Pronounciation - Linking

Making Polite Requests

This kind of language helps you get what you need. It also makes the world a kinder place. I think you'll find it useful.

Conjunctions of Contrast

A good YouTube video showing how to use although, despite, in spite of and however.

Listening to the News

CBC Newscasts are back. Click this link to hear the latest CBC news lesson.

Listening to the News - Sept. 13

Good times!

Thank you!

 
Thanks to all of you for your enthusiasm, positive feedback, gifts and good wishes. I'm so lucky to have such awesome students. We've had a great time together, and done so much. Let's keep the ball rolling! I'm looking forward to seeing you at the Friday afternoon conversation club, and hopefully we can do another volunteer activity this summer. I'm sad to be leaving Level 4, but I'm sure I'll see most of you in Level 6 before long! Best wishes to all of you! 

What's the Message?

Here are some more activities based on the messages we listened to in class today.

What's the Message? Ex. 1
What's the Message? Ex. 2
What's the Message? Ex. 3
What's the Message? Ex. 4

Sing a song on Canada Day

The Real Canadian Songbook

To celebrate Canada Day this weekend, why not sing a song? The Real Canadian Songbook website has a collection of songs by popular Canadian artists that you can sing along with. Fine-tune your listening skills by doing an ESL video quiz.

Telephone Phrasal Verbs

Telephone phrasal verb review: 

Activity 1
Activity 2 
Activity 3

Dragon Boat Festival

Congratulations to our classmates who volunteered at the Dragon Boat Festival this weekend -- Yana, Rezi, Gilla, Winnie, Cassie, Kim and Tu. We're looking forward to reading your blogs about your volunteering experience!

Listening to the News

This week's newscasts:

- Edmonton and Calgary making progress in decreasing the numbers of homeless people
- Massive protests in Brazil
 

Summer Solstice

June 21st is the longest day of the year and officially the start of summer.

 

Summer Solstice - Reading

What are you doing to celebrate the start of summer?

Telephone

1. Choose the correct prepositions - Grammar exercise.

2. Taking A Phone Message Podcast
Useful vocabulary for answering the phone and taking messages. Listen slowly and read. Listen to the vocabulary being explained. Finally listen again at normal speed.

3. Get the phone!
The phone rings and Darren answers it. Listen as Darren talks to the lady on the phone and his wife who is in the bathtub.

Listening to Voice Mail Messages: A Personal and a Professional Call

Listen again to the voice mail messages we heard in class today. 

1. Listening for details 
2. Listening for language

Listening to Telephone Messages

1. Can I take a message? (easy) Practice Exercise


2. Answering Machine (easy)

Make sure you do the Listening Exercise
and the Vocabulary Exercises:
- Mixed-Up Sentence
- Multiple Choice and Short-Answer Questions
- Sentence and Vocabulary Matching
- Text Completion Quiz

Conversation Strategies - Listening

 



Listen again to Grace and Abbey's conversation and fill in the blanks.

Listen and fill in the blanks

Conversation Strategies - Speaking

Listening: Conversation Strategies

Here is the conversation we listened to in class today. 

Conversation in the Company Cafeteria
1. Listen and answer 
2. Fill in the missing words

Go Fly a Kite!

Go fly a kite!

Can you guess the meaning of these expressions?

Click this link to learn and practise these idioms for recreation.

- a ball park figure
- a good sport
- be all thumbs
- go fly a kite
- have two left feet
- in the same boat
- keep the ball rolling
- music to one's ears
- off base
- on the ball
- put one's cards on the table
- right off the bat
- the ball's in your court

Roundhouse Tour Feedback - Afternoon Class

Did you enjoy the tour of the Roundhouse? What are your impressions? Are you inspired to try a new activity? Please post your comments on the wall below, and I will pass your feedback on to Percy.

 http://padlet.com/wall/hjxgz16i8k

Singing along