New Years Eve 2015 - downtown Vancouver

Here is the link for tonight's celebrations in Downtown Vancouver:

http://www.nyevan.com/

Collocation books

Here is the link for some vocabulary/collocation books:

http://www.cambridge.org/us/cambridgeenglish/authors/michael-mccarthy

Gender Gap Index link

Here is the link to the website we were using today in class:

http://reports.weforum.org/global-gender-gap-report-2015/rankings/

Day Five - Circuses and Animals

Here is the link if anybody would like to do the listening:

Circuses and the Animals

Happy Holidays everyone!

my email address

Here is my email if you need to email me or share something with me:

orsolina.rabasco@canada-english.com

Listening link for homework - Friday December 11, 2015

Here is the link if you would like to do the listening over the weekend:

Three Hours for an Ambulance

material for Friday December 4, 2015

Here are some links we will be using today in class:

Dancing on Ice

http://www.esolcourses.com/content/topics/sport/dancing-on-ice/instructions-wordmatch.html

Twelve Days of Christmas

http://www.esolcourses.com/content/topics/christmas/christmas-12-days-wordmatch.html

Material for Tuesday October 13th 2015

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=4956

Material for Tuesday October 6, 2015

http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/490/

Post-class material

Here are some links to the videos online:

https://vimeo.com/130662935

https://vimeo.com/128110515

Also, here is the link to the documentary that will be shown on Friday on PBS:

http://www.pbs.org/pov/aiweiwei/ (it will be available to watch online Oct. 3)


Here is the link for the protest song against the current Canadian government:

http://music.cbc.ca/#!/blogs/2015/9/Blue-Rodeo-slams-Stephen-Harper-government-in-new-protest-song-watch

Enjoy :)

Subjunctive

Here is a link explaining the subjunctive in English + practice exercises:

http://www.grammar-quizzes.com/infinitive2c.html

Websites for Paraphrasing - August 17, 2015

http://www.eslwriting.org/learn-paraphrase-writing/


http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/sample/intermediate/wt/wt_8.htm

Tuesday August 11

Here is the website we're using today.

http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/490/

Monday May 4, 2015

Websites for today's class:

http://www.eslwriting.org/learn-paraphrase-writing/

http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/sample/intermediate/wt/wt_8.htm

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=4956

Wednesday April 29, 2015 - Homework

Here is the link for the homework tonight:

http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/490/reading/tattoos2-reading.htm

Please work at your own pace, but keep in mind that this is a relatively easy reading and should take only about 10 minutes.

Tuesday April 28, 2015

Here is the website we are going to use in class today:

http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/490/

website for Monday March 9. 2015

Here is the website we'll be using today in class:

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=4956

An overview of paraphrasing:

http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/sample/intermediate/wt/wt_8.htm

website for Tuesday March 3, 2015

Here is the website we are going to use in class today:

http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/490/

Lunar New Year Celebrations Vancouver

Here is a link for more information:

http://www.cbavancouver.ca/

Power point Presentations - Fiction

Here are the links for the power point presentations we've seen in class regarding fiction:

Character - Character Types Lesson 1 PPT

Setting - Setting Lesson | PowerPoint

Links for extra practice

Here are some links that you can access at any time for extra practice:

Academic Word List - http://www.englishvocabularyexercises.com/AWL/

Contextual Cues - http://www.ereadingworksheets.com/free-reading-worksheets/reading-comprehension-worksheets/context-clues-worksheets/ (level two is an appropriate level)

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask :)

Websites for Monday January 12, 2015

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=4956

Websites for Friday January 9th , 2015

http://www.onestopenglish.com/skills/reading/pdf-content/reading-lessons-cheating-worksheet-1-upper-intermediate/153750.article

- article

http://www.onestopenglish.com/skills/reading/pdf-content/reading-lessons-cheating-worksheet-2-upper-intermediate/153869.article

- questions

Homework Tuesday January 6. 2015

Here is your homework for tonight:

Using the same link we used in class, please read:

• Romulus and Remus (timed reading - 3 mins)
• Tarzan and the Apes (timed reading - 5 mins)
• The Wild Life (reading exercise - T/F only - 5 mins)
• Culture Shock (time skimming exercise - 5 mins)
• If you have any questions, please email me :)

Reading Comprehension 125/130 Tuesday January 6, 2015

http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/490/