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*****Final announcement for Speaking 504 students*****

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*****Final announcement for Speaking 504 students*****

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All your marks have been updated on my.bcit. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the office on the 7th floor to make an arrangement to talk to James Stevenson, interim program head.

Good luck everyone on your future endeavor.
Keep working hard and enjoy learning English!

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| 1:30-1:50 | 3 (Zero, Allen, and Ren)
| 1:50-2:15 | 4 (Chris, Davy, Arisa, and Yinghao)
| 2:20-2:40 | 3 (Emily, Yuris, and ET)

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PLEASE post at least 2 discussion questions here by 12:30pm. Do NOT repeat the same question as the ones posted by other classmates. 

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PLEASE post at least 2 discussion questions here by 12:30pm. Do NOT repeat the same question as the ones posted by other classmates. 

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1.  Arisa
a. What is the most common reason rising the housing fee of Vancouver?
b. What do you think how affect this recent trends of housing fee for people's life style?

2. Allen
a. Why Vancouver's house prices is becoming so expensive?
b. What will happen if all the young people move out of Vancouver?

3. Emily
a. Facing the housing rising problem, what are problems Vancouver people also need to consider?
b. What is effect of many young Vancouver people choose to leave Vancouver,

4. Davy
a. What would happen if the housing price in Vancouver keeps rising ?
b. What are the benefits of high price of houses for municipal government ?

5.Zero
a.Why can't many high paid young workers in Vancouver afford a house?

b.Do you think building more low-price condos instead of houses is the most feasible solution to stabilize the housing price in Vancouver

6. Yuris
a. What are the disadvantages of high house prices?
b. How can the Vancouver city government deal with increasing house prices?

7. Chris
a. Who is responsible for the rising house prices?
b. How can the Canadian government prevent the increasing house prices?

8. Yinghao
a. Why does Vancouver houses  prices  keep increasing.
b. How does Olympic games influence housing prices in Vancouver.

9. ET
a. How can the government assist the Vancouverites owning their own houses ?
b. Why people around the world keep coming to Vancouver even though Vancouver housing price rising ?

10. Ren - NOTHING

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Discussion Groups for Friday's Both Sides Assessment 

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Discussion Groups for Friday's Both Sides Assessment 

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(In no particular order)

1. (4) Internet censorship: ET, Emily, Allen, and Zero
2. (3) Mandatory PE education: Davy, Ren, and Yuris,
3. (3) Choosing genders of your baby: Chris, Arisa, and Yinghao

1. Make sure you prepare for BOTH sides as you don't know which side (pro or con) you will be on this Friday.
2. You may write some notes on your handout (green, yellow, or pink) and bring it to class.
3. PLEASE don't just read off from your handout. Explain. Argue for or against it adequately.

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Government corruption in China

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Emily, Sophia and Zero's Group Presentation

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Emily, Sophia and Zero's Group Presentation

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Increasing Mental Health Problems In Canada

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Yuris, Yi-Ting, and Arisa Group Presentation

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Yuris, Yi-Ting, and Arisa Group Presentation

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Increasing suicides among the young in Japan

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***Please remember to upload your group's PPT by 8:00AM tomorrow morning.***

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***Please remember to upload your group's PPT by 8:00AM tomorrow morning.***

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*****LAST WORDS of ADVICE for your PPT presentation*****

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*****LAST WORDS of ADVICE for your PPT presentation*****

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1. Don't forget to include your RESEARCH QUESTION and HYPOTHESIS for your group's survey.
2. DO NOT READ your PPT - This will lower your grade considerably.
3. PLEASE do some rehearsals BEFORE the presentation. This will help you feel ready.

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***HOWEVER, some slides have too many sentences!!
AVOID sentences on PPT. Write in bullet points.
Good example) Causes of Homelessness
* Lack of housing
* Lack of money
* No motivation
* Mental Illness

BAD example) Causes of Homelessness
- Some people are homeless because they do not have a proper housing arrangement.
- Some homeless simply do not have money to live in a house or an apartment mostly due to unemployment.

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Mon, June 4 - 5 recording of min 5 minutes are due before the class (10:00am).
+ You will need to practice all 18 vowel pairs (refer to the handout)
+ You will be asked to read 2-3 tongue twisters (from 9 tongue twisters below for Chinese students and Davy/Arisa for Japanese tongue twisters - will be sent)

***Survey answer sheets are due!

Wed, June 6 - Analyze the survey answers/Make a ppt (in lab)

Thu, June 7 - FREE LUNCH + $10 Tim Hortons (in lunch time) to discuss your ideas about student housing.

FRI, June 8 - PRESENTATION (25%)

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Mon, May 30 - Submit the sources (via email only); Work on survey questions
Wed, June 1 -  Submit the survey questions (via email only) & OUTLINES (email or in-person); Work on both

****REVISED OUTLINE due by the end of class (10:35am)*****

Fri, June 3 - Introduction to Both Sides

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Tongue twisters for Chinese students (and Davy)

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Tongue twisters for Chinese students (and Davy)

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chinese whisper tongue twisters worksheet - Free ESL printable worksheets made by teachers

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fun game for intermediate students Listening, Speaking, fun activities & games, Intermediate (B1), elementary school, high school,

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I'm going to have to second dombay on this. (But "There is two words . . . "?) Most tongue twisters are only difficult and interesting because they involve suprasegmental features of English pronunciation that your students are likely beyond their abilities or even awareness. Beyond that, the point of them is that they're difficult to pronounce properly. They'd only be good practice if the students can already pronounce all the necessary features in other circumstances. Can they? If not, activities that target specific problems are probably better.

I certainly understand not wanting to have to shoot down a new teacher's first idea, but is doing a worthless activity worth it?

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Tongue twisters [Archive] - ITIL JET Programme / Japan Forum

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New JTE came in this week. He wants me to make a list of tongue twisters to use as a warm up activity. two questions: This seems like a good idea at first but the kids aren't going to be pronouncing an of the words right to begin with let alone in a tongue twister, is there really a point to doing this when they can't pronounce the words properly to begin with?

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For NEXT Mon June 6, learn to pronounce the following vowels correctly. 

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For NEXT Mon June 6, learn to pronounce the following vowels correctly. 

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For Chinese students (EXTRA INFORMATION)

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For Chinese students (EXTRA INFORMATION)

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The difficulties faced by chinese students learning english

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The Difficulties Facedby Chinese Students Learning English

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1. Please send the links for your group's 6+ sources to                          bcit.mykim@gmail.com.

2. One person (who is in charge) needs to send the email by ccing other group members. I will return any email that doesn't have the names of all group members.

3. Please email me if you have any other questions.

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PLEASE write the names of your group members and the topic you have chosen for your group presentation. You CANNOT have the same topic with others.

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PLEASE write the names of your group members and the topic you have chosen for your group presentation. You CANNOT have the same topic with others.

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1. Yuris, Arisa, and ET - Increasing suicides among the young in Japan
2. Zero, Sophia, and Emily - Incresing mental health problems in Canada
3. Davy, Yinghao, and Allen - Aging seniors in China
4. Ren, Willis, and Chris - Government corruptions in China

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TOPICS for 2 min spontaneous talk (Week 3)

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TOPICS for 2 min spontaneous talk (Week 3)

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Wed, May 25: What is your "bucket" list?
Think about a list of things you want to do before "kicking the bucket," or in other words, before you die.
Fri, May 27: What is your biggest fear at the moment?

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Problem solving assessment schedule

*8:50-9:15 (4) : Allen, Arisa, Chris, and Sophia
9:15-9:40 (4) : Emily, ET, Yuris, and Willis
9:45-10:10 (4) : Ren, Davy, Yinghao, and Zero

**You can bring the main text given out in class. You can take some notes on it in ENGLISH. However, you should NOT be reading from it; reading automatically means inadequate and you will get 2 out of 5 (40%).

*****EVERYONE needs to come back to class at 10:15am for a short announcement regarding the first homework, and group presentation.

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TOPICS for 2 min spontaneous talk (Week 2) 

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TOPICS for 2 min spontaneous talk (Week 2) 

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Mon, May 16: What 3 things would you leave in a time capsule?
Wed, May 18: What is the worst thing I NEVER did?
People love to feel they did the right thing. Let's talk about a time when you were tempted to do a bad thing, but in the end, remained virtuous (having or showing high moral standards).

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***Please note that "monological task" is 25%, and "interactional tasks" is 30%.

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Accommodation: Any student who may require accommodation from BCIT because of a physical or mental disability should refer to BCIT's Policy on Accommodation for Students with Disabilities (Policy #4501), and contact BCIT's Disability Resource Centre (SW1 2360, 604-451-6963) at the earliest possible time.

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*****You are interviewing for an intern job at a bank. Tell the employer why they should hire you.

Make sure you discuss not only your strength but also your "shortcomings".****

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The Foreign Service Institute (FSI) has created a list to show the approximate time you need to learn a specific language as an English speaker. After this particular study time you will reach "Speaking 3: General Professional Proficiency in Speaking (S3)" and "Reading 3: General Professional Proficiency in Reading (R3)"

Please keep in mind that this ranking only shows the view of the Foreign Service Institute (FSI) and some language students or experts may disagree with the ranking.

If there is a language in this list you would like to learn and it is in a high difficult category, don't let this stop you from learning it. Even if they are ranked as difficult, it does not mean that they are impossible to learn and maybe it is not hard for you at all.

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The Foreign Service Institute (FSI) has created a list to show the approximate time you need to learn a specific language as an English speaker.