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        CELA 2025

Welcome to Victoria and Camosun College! I am so excited you are here and to be your instructor! Make the most of your time by speaking to as many people as you can and trying many new things! I will post class materials here. Email: hadwinl@camosun.ca

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Course Schedule     

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Weekly Homework​

  • Think in English! 

  • Talk in English as much as possible! Talk to your homestay family, classmates (Even if they speak your language, try and speak in English), Camosun staff, store employees, etc. 

  • Self-Study Links: https://auroraenglish.wixsite.com/english/elt-website-links

  • You need to write at least ten sentences about your adventures in Victoria each night. You will hand it in Thursday. Please proofread it carefully.

  • Poster Presentation: Your poster presentation is Friday, February 28.

 

Week One

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Tuesday

1) Introduce yourself to the class tomorrow. You can use some of the information from the get-to-know-you activity we did in class. 

2) Think in English! 

3) Talk to your homestay family as much as possible!

4) Write ten sentences about your day. Think about 5W+H (who, what, when, where, why and how). Use your five senses (Sight, touch, taste, smell and hearing). These two weeks will go by quickly, and writing in your journal is a great way to remember all the great things you see and do! It is due Thursday. 

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Wednesday

1) Think and talk in English as much as possible! 

2) Ten sentences about Tuesday and Wednesday in Victoria

3) Practice your "Victoria's Newest Restaurant" presentation. You and your partner need to talk for two minutes. You need to be able to say why your restaurant is special and why people should go to it. You also need to be able to describe the menu and make people want to buy the food.

4) Food vocabulary: https://www.englishclub.com/vocabulary/food

Food vocabulary quizzes: https://www.examenglish.com/vocabulary/b1_food_and_drink.htm

https://www.examenglish.com/vocabulary/b1_food_and_drink2

You can also go to a grocery store and learn how to say the food! Have fun while you learn English! Thank you for speaking so much English in class today! :) 

 

Thursday

1) Think and talk in English as much as possible! When you see things when you are walking around, try and think about how to describe them in English. Talk to people in stores. It is their job to talk to you!

2) Write ten sentences per day. Your final journal is due Thursday.

3) Next week, our first topic is entertainment. Here are some vocabulary activities: https://edubenchmark.com/blog/vocabulary-topic-entertainment/

https://www.englishrevealed.co.uk/FCE/fce_vocabulary2/entertainment_1.php

4) If you have time, watch a TV series or movie in English. You can use subtitles to help you! Everything you do helps you improve your English!

5) What are your study goals? Speak English at Camosun? Do Duolingo for 15 minutes a day? Talk to your homestay for 30 minutes a day? Find fun and interesting ways to study!

Thank you for your great effort speaking so much English in class this week! I really enjoyed your "Victoria's Newest Restaurant" presentations!

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Week Two

Monday
1) Listen to a song from lyrics training. https://lyricstraining.com/
2) Work on your poster. Practice your presentation with your host family. Try and predict/guess the questions the audience will ask.
3) Write your ten-sentence journal about today. Use your own words. Please don't use Google Translate! It is okay to make mistakes! You need to give me your two best journals on Thursday.
4) Keep speaking in English as much as you can! What are your goals for this week? It is your final week. Make it your best.
Tomorrow, our class is in CBA 123.
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Tuesday
1) Work on your poster. Practice your presentation with your host family. Try and predict/guess the questions the audience will ask.
2) Write your ten-sentence journal about today. Use your own words. Please don't use Google Translate! It is okay to make mistakes! You need to give me your two best journals on Thursday.
3) Keep speaking in English as much as you can! What are your goals for this week? It is your final week. Make it your best.
4) Think of interesting English movies and TV series to add to our list.
5) Is your star sign true? Think of two things that are true and one thing that is false. Why? Give examples. "I am a friendly person because..."
6) Look at your horoscope for today and tomorrow. Is it true? https://www.horoscope.com/us/index.aspx
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Wednesday
1) Finish your poster for Friday's presentation. Practice your presentation with your host family. Try and predict/guess the questions the audience will ask.
2) Write your ten-sentence journal about today. Use your own words. Please don't use Google Translate! It is okay to make mistakes! You need to give me your two best journals tomorrow.
3) Keep speaking in English as much as you can! What are your goals for this week? It is your final week. Make it your best.
4) Practice your presentation from the career/job fair today. What is the organization? What is the job? What do you do? What are three reasons why you like this job?
5) Job Interviews: We will practice job interviews tomorrow. What is your dream job in the future?
1) What are your three best characteristics? Why? Give examples.
2) Why will you be good at X job? Give three reasons.
3) What education do you have?
4) Do you have any professional experience? If so, tell us about it.
​English Movies

Top Gun, Harry Potter, Night at the Museum, John Wick, Beauty and The Beast, Ponyo, Dark,

Catch Me If You Can, Tango, Aladdin, Stranger Things, Back to the Future, Spiderman, Fast and the Furious​​

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Thursday
Tomorrow is our final day! Speak as much English as you can before you go home! :)
1) Finish your poster for tomorrow's presentation. Practice your presentation with your host family. Try and predict/guess the questions the audience will ask.
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