Monday's assignment

Monday's assignment

Happy Canada Day to everyone,

 Let’s start our class today by listening to this video.

Task one:

Try to list down at least three misconceptions about Canadians that were mentioned in the video and write them down.

 1. All Canadians are lumberjacks.

2. All Canadians are fur traders. 

3. Canadians live in iglu.

4. All Canadians have dogsled. 

5. All Canadians know each other.

6.All Canadians saw Canadian flag in their backpacks.

Task two:

Check with your partner what he/she has come up with, and come up with the common ones to be shared with the rest of the class.

Task three:

Classroom Needs Assessment

Personal Information

1.      Email address   :  __vergine.tumanyan@gmail.com________________________________________

2.     What country are you from?  ___Armenia _______________________________

3.     What is your first language?  __Armenian________________________________

4.     What other languages do you speak?  ______Russian___________________________________

5.     How long have you been in Canada?  ___One year__________________________________

6.     Are you working right now? 1Yes  1 No         If yes, what is your job? ________________

7.     What is your profession?  ___Mechanical engineer and Creative jewelry designer____________________________________

8.     What was your job before you came to Canada? 1. I worked as_customer care advisor._

                                                                                              2._I had own  creative jewelry design_business________________________

9.     What is your highest level of education? 

1 university  1 technical college  1 secondary school   Degree? _Two bachelor degrees_______________

10.  Did you study English before you came to Canada? 1 Yes  1 No. If yes, so for how     long? ____7 years____________

11.  Have you studied in ESL classes before in Canada?  1 Yes  1 No

12.  What are your 4 CLBs?        L    6                     S     6          R       5        W   5

13.  What language skill is the easiest for you? Please order from 1 (easy) to 4 (difficult).

1. reading   2.listening   3. writing   4. speaking

14.  List three goals or/and reasons for you taking this program.

…I get information…………………………………………….

…I improve my language skills

…I have the ability to communicate with people of other nations…………………………………………..

………………………………………………..

15.   Which skill(s) do you want to work on in this class: speaking, listening, reading, or writing?

………Speaking and Writing…………………………………………………………………………………

16.  What do you need to learn in this class? Choose the most important 5 things and write them in order in the opposite column.

Skills/Topics
ü  Assessing your long and short term goals ü  Assessing your skills ü  Understanding the workplace culture ü  Resume and cover letter writing ü  Obtain a LinkedIn account ü  Pronouncing English clearly	1.Practise presentations 2.Learn grammar 3.Improve skills 4.How Canadian society works 5.Canadian culture
ü  How Canadian society works
ü  How to understand speakers
ü  Starting small talks in English
ü  Improve writing skills
ü  Talking on the telephone
ü  Improve listening skills
ü  Practise job interviews
ü  Practise presentations
ü  Learn how to speak at work
ü  Learn idioms
ü  Learn grammar
ü  Canadian culture
ü  other (specify)