Hello this is C
arlos!
I was in Vancouver, Canada. It is 12 hours flight from Bogota, Colombia. It is a very clean place; people are very respectful and love their customs. People are very kind with foreigners, it does not matter wherever you are, you will always be welcome to Vancouver.
It is a cross-cultural city. You can meet people from almost all over the world. I made many friends from Japan, Korea, South Arabia and Switzerland. Most of them were my classmates. I had to present a placement text that located me as an intermediate student. In this class I could learn a lot about the language and pedagogic issues too. My teacher was so creative and used a communicative approach that facilitated the learning process.
Hello everybody. This is Magda
Vancouver is one of the greenest cities in North America. It is situated on the western shore of the continent near the island of Vancouver. This city is the second city of British Columbia and in February 2010, it will be the host city for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic winter games.
Vancouver is one of Canada´s largest cities. It is a cosmopolitan city where everyone feels welcome. Some of its neighborhoods are: Chinatown: rich in history and architecture. Places to visit are Dr.Sun Yat-Sen classical Chinese garden and the Chinese cultural center.
Gastown: Is an excellent area for a walking tour. There are souvenir shops and First Nation Galleries.
Granville island: there is a public market. There you can buy seafood, fresh products like fruits, meat, cheese and breads.
Davie Village: is the neighborhood of gay and lesbian. Rainbow flags and sunburst banners adorn the lampposts. There the bus stops are pink.
Vancouver has a lot of natural parks. There people visit: Stanley Park: This is the third largest urban park in North America. It has 8.8 kilometre sea wall path that you can cross by bike. There are a lot of places like the aquarium, the totem poles, the water park and beaches.
I studied in Pacific Gateway International college located in Robson Street. Pacific Gateway offers different programs, electives, after-school club activities / services and special language workshops to individual needs.
In the first month I was in TOEFL. In this course we improve academic skills for listening, speaking ,writing, reading, grammar and vocabulary development. This is an academic course.In the second month I changed my TOEFL class because I wanted to know other ways to teach English.
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I am so glad you had such a wonderful opportunity of not only learning the Language but also getting to know more people and visiting such a wonderful country.
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I consider that all English teachers should have this great opportunity to practice the language in a real context. This experience was wonderful and I was really sure about that. I am very proud of you. you are not only exellent teachers but also special friends. Astrid
ReplyDeleteCongratulations because you had a great opportunity to know a new culture, and I am sure that your way of thinking has changed after the trip. I hope you can share your experiences with other people, and of course, the knowledge you have acquired can be very useful to your colleagues...
ReplyDeleteHi Guys, well, First I would like to congratulate my colleges for their experience in Canada, also I am sure that this experience can help you to be dexterous in whatever situation and especially wit new activities in order to remedy the currently ELT issues
ReplyDeletelater I will tell you about mine, until that
cesar your classmates
psdta Regards
Hello Cesar.
ReplyDeleteHow nice you maneged to join us. I hope this becomes a way of being in contact and sharing experiences.
Magda and Carlos it would be interesting to know about your classes. What kind of courses did you enrole to? Were they interesting?
well, I am enroling in a training course with modules like: Grammar and writting, speaking and listenig,reading, pronunciation, toefl, second language acquisition. this is my second week of studies and I can say that most of things I learnt in the ELT program has helped to handle this in a good way.
ReplyDeleteOk. In my first month I was in TOEFL. That was a very interesting class because I practiced academical skills. My afternoon classes were current events and pronunciation. I enjoyed those classes specially current events because there we had discussions about events around the world and that kind of interventions represented different cultures. I felt an ambassador of my country. Moreover I attended special workshops like TKT, accent reduction and CCC (Canadian Conversation Club).
ReplyDeleteVery interesting Magda.
ReplyDeleteWhat was the TKT class focus on? Exam preparation?
congratulation for you...im sure next year will be mine.
ReplyDeleteposd. If you have material from Canada I really appreciate you can share it with us.
Well, TKT for colombian teachers was a special workshop of 4 classes, there was a global view or topics like motivation, learning stiles and assessment.
ReplyDeleteWell, In the mornings I was enrolling in an intermediate course, the clases there were so nice, the methology applied by the teacher was excellent, it was according to the context we lived there.
ReplyDeletein the afternoons I was enrolling in different classes, they were: Common errors and Vocabulary building, Pronuntiation and Powerful listening. I also attended some workshops like: accent reduction, grammar for intermediate students and T.K.T (Teachers knowlege Test).
And I aslo had the oppotunity to attend to some C.C.C. (Canadian Conversation Club, where the students could talk with a canadian person about diferent topics.
The best way to enjoy such a great opportunity you had, is sharing with others what you lived and learned. The first benefit must be for your students. As Fabian, I also would aprreciate if you share with us some materials or bibliography you got there. Thus we can enrich our work.
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