Tuesday, 7 February 2023

EF67 Class 2 - finish course outline, Book deposits, classmate chatting

 

Good morning, everyone.

This is the Period 1, P1, (9:15-11:30 am) class for these courses:

English Foundations 6

English Foundations 7

 

We will get started at 9:15.

REMINDER: class blog: haleyshec.blogspot.com

 

Today’s agenda

·      Parking passes- Good until the end of June, SHEC parking lot

SHEC South Hill Education Centre

SH South Hill

·      Finish course overview- handout

·      Communication - email

·      Book deposits

·      Spoken- icebreaker

·      Survey- your English usage in life

 HW    Do book deposits. Prepare to introduce classmate.

 

WEBSITE TO HELP YOU CHOOSE A CAREER AND COLLEGE:

Education Planner https://educationplannerbc.ca/

 

Go to the college website. Look up the program, Check “ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS”

e.g. Douglas College, Film Studies

          VCC, Automotive

 

 

We have academic advisors at South Hill Education Centre (SHEC) who can help you figure out post-secondary options, what programs are available, and what the prereqs are.

prereq- prerequisite pre-before  require requirement

Verb + ‘ment’ = often will become a noun

allot- give(v)

allotment(n)

argue(V) argument(n)

encourage(v) encouragement(n)

 

CONTACTING academic advisors/career advisors: https://www.vsb.bc.ca/Student_Learning/Adult_Education/Contact_us/Pages/South_Hill_Education_Centre.aspx

 

 FREE ADVICE:    Start to make a plan now. Don’t wait.

Make a plan. Follow your plan.

If you don’t have a plan yet, do some deep thinking about it.

 

Choosing a career.

What is it you want to do?

What do you want to spend every working day doing?

Do you want to work outside or inside?

Do you want to be dealing with people or not?

Do you want to be sitting down or standing up?

Creative or rote (same thing all the time)?

 

 

You have to know yourself.

No matter what you decide, have confidence.

Sometimes people have a lot of self-doubt.

Fake it ‘til you make it!

You can do it! Believe in yourself.

When you look in the mirror, say something encouraging to yourself.

Positive self-talk is very important.

 

 

IDIOM Got up on the wrong side of the bed.    -in a bad mood

 

 

*** Email protocols***

protocol – customs, rules, regulations, politeness

 

Please always put your name and class in the subject line of your email. Then I will know who you are.

If you are not sure what to do, ask a young person. I can help, too.

 

If you send an attachment, please give it a name with with your name and class.

If you interested in trying this, feel free. I will write back to you. You may have already done this with my welcoming email last week.

If you don’t know how to do this, you should learn. It’s not that hard, and it is super useful to be able to do this.

 

 

*** Book Deposit ***

For this class, I will be giving out a couple or three books.

 

Book deposit $100 ($80 refundable)

At the end of the course, you return the books; then you get $80 back.

The total cost is actually $20.

 

I don’t want this to be an econmic barrier to anybody. If you’re broke, come and talk to me privately, and we can figure something out.

 

broke- no money

 

 

 

 

Go to this website: vsb.schoolcashonline.com

NOTE: Use the name and email address that you used to register for your SHEC courses.

 

I’d like to give out some books Thursday. Try to do the book deposit tonight. If there are any problems, we can solve them tomorrow.

 

I emailed you the document explaining the process. Let me know if you don’t receive it.

 

don’t like to spend money- miserly, tight-fisted, cheap, parsimonious

like to spend money- IDIOM Money burns a hole in your pocket.

 

 

Important challenges for newcomers

-meeting new people –

-talking with new people

-networking- loose connections between people

-social network-

-getting comfortable talking

-listening to new accents

 

FIRST DAY ICEBREAKER:

Get into groups of 4-5 people. Choose some people who you don’t know yet. Ideally choose people who do not spake your mother language.

A.       Chat with your partners.

1.       Name

2.       Home

3.       Family

4.       Job

5.       Travel

6.       Hobbies

7.       Future plans

 

B.        Make notes

 

C.       Tomorrow, you will introduce one of your partners to the class. Choose one. Make sure that you have information about them.

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