Tuesday's Assignment

So, here's something to do before some of you move on to Workplace English ... Was it hard coming to Canada? Is it hard trying to become a citizen?

Is this cartoon funny? Why or why not? Discuss with a partner.

Here are your tasks:

1. Watch this video, and take dictation from 0:52 to 1:34. (For transcript see below.*) Then listen with a partner, and make corrections before publishing.
1. In the article, locate the six bullet points listing changes in immigration policy.
2. In a group of 3 or 4, discuss these points.
2. Create a short instructional on the appeal process for family sponsorship. Read and record a chirbit in your voice for your partner of their writing from Monday morning's assignment. Allow them to publish the audio link on their blog, and vice versa.

* Click below to see the transcript (Thanks to Zachary from York U's TESOL!):

We need to ensure that Canada is a country that is accepting refugees who are fleeing persecution from all sorts of different places around the world, for all sorts of different reasons. We’ve committed to working to ensure that those applications are processed in a responsible and speedy fashion, but we know that there are other ways of doing that than simply slapping a Mexican visa that has hurt Canadian tourism, that has hurt relations with our continental partner, and quite frankly hurt our economic growth within NAFTA.