Wednesday's assignment

Wednesday's assignment

How to Present Yourself

Listen to this video and then follow the tasks below:

Task one:

List the steps the presenter mentioned in the video regarding Sarah’s job search activities.
 

Sara has been looking for a job before  graduated. She wrote resume and caver letter printed them and send to companies where may have available positions.

Task two:

What is the advice the presenter gave in the video?

1. List companies you want to work for

2. Write down typical problems.

3. How would you solve them? Make an outline the solutions. 

Task three:

Fill in the following table:

	Words	Meaning	Sentences
New vocabulary	Frastrade Solve Implantation
Phrasal verbs	Work for  Piling up Come up	Appear
Idioms	She is going broke  Small piece of pie

Monday's assignment

Monday's assignment

Good morning everyone,

Do dreams come true?

This question I would like every one of you to answer in the following tasks. Based on our today’s reading (Dream Comes True), please write a similar overview for yourself following the main points below:

Task 1:

• Introduce yourself in 2 lines
• Specify your dream
• Give a short background on yourself
• Describe your family
• Describe your education
• Highlight two to three of your achievements in life
• Share a new goal you want to achieve in the future

Task 2:

Ask one of your peers to edit your work and give you a helpful suggestion on how to achieve your new goal.

Task 3:

After editing, publish your work for evaluation J

  Vergine Tumanya is a creative person. She makes the  world and people a bit more beautiful.

She need to control time by herself. She manages to fulfill many things at same time, and the result makes her happy. She always wanted to have a own business. It is her dream.

She is newcomer in Canada. She came here a year ago. Her homeland is Armenia. 

Vergine is a eldest child in her family. Her parents and sisters are live in Armenia. She is married and has two daughters.

She graduated  State Engineering University of Armenia. She have a bachelor degrees at mechanical engineering and cybernetics. Her third  profession is a jewelry designer. She has a lot of theoretical knowledge about using different materials to create unique jewelry.  Except that she has a three years of work  experience as a jewelry designer.

She had a successful own business in her country. Now she devotes much time to the improvement of knowledge of the English language and she already sees results of spent time and efforts.

Her new goal is to overcome the language barrier, continue career and  become a self-employed in Canada.

Tuesday's assignment

Tuesday's assignment

Tenses

Task 1:

Write one paragraph using simple present ONLY. Describe five or more routine or habitual actions that you practice.

Task 2:

Write one paragraph using present progressive ONLY. Describe your classroom and your peers.

Task 3:

Write one paragraph using present perfect ONLY. Share five things that you have never tried, visited, eaten, or done and why.

Task 4:

Write one paragraph using present perfect progressive ONLY. Share five things that you have started in the past and have been doing till the current time.

Task 1:

I wake up at 6 am every morning. I prepare a breakfast and lunch box for all my family members. I go to school five days per week. In the evening we do homework with my daughter. After all routine works we watch a movie with my husband.

Task 2:

We are spending a lot of time with my classmate at English school. In my class during lesson I am  listening interesting presentations or  lectures, learning new words. I am improving my listening skills. 

Task 3: 

I have lived in my country all my life. I have not been in other place except Canada.  I have seen all interesting places in my country twenty times. But I have not participated in some big festival in other country and I have not tried many famous dishes.

Task 4:

I and my sister have been watching movie. I like it very much. I haven't been sleeping during movie but my sister has been losing a grate parts of stories, but after that rest she has been feeling much better.

Wednesday's assignment. Compare between the two presentations.

PRESENTATIONS

Good morning everyone, hope that you have had a great, productive, and relaxing long weekend. This week's theme is Presentations. Presentations help you develop confidence, build self-esteem, get more organized and learn to track your time.

Click on this link  and this link; these are two different presentations; play both and answer the following questions after.

Compare between the two links in the following table:

Criteria	First Link	Second Link
Useful Tips	Tell personal story and make a point  use foundational phrases	Don't use filler words talk to people after the presentation
Dos
Don'ts
Engaging	The men likes clown. I don't like that kind of presentation style	Nice woman says short and clear.
Helpful
New Vocabular	foundational admirer rage well above six fingers	filler words one can not not communicate seize pop quiz style questions

Don’t miss Armenia

Don’t miss Armenia

Welcome to Armenia - the ancient state of unique traditions and culture.

Armenia is located on the border of Europe and Asia.

Armenia is a first state in the world adopted christianity in 301. There are many churches with unique architecture and history. Some of them have survived many wars and destructions. One of them is Tatev Monastery 9th century, located on a large basalt plateau. You can reach there on a longest non-stop double track cable car in the world.

But in spite of huge christian influence you still can find pagan temple of Garni. Built probably in the first century it is a Greco-Roman colonnaded building.

Armenia is a mostly mountainous country with a beautiful sightseeings and a  largest high-altitude freshwater lake in Eurasia - Sevan.

Lake Sevan

      Tatev Monastery

Also being in Armenian capital Yerevan you should visit Matenadaran. It is a museum of ancient books, where you can find the biggest and the smallest bibles in the world, and many other old books as well.

You cannot find any other architecture like Yerevan’s in the world. You can walk in the city, admire on every step and have some food in restaurants and cafes which you can find a lot.

It is amazing how that small city could house so many theaters, museums and a big opera theatre.

       History Museum

Opera Theatre

You can visit Armenia anytime, with friends, family or even alone. In all the cases you will definitely find a lot of interesting things to do.

Wednesday's assignment

Calling About a Missed Appointment

Missing a scheduled appointment without providing notification is considered rude. If you inadvertently miss an appointment with a service provider or someone you’ve arranged to meet with, you should call to apologize and offer an explanation.

If you miss an appointment with a healthcare provider, you may have to pay for the missed appointment. Many healthcare providers require 24 hours’ notice to cancel an appointment.

Task 1:

Listen to the following telephone conversation in which a patient is apologizing for missing an appointment. As you listen, fill in the blanks.

Hospital: Good morning. Princess Margaret Lung Scan Study.

Patient: Oh, hello. I had an appointment for a lung scan on Monday and I’m
………terribly……..sorry but I …missed………the appointment. I apologize. I just didn’t notice it on my calendar……

Hospital: Okay. May I have your name, please?


Patient: Yes, it’s Vivian Bryce – that’s B-R-Y-C-E. My appointment was for 9:45 a.m. on Monday the 12th. I was  wonder if I could possibly …reschedule………….?

Hospital: Let’s see. How about Wednesday the 21st at 9:15 AM  ?

Patient: No, I’m not available on the 21st. Do you have …anything……. on Friday the 23rd?

Hospital: 
Yes, how about 10:30 a.m.?

Patient: Perfect. That is Friday the 23rd at 10:30 a.m. Bye.

Hospital: Bye.

Task 2:

Complete the table below with the expressions used to apologize and the explanation used in the above telephone dialogue.

Apology	Explanation
I am terribly sorry  I apologize	I just didn’t notice it on my calendar I am not available

Wednesday's assignment . Task 1

Task 1:

 Watch a video about parent-teacher interviews. Listen to a parent-teacher interview at:

www.settlementdownloads.org/downloads/video/parentteacher/PT_EN.html

While you are listening, identify the expressions that are used to:

Begin the interview:	Welcome to parent-teacher interview. I am very glad to see you this evening.
Make transitions from one topic to another:	Let me just show you.... Well, how about ..... As you can see ..... You know? that is actually good things .... Can I ask the question?
End the interview:	If you will have some questions you can feel free to contact me.

 Answer the questions below about the interview.

1. Is Richard progressing well in school?

   The Richard progressing is well.

2. What specific comments about Richard’s performance does the teacher make?

    He is Encouraging and strong student.

3. What four questions did the parents ask?

     1.They ask about homework.

     2.They ask about Richard's new friends.

     3. They ask about after school programs.

     4. They ask about personal grow part in report.

4. What information do the parents give the teacher about their son?

    He likes write stories.

5. What suggestions does the teacher give to help Richard do better in school?

    Richard has to read more at home.

6. How does the meeting end?

    Teacher said that parents can feel free to contact to him if  they will have something      to ask.