Tuesday, 19 January 2016

Tuesday's assignment - January 19, 2016

Good morning, everyone,

How to Work Well in Canada is our theme this week. Trying to observe and understand culture is like trying to observe and understand an iceberg. Anyone who is either looking for a job or starting out a new job will require some time to figure out the expectations, culture, and customs of any or prospective workplace.

Task 1:

Look up the meanings of the vocabulary words below.

Aggressive (Negative): ready or likely to attack or confront; characterized by or resulting from aggression.
Equality (Positive): the state of being equal, especially in status, rights, and opportunities.
Rituals (noun): the prescribed order of performing a ceremony, especially one characteristic of a particular religion or church.  
Annoyed (Negative): slightly angry; irritated.
Minimize (Verb): reduce (something, especially something unwanted or unpleasant) to the smallest possible amount or degree.
Task (Noun / Verb): assign a piece of work to.  
Collaborative (Positive):  produced or conducted by two or more parties working together.
Oblivious (Negative): not aware of or not concerned about what is happening around one.
Valuable (Positive): worth a great deal of money.
Customs (Positive): an action or way of behaving that is usual and traditional
Promptness (Positive): done, performed, delivered,
Values (Positive): the regard that something is held to deserve; the importance, worth, or usefulness of something.
Embarrassment (Negative): a feeling of self-consciousness, shame, or awkwardness.

Task 2:

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

Hello Hala, I hope this e-mail find you well.
I’m writing to talk about the Canadian culture.
After four months here in Canada i’m feeling happy because Canada is a country where you can feel equality between the people. The values of this people are pretty good and they never makes me fell annoyed or embarrassed.
The good task is here in Canada you can collaborate with the country.
Best Regards.

Fabio   

Monday, 11 January 2016

Monday's Assignment 2016-01-11

Monday's Assignment

We all make mistakes, but how we deal with them may be different in different cultures. Making an excuse is one of them:

Do dogs and excuses appear together in excuses in your L1? Here are more excuses in English.
Here are your tasks:
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Pick a favourite.
  1. Vocabulary & Pronunciation: Time Off from Work
    1. Do not practise silently only. Speak aloud the new words, comparing the pronunciation carefully with the audio.

    1. Make sentences using the new vocabulary.
bachelor party - I have a friend who will marry. But before we will organize a bachelor party for him.
Vegas - The bachelor party will be in Vegas.
time off from work - I need to get time off from work to go to Vegas.
to miss out - I don't want to miss out on all the fun.
vacation leave - I need a vacation leave to go to Vegas.
company policy - The company police It does not allow me to take vacation this month.
maternity leave -  leave of absence - I have some options like maternity leave or a leave of absence.
calling in sick - I'm thinking about just calling in sick.
accumulated sick leave - I have a lot accumulated sick leave.
leaving him hanging. - I like my boss and i don't want to leaving him hanging.
straight out - The best thing to do is just straight out.
wild weekend - Vegas will be a wild weekend with the guys.
the guys
  1. Role play: Plagiarism
    1. Listen. Then discuss with a partner.
    2. Practise the dialogue by yourself and then with your partner.
    3. Record your dialogue on Chirbit or Audioboom and place it, with these instructions, on your blog.
  1. Write a brief trip report (no more than 100 words) for last Thursday's visit to TRL. 
    1. If you didn't go, include your excuse and interview a classmate who did.
    2. Add pictures (feel free to steal from my FB).
    3. Have 2 classmates check your work before hitting the Publish button.