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Fall Training Early Bird Deadline
Extended to September 22nd!
Learn more about reaching out to immigrants! Sign up for our ESL Training for Church Volunteers, starting on September 30th. There are only a few days left to get our early bird special of $200 ($220 after Sept 22nd). Some scholarship funds available. Please contact myra@eslcooperative.ca for more details.
Visit www.eslcooperative.ca for info or register@eslcooperative.ca.
Dates: Sept 30 & Oct 1, Oct 14 & 15, Oct 28 & 29 (Fridays: 6:30 - 9:30pm, Saturdays 8:30 am - 3:30 pm)
The ESL Cooperative's 30 hour training will prepare you to use ESL to reach your community:
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Receive a comprehensive training manual, textbook and resource CD
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Learn to plan and deliver conversation-style lessons
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Discover how to show Christ's love across cultural boundaries.
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You're invited:
ESL Cooperative Annual General Meeting
September 20 at 7 pm
For details contact colleen@eslcooperative.ca
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Did you know...
Oure website has a new look:
www.eslcooperative.ca
Check out all our resources, event lists, library and programs in your area!
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Teacher Tips & Tricks
By James Edel, former CESLM Board Member
I went back from the country where I am a beginner and low level language learner to my home country for a week of holidays. I noticed a few things that may shed light on the experience that your students are going through.
First, I felt immediately a better participant in the rhythm of my home culture because I could understand EVERYTHING! Every idiom, every innuendo, all of the subtleties that let me know the meaning behind the message of everyone I talked to, came naturally. I felt like I had a new super-power. I could make small talk so easily, I could command attention with my quick use of the appropriate starting expression. I could interrupt and interject on cue.
In my second language even the most basic of interactions can leave me humbled and taxed. I'm reminded again of how your low level students are so unable to participate in and unable to enjoy their Canadian life to the fullest when they cannot use English appropriately.
Did I mention not feeling lonely? I was swamped with family and friends. Why, why did I have to move away from all of these dear ones? This situation may be exasperated for those who are refugees and have permanently lost home and maybe even the contacts for loved ones. Before this turns into an essay let me remind you that your ability to teach, to provide good community service information, to befriend, to pray for, to invite over for dinner, can be the perfect remedy for someone feeling powerless, lonely, and lost. Thank you for giving voice to the voiceless - and aren't their voices, when honed, delightful?!
James Edel teaches English in Akita, Japan and is a busy language learner and new culture learner as well.
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