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Wednesday, July 15, 2015

Some links to help you study on a rainy day:

Grammar - eflnet.com 

Listening and vocabulary - Focus English dialogues 

English video lessons - engvid.com 

Canadian Geography quizzes 

Dictations (Easy, Intermediate, and Advanced) 

Links for pronunciation lessons

English lessons with Canadian music 

Short video lessons about Canadian history and famous Canadians (click on Heritage Minutes) - Historica Canada 

News - Ottawa Citizen    Metro News   CBC Ottawa

What's happening in Ottawa? ottawakiosk.com (click on the calendar), ottawaevents.org


Sun screen myths debunked


Monday, July 13, 2015

Morning class

Watch this story about unclaimed money in Canada and answer the questions on your worksheet.




Lots of good exercises to practice your grammar here.

Lots of good exercises here for listening and vocabulary on a variety of topics.

Afternoon class

Watch this story about a Calgary man's balloon adventure. Complete your worksheet.

Thursday, July 9, 2015

Monday, July 6, 2015

Morning

This week, we'll be talking about education and finance. Listen to the problems students in Britain are having.

Normal speed (British speaker)
Normal speed (American speaker)

Slow speed 

Check your answers here

It's verb tense review this week. Try any of the exercises and work on the units you feel are hard for you.

English for Financial Literacy - Look at Education, CLB 3-5, Budgeting

Afternoon

Saskatchewan wildfires - Listen to the story and answer the questions on your worksheet. When you are finished, watch the video and check your answers.

Thursday, July 2, 2015

Cellphones mark 30 years in Canada




Morning

We're going to be reviewing future tenses tomorrow and next week. Take a look at the examples and try some exercises yourself.

Using 'like' and 'as' - English video lesson 

Afternoon

Had better or should 

More had better practice