Thursday 15 September 2016

Monday's assignment



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. I can understand  from this picture that how the distance and, the facts look very far but in fact they are very close to us and some realationships seem to be cold but they are so warm in the deabth not as they have been shown so, we must always belive that some thing good will happen to us one day.

hursday's assignment

Job Interviews

Task 1: Watch this video and answer the following questions. 

      1. Match the words with their definitions.
A
B
 commit
do everything to achieve a task within a time frame
prompting
  make/obligate
specifics
details to the point
goal-oriented
 support with examples
  back something up
encouraging

 2. What is the main advice that the presenter has mentioned?do not make the dead sin which is speaking in 
 generalities rather than specifics. 
Task 2:  Watch this video and answer the following questions. Underline the most suitable expressions from a), b) and c).

1. As an answer to the first question, which of the following three that the   interviewee does not do?
a)  She says that she has five years’ experience in administration and two
years in phone sales.
  
b)  She focuses much on her personal life, her studies and enthusiasm in
travelling.
   
 c)  She says that her strengths lie in advance computer skills and excellent
     customer service.

 2.  According to the second question that the interviewer asks, you should
   
  ahave researched on the company's history and its products before
      going to the interview.

     b)   do a resee for not being able to do any research.

    3. According to the interviewer, the interviewee
     
      a)    impressed him by revealing her truly personal weaknesses.

      b)   explained really well her suitability to the role that she had applied for.

      c)    told him her grave personal weakness and then developed from negative to positive.

    4.  Write down five new words and put them in sentences from your own.

Thursday's assignment

Job Interviews

Task 1: Watch this video and answer the following questions. 

      1. Match the words with their definitions.
A
B
 commit
do everything to achieve a task within a time frame
prompting
  make/obligate
specifics
details to the point
goal-oriented
 support with examples
  back something up
encouraging

 2. What is the main advice that the presenter has mentioned?do not make the dead sin which is speaking in 
 generalities rather than specifics. 
Task 2:  Watch this video and answer the following questions. Underline the most suitable expressions from a), b) and c).

1. As an answer to the first question, which of the following three that the   interviewee does not do?
a)  She says that she has five years’ experience in administration and two
years in phone sales.
  
b)  She focuses much on her personal life, her studies and enthusiasm in
travelling.
   
 c)  She says that her strengths lie in advance computer skills and excellent
     customer service.

 2.  According to the second question that the interviewer asks, you should
   
a   ahave researched on the company's history and its products before
      going to the interview.

     b)   do a research on the company and the job details immediately after the
            job interview.   

c)  apologize for not being able to do any research.

    3. According to the interviewer, the interviewee
     
      a)    impressed him by revealing her truly personal weaknesses.

      b)   explained really well her suitability to the role that she had applied for.

      c)    told him her grave personal weakness and then developed from negative to positive.

    4.  Write down five new words and put them in sentences from your own.

Tuesday 9 August 2016

Tuesday's assignment,


Task 1:


I hope that everyone had fun yesterday on our field trip. Let’s reflect here a bit!
Write one paragraph as a reflection to our ROM field trip yesterday and try to include the following thoughts:

  • Why did you join this trip?
  • What did you like the most?
  • What was the  one thing that was completely new to you?
  • What was/were the thing(s) that you did not like?
  • Would you like to go there again? Why?
  • How this trip has added to your “Canadian experience,” knowledge, learning … etc.

I liked the roof which was constructed  from thousands of sheets of imported Venetian glass, cut into more than a million tiny colored squares. Although its interesting  gold background was amusing.I liked too that the museum included many images from different cultures throughout history.

It Represented the early cultures of the Americas.

So I liked there the:

  • Eagle from a northwest coast crest pole
  • Inca thunder god, holding snakes representing bolts of lightning
  • And above all I liked the:

  • Symbols of classical cultures of the Mediterranean for example:
  • Egyptian falcon
  • Mythical Greek sea-horse
  • and in general I liked every piece in the museum and I hope to visite it again some time

  • Magical elephant, IndiaHeraldic griffin of Gothic artEgyptian “pylon”, entrance to a temple complex





 Task 2:

Click on the this link to practice our use of linking words. 

POWER STATEMENT

  1. Loded items into production.
  2. Placed product into boxes.
  3. Prepared and labeled boxes for shipping.
  4. Cleaned machines after work.


Wednesday 3 August 2016

Task 1: refers to. In small group aaaa
List the 10 sectors that the first digit of the NOC code s, brainstorm three occupations for each sector.

Task 2:
Think of an occupation you would like to enter in Canada (either as a survival job, or in the occupation you are trained for). Which of the above sectors is this occupation in?

Task 3:

Find the NOC code for an occupation that interests you. Read the NOC description for this occupation.       
1.       How many Major Groups are listed in this sector? What are they?
2.       What types of occupations are within this Major Group (represented by the three-digit code)?
3.       Read the example titles in the NOC description. Do you think knowing these titles can be useful in your job search? How?
4.       Read the main duties in the NOC description. List the duties you think are most relevant to this position.

Task 4:
Prepare a short presentation for the class about this occupation. Include related job titles, main duties and employment requirement
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3121 Optometrists
Optometrists examine eyes and diagnose ocular diseases and disorders. They prescribe and fit eyeglasses and contact lenses and recommend treatments such as exercises to correct vision problems or ocular disorders. They work in private practice, clinics and community health centres.
Example Titles
doctor of optometry (OD)
optometrist

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Main duties

Optometrists perform some or all of the following duties:
·         Examine patients' eyes, conduct tests and use ophthalmoscopes, biomicroscopes and other specialized instruments to determine ocular health and visual efficiency
·         Prescribe treatment (excluding surgery) to maintain, improve and correct vision and manage other ocular disorders
·         Prescribe and fit eyeglasses and contact lenses
·         Educate and advise patients on contact lens use and care, ocular hygiene, preventive care and maintenance, lighting arrangements, working distances and other safety factors
·         Refer patients to ophthalmologists or other physicians and surgeons for treatment of ocular or other diseases or conditions such as cataracts, glaucoma and macular degeneration.

Optometrists may specialize in fitting visual aids for people who are partially blind, fitting contact lenses or correcting special vision problems.
Employment requirements
o    Three years of university undergraduate studies in mathematics and sciences
and
A four-year university program in optometry are required.
o    Licensing by the provincial or territorial regulatory governing body is required.
Classified elsewhere
o    Ocularists (in 3219 Other medical technologists and technicians (except dental health) )
o    Ophthalmologists (in 3111 Specialist physicians )
o    Opticians (3231)
o    Orthoptists (in 3125 Other professional occupations in health diagnosing and treating )
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