Monday's assignments

NEEDS ASSESSMENT

1.     What is your highest level of education?  

My highest level of education is bachelor degree

2.     Did you study English before you came to Canada? How long?

Yes, I had been study English in China for 9 years.

3.     How you’d like to work on your 4 skills (LSRW)--what tasks you’d like to be able to do in the next 6 months.

I like this class especially the teacher, the studying materials are very organized. I really need to work on my vocabulary. 

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

a.     reading   b. writing    c. listening               d. speaking

Speaking--reading--listening--writing

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

--increasing vocabulary 

--improving listening skill

--improving writing skill

6.     Underline the skill(s) you want to work on in this class: 

Speaking - listening - reading - writing

7.     Choose the most important skill/topic from the list below, and put them in order according to their importance.

Skills/Topics
1)    Assessing your long and short term goals 2)    Assessing your skills 3)    Understanding the workplace culture 4)    Resume and cover letter writing 5)    Obtain a LinkedIn account 6)    Pronouncing English clearly	4) most 13) 12) 15) 14) 11)
7)    How Canadian society works	10)
8)    How to understand speakers	16)
9)    Starting small talks in English	17)
10)           Improve writing skills	1)
11)           Talking on the telephone	2)
12)           Improve listening skills	8)
13)           Practise job interviews	6)
14)           Practise presentations	3)
15)           Learn how to speak at work	7)
16)           Learn idioms	18)
17)           Learn grammar	9)
18)           Canadian culture	5) least
19)           other (specify)

8.     What do you think can make our learning environment more effective and easier, for example, being on time in class, or doing your homework on time etc. Write down two to three ideas to improve our learning environment:

1.     ……………………….encourage us to speak English all the time

2.     ……………………….invite more local people to communicate with us

3.     ……………………….have some trips about workplace.  

9.     Write a short paragraph to describe yourself and your goals in Canada.