday's Assignment

Tuesday's Assignment

Who is responsible for starting Canada's universal healthcare system?

Here are your tasks:

1. Take dictation from 1:29 to1:50 of this video.
2. Tommy Douglas led the reputation against older ugliest Virgen of Canada he comes in prairie wine with begin of better bright country . a country where body can't and more of point bright and take care about most vulnerable about citizen.        
1. Listen all the way through first.
2. See if you can hear the words: ugliest, prairie, vulnerable.
3. Feel free to slow the video to half speed if need be.
3. Leave a 60-second chirbit on what you think about Canada’s healthcare system and how you feel about Tommy Douglas.
4. (sorry .I did not can use chirbit ) In my opinion Tommy Douglas is one of most important in Canada . he was a great man ,that is a fact he gave everyone right to a ccess to medical health care . and he believed that his position would change Canada lifed with that mind he saw poverty around him and with that mind he entrs politics ,Its our duty to teach the new Canada generation that real chenge is possible that was tommy s thoughts .thanks Tommy  .

Friday's Assignment

Friday's Assignment
For your long weekend with homework, we consider the topic of retirement planning.

Tell a partner some things you have done already and what you are planning to do.




Did you laugh? Why?

Here are your tasks:
1-Please take this opportunity to review our work for this week. If you have not posted your writing or chirbits in your e-portfolio, please do that first.
1-Make sure you copy the question related to your writing or chirbit.
2-For each day's assignment, add:
1-your self-assessment (how did you perform--very well? struggling? hard? easy?)
       very well .
2-a reflection (how do you feel about doing the task? did you learn anything? how is it useful to your life in Canada?)
   I felt satisfied and more curious to know more. Yes, I did. It was very useful to me to know how to get a settlement in Canada.
3-some encouraging comments on a couple of classmates' blogs
2-Role play: Retirement planning
1-Work on vocabulary and pronunciation.
2-Practise speaking out loud, and record a chirbit to compare with the original..
http://chirb.it/CeL35k
3-Listen to this boring presentation, and identify 5 things new immigrants should take note of.
  bank account - health insurance - number getting a job - rent apartment right and right plase - how in insurance youself and some your mony -RESP for kids eduction .
1-Create a checklist.
2-Visit 5 classmates' blogs to see if they have the same 5 things.