Monday, 21 November 2016

  1. Why did the presenter mention “My fair lady”?
A MOVIE
  1. What is the percentage of youth the speaker has mentioned? How many text they send? How often?
          about a third of American teenagers send more than a hundred texts a day. 
  1. What are the ten advice the speaker mentioned to have a great conversation?
Don't multitask. , be present. Be in that moment. 
Don't pontificate
Use open-ended questions.
Go with the flow
If you don't know, say that you don't know.
Don't equate your experience with theirs.
Try not to repeat yourself
Stay out of the weeds
Listen.
Be brief
  1. Now, complete the table and add as many words or phrases that you have learned from the talk.


Word/phrase
Meaning
Sentence
Compromise
SETTLEMENT

Competence
SKILLS

Pontificate
TO EXPRESS YOUR OPINION IN A VERY LONG WAY

Pushback
A NEGATIVE RESPONSE 

Pundits


Conservative
TRADITIONAL

Liberal
OPEN TO CHANGE

Go with the flow
INTERACT; FOLLOW THE SAME

Brag about
SHOW OFF

Promotion
INCENTIVES

Condescending

NEGATIVE ADJECTIVE
Rephrasing


Miniskirt


trivial 
SILLY; LESS IMPORTANT

anti-vaxxing
NOT ANNOYING

sustain coherent
MAINTAIN UNDERSTANDING CONVERSATION


Wednesday, 9 November 2016

create rapport   TO BUILD AND MAINTAIN SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS.  
• interaction        BEING SOCIABLE.
People need to interact with each other in a very nice and friendly way
• no-no’s         something forbidden
Here in Canada talking about religions is no no topic.
• casual friends LIKE WORKPLACE COLLEAGUES.
in the first few years of our immigration life; most of the person friends are considered casual friends.
• break the ice  BREAK THE SILENCE BARRIER.
at the first dating; both sides are doing a good effort to break the ice.
• robotic         COLD AND UNFRIENDLY PERSON.
Most of our nowadays relationships we are acting as robotics.
• engage in (a conversation) JOINING THE CONVERSATION.
i am trying to engage in a lot of small talks to be friendly and nice
• colleagues PEOPLE WORK TOGETHER AT THE SAME WORKPLACE.


1. Small talk is mainly used to get things done and to provide information. F

2. When someone asks, How are you? they are asking for information about your health. F

3. In Canada, people always expect you to ask about their family.  F

4. People use small talk in the workplace to keep their work relationships friendly. T 

5. An example of small talk is giving a compliment to someone.  F

6. Couples who have been together for a long time often engage in small talk. F

7. People in Canada talk about the weather all the time because they love it so much.  F

SMALL TALKS


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Monday, 7 November 2016

my autobiography

My name is Miriam Ibrahim; I am Egyptian; I am speaking Arabic; and my education background is mechanical engineering; I like walking; playing tennis; and reading; I want to improve my language; because now it is the language of the country I am living in; so for my daily life issues; as well to be able to explain myself; my dreams; any issues or concerns; poor language means a huge barrier in the life; as well I am fully aware that English is the first speaking international language all over the world; so it is a big asset to have this language.

Tuesday, 18 October 2016


“I know that is what I said, but it is not what I meant . . . "

Have you ever said that to anyone? 
Or anyone said this statement to you? 
Can you think of reasons why this misunderstanding happens in general?
Briefly share your story and reflect on the reason why this has happened to you or with

you. Then, add a headline to your story.

I THINK IT HAPPENS MOST OF THE TIME WITH DIFFERENT CATEGORY OF PEOPLE; WITH MY PARENTS; MY BROTHERS; MY KIDS; MY HUSBAND; PEOPLE IN THE WORKPLACE AT THE CHURCH; I MEAN EVERYWHERE IN DIFFERENT OCCASIONS; SOMETIMES BECAUSE WE ARE NOT LISTENING TO EACH OTHER; OR WHEN WE ARE TALKING WE ARE THINKING IN ANOTHER ISSUE OR TOPIC; SO OUR BRAIN ARE OVER BUSY;  ALSO 
 THE REASON COULD BE THE DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS; DIFFERENT CULTURE; DIFFERENT DEFINITION AND UNDERSTANDING FOR THE  TERMINOLOGY.


Needs Assessment

How long have you been attending LINC 5/6? TWO MONTHS

What was your biggest concern(s) before joining the class? WRITING CONCERN 

Was/were this/these concern(s) resolved? Why or why not? NO NOT YET; IT NEEDS MORE PRACTICING

How do you feel after attending this class for x amount to time? What has changed in
you? What do you feel more comfortable with? IT ADDS TO ME RELATED TO THE GRAMMAR AND STRUCTURE; I WILL FEEL THE CHANGES WHEN I WILL START STUDY TO MY KIDS.

Is there any concern(s) that you still want to work on? What is/are it/they? I STILL WANT TO WORK ON THE WRITING

List 10 topics that you would like to learn about in order of their importance from the most to least important.
I NEED TO KNOW ALL THE AVAILABLE SERVICES FOR NEW IMMIGRANT; RELATED TO THE KIDS; HEALTH; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; CITIZENSHIP;  RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS.

Tuesday, 27 September 2016

city center library


                                                                 Press #
1. You would like to find out if a book is available at the library.
0
2. You would like to ask the librarian if you could book a room for a workshop.
0
3. You would like to put a book on hold.
3
4. You would like information about the location of the library and its hours.
1
5. You would like to renew a book.
2
6. You left your gloves in the library and want to find out if someone turned them in.
0
7. You want to know the library’s website address.
0



Press #
1. You would like information about the language learning center.
3
2. You would like to sign up for an Internet training course.
1
3. You need information about the picture and video collection at the library.
4


1.What is the library’s address? 
234 FIRST STREET
2.What are the hours of operation on weekdays? 
MONDAY-THRUSDAY 9.30Am-8.30Pm
FRIDAY 9.30Am-5.30Pm
SATURDAY 9Am-5Pm
SUNDAY 1.30Pm-5Pm
3.What is the library’s Internet address? 
WWW.CITY REFERENCE LIBRARY.CA

http://vocaroo.com/delete/s1yWQhrcezey/bd5479c9a8f943dd

Tuesday, 6 September 2016



Good morning everyone,

Hope that everyone has enjoyed your summer vacation. Have a look at the above drawing and think how you can relate to it. Try to consider the following questions and then write one paragraph as a quick reflection on that picture. 
  1. How do you see it?
  2. What do you think the artist wanted to say?
  3. What caused this situation from your point of view?
  4. How can it be solved?
  5. Give a title to the drawing.
ICE age human kind relationships.

in the above image; it is clear that there is a heart; but it seems to me as an ice heart; and there are two persons male and female that they are standing  on the top of the two wings of the heart; heart for me is the source of love; care and attention; but ice for me is the source of coldness and isolation.; the two persons are for me the human kind with its two different category; so the artist could be tried to say that the human kind still has heart but this heart is being cold and isolated; accordingly the human kind feeling; emotions as well relations has been freeze. and from my point of view one of the important reason for this situation is the technology; and to solve this problem or to recover our hearts we must all of us cooperate to minimize the time consuming using the technologist devices.