Monday

Task one:

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

1. about pronunciation 

2. Z pronunciation

• 3. living in the iglu

4. speak English and French, not america 

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   :  __moniquewang522@gmail.com_____

2.     What country are you from?  _______china_______

3.     What is your first language?  _______mandarin_____

4.     What other languages do you speak?  ______English__

5.     How long have you been in Canada?  _____13 years

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

7.     What is your profession?  _____nutrition and DBA___________________

8.     What was your job before you came to Canada?  _____STUDENT_____________

9.     What is your highest level of education? 

1 university  1 technical college  1 secondary school   Degree? __________BACHLOR______

10.  Did you study English before you came to Canada? 1 Yes  1 No. If yes, so for how     long? ___________6 YEARS_____

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

12.  What are your 4 CLBs?        L 7                       S 7            R 7             W 7

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

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

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

         learning more  vocabulary  and English grammar ………….

practice my writing skills……………………………………………..

practice my reading skills ……………………………………………..

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

……all of them ……………………………………………………………………

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
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)