EF45 First day intro

 

Good morning, everyone.

 

This is the Quarter 1 (Q1) Period 1 (P1) (9:15-11:30 noon) class for these courses:

English Foundations 4

English Foundations 5

 

split class – two classes put together

about the same level

 

Take a course outline from the front table.

We will get started at 9:15

 

If you are on the waiting list, you will be contacted by the office in the next couple of days.

 

Wifi: VSB-Commons

Wifi password: AeQACYUf

  

My name is Allan Haley

 

Every day I will post an ‘agenda’

‘agenda’- used for meeting, business or government

list of items to talk about

helps to keep the meeting or class on track, organized

lets everyone know what to expect, what is coming

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Today’s agenda

·      Welcome

·      Dates, times for our class

·      Covid protocols

·      Parking

·      Course overview- handout

·      Communication - email

·      Small group chatting- icebreaker

·      Student Questionaire

 

IF TIME- may be over two classes

 

I have a class blog- online record of the class

You can reread any of this on the web every day.

haleyshec.blogspot.com

 

Teacher: Allan Haley

Email address: ahaley@vsb.bc.ca

 

Check attendance- make sure you’re in the right class

 

Source of confusion about names:

last name, first name

 

Better vocab for names:

last name – family name

first name- given name

 

Allan Haley

Haley Allan

 

 

You can call me by my first name: Allan

First name is ok

cultural-

You can call me whatever you feel comfortable with.

I will cal you by your first name if you don’t mind.

By the way, if you have an English name that you prefer, let me know.

I can’t change it in my computer, but I will try hard to remember it.

nickname- not a legal name, casual name

 

I sent an email to you yesterday. If you received that email from me, than that means we can communicate via email. If you did not receive an email from me, that means I do not have your email in the computer system. We will have to fix that.

 

Did you get my email?

YES- Great!

NO- Let me know. We can fix it.

I asked you to respond to ahaley@vsb.bc.ca with your name and class in the subject line of your email. Many of you responded to the email as I requested.

I responded “Thanks. See you in class tomorrow.”

Thank you for that. I want communciation to be seamless between us.

 

IDIOM seamless- smooth, no problems , confusion

seam – where two pieces of cloth are sewed, joined, rough area, bumpy

seamless- not rough, smooth

 

Registering for this class was seamless. adjective

Taking the Skytrain using a credit card is seamless.

Raising teenagers is rarely seamless.

 

I’ll talk more about emails later.

 

 

You’re here to learn as much English as you can in nine weeks. Take advantage of the opportunity.

ALWAYS: Any questions, queiries, uncertainties, don’t be shy. Just ask. Speak up.

Don’t let your nervousness or shyness stop you.

 

***COURSE DATES***

Course dates: Tuesday, September 5^th, 2023 - Friday, November 3^rd, 2023 (Final day together)

 

Monday to Friday, 9:15-11:30

Our classes are two and a quarter hours long- 2 hr 15m.

Approx. 100 hours

We’ll take a 10-minute break around 10:20 to 10:30.

 

Nine weeks of class

a week break between Quarters

You will start with you next class in November-January.

Quarter 1 Sept-Nov

Q2 Nov-Jan

Q3 Feb-Apr

Q4 Apr-Jun

Summer -five weeks July-Aug

 

Holidays – Non-instructional Days

Labour Day -Monday, September 4^th

National Day of Truth and Reconciliation - Monday, Oct. 2nd

Thanksgiving- Monday, October 9^th

Professional Development- Friday, October. 20th

 

 

 

labour-

-skilled labour- trade- plumber, electrician, HVAC, carpenter, hairdresser, nails,

-         great demand for skilled labour, shortage of skilled workers

-         good money $$

-unskilled labour- hard physical work

 

Are you planning to go to college or university?

 

** 10-Minute Break **

 

 

DAILY AGENDA

Everyday I will post an ‘agenda’ -the topics to be covered that day

POSITIVE MEANING agenda – agenda for a business or school meeting (official, formal meeting)- list of topics to be dealt with in the meeting or class

POSSIBLE NEGATIVE MEANING -a person’s selfish agenda (what they want to do)- their plan, their goals, which may differ from everyone else’s goals

“She has an agenda about the kids’s soccer team. She is coaching so that her son will have more playtime.”

 

*** IMPORTANT ***

*** Class Blog ***

Everything that goes on this screen, I will put up on our class blog.

CLASS BLOG: haleyshec.blogspot.com

It’s on the course handout.

 

You do not have to make notes as we go; neverthless, making notes during class is an excellent way to improve retention.

VOCAB retention – retain, remember

Making notes helps you to retain information.

 

**CLASS BLOG***

 

Our class blog: haleyshec.blogspot.com

 

blog – weblog- keep a written record on the internet, online diary, publish your thoughts-

 

web- internet

log- written record

 

hospital, truck driver- record events as they occur

 

Everything I put on this screen will be posted to my class blog afterward.

I will update my blog every day after class. You can check it and review what we did.

You can check the blog as much as you like. There is no sign-in, no password. It’s all public and accessible. People from all over the world visit my blog.

 

Our blog is a tremendous resource that you can use. You can use it this term. You can keep using it after you finish this course, until the end of time. I will keep it up forever.

 

My class blog goes back 13 years.

 

My blog is searchable. You can search for something specific that you are looking for.

The search bar is in the upper lefthand corner of the main blog screen. Search for whatever you want to learn more about.

 

 

 

ACTION

·      Go to the blog now. Make sure you can open it.

haleyshec.blogspot.com

Let me know if you are having trouble opening my blog.

Any trouble getting in? We’ll figure it out.

 

If yes? Good!

If no? Let me know.