Yoga

Next  week, yoga teacher Suzanne will be coming to our classroom to introduce us to easy, beginner yoga. Bring a yoga mat with you if you have one. If not, bring a large towel. Make sure you wear comfortable clothing.

Schedule:

Morning Class: Monday, Feb. 4  11:00 - 12:00
Afternoon Class: Tues. Feb. 5 at 3:00 - 4:00

Listening: Marion's first yoga class

Vocabulary: skeleton

arm

internal organs

leg

Grammar Review - Linking words for cause and effect

QUIZ - because or because of

 

What are you up to this weekend?

 
Bring your family down to Vanier Park for a day of music, history, science, and art - with performances at all venues by Vancouver Academy of Music students. Plus, enjoy local food vendors and enter to win memberships and other great prizes.

Best of all? It's only $5 and includes admission to:

• Museum of Vancouver
• H.R. MacMillan Space Centre
• Vancouver Maritime Museum
• Vancouver Academy of Music
• City of Vancouver Archives
• and Bard on the Beach

16 & under visit FREE.

Click  Weekend Wander to visit the website.

 

Annoying Telemarketers

Have you ever felt harassed by telemarketers?

Listening - Stop Bugging Me
Reading - National Do Not Call List FAQs

If you want to stop receiving annoying phone calls, you can register your phone number on the
National Do Not Call List Website

Money Idioms

Do you burn through money? Money doesn't grow on trees, you know!

Learn more idioms about money here.

Listening: ABCs of Money Matters

Banking - Listening

Chequing Account

First Mountain Bank

Automated Phone Menu 1 

 Automated Phone Menu 2

Using Indirect Questions on the Telephone

We often use indirect questions when asking for information on the phone. Indirect questions are considered more polite.

Click on the links below for some exercises to practise asking indirect questions.



Activity 1

Activity 2

Activity 4


**PLEASE NOTE - If you are using Firefox, these activities will not work properly. Try using another browser such as Safari or Internet Explorer.

Reading: A Weather Illness Myth

Does cold weather actually make people sick?

Here are four activities based on the reading we did in class today:
1. Reading Activity
2. Idioms related to being sick
3. Main idea
4. Supporting details

Newcomer Newsletter

 

Click this link for the latest issue of the Newcomer Newsletter.

Not sure how to get your Canadian citizenship?

Worried about catching the flu this winter?

Interested in some tasty Canadian holiday traditions?

Then keep reading... and whatever you're celebrating, Happy Holidays from all of us here at Newcomer Newsletter!

Happy New Year!

Listening - Podcast New Year's Resolution

Reading/Vocabulary New Year's Quiz

New Year's Eve Phrasal Verbs