Wednesday's Assignment, September 28, 2016

Wednesday's assignment

Making Arrangements on the Phone

Can you say GRRRRR?

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      A-  Listen to a dialogue between a travel agent and a caller. Underline True or False.

1.The caller didn’t want to book the flight online because the flights were quoted in American dollars. 
                                                                   T F

2.The caller says he wouldn’t mind a stopover in New York. 
                   T F

3.The flight is returning on October 7.        
                                           T F

4.The flight from New York leaves from JFK airport. 
                             T F

5.The cheaper flight has two stopovers. 
                                                  T F

6.The caller has a seating preference. 
                                                     T F

7.The travel agent will send José an email outlining all the travel

arrangements. 
                                                                                      T F

8.The travel agent will send the tickets by email. 
                                             T F

     B-  Complete the sentences below with words or phrases used in the dialogue.

1.To arrange a flight is to make a plan for a flight.
                                                           

2.Another term for a non-stop flight is direct flight.
                                                  

3.To have a seating preference means special requirements for seat.
                                                    

4.If a flight goes directly to its destination, it means there are no stopovers.
             

5.To send something electronically means to send it by 
email or fax.

      C-  Imagine that you are José. Listen to the dialogue again and take notes about the two travel options. Send an email message to your friend at work to tell her about the two options and ask her which one she would prefer.

Hi, Tina
I am arranging our flight. I called up the travel agent. She gave me two choices. The more expensive flight is direct flight. Departs at 10:30am, arrives at 8:00pm. It's $1249.73 . We just need 7 hours. The cheaper flight has two stopovers, New York and Mexico. Departs at 6:30am, arrives at next day 1:00am. We totally need 18 hours. It's $843.60. I can't decide it by myself. Which flight do you prefer? Please reply me soon.

Best rgds,

José

tuesday's Assignment, September 27, 2016

Tuesday's assignment

Automated Voice Menus

A telephone voice menu is a set of options a caller can choose from, usually by pressing a number on the telephone. Voice menus are commonly used by large organizations to help their clients access the information they need easily. Listening to automated telephone voice menus can be difficult when several options are presented. If you have trouble understanding the options, try pressing “0.” Sometimes, this will connect you to a person who can help you. If you don’t reach a live person, try replaying the menu options a few times to become familiar with them.

Task 1:

Listen to a recorded voice menu system for a library. Write down the number you need to press to accomplish the following.

	Press #
1. You would like to find out if a book is available at the library.	3
2. You would like to ask the librarian if you could book a room for a workshop.	0
3. You would like to put a book on hold.	2
4. You would like information about the location of the library and its hours.	1
5. You would like to renew a book.	2
6. You left your gloves in the library and want to find out if someone turned them in.	0
7. You want to know the library’s website address.	1

Task 2:

Listen to the recordi ng again. You would like information about special services at the library. Write the sub-menu option number you need to press to accomplish the following.

	Press #
1. You would like information about the language learning center.	4-3
2. You would like to sign up for an Internet training course.	4-1
3. You need information about the picture and video collection at the library.	4-4

1.What is the library’s address? 

234 First street.

2.What are the hours of operation on weekdays? 


Mon - Thu: 9am - 8pm

Fri: 9am - 5pm
Sat: 9am - 5pm
Sun: 1:30pm - 5pm

3.What is the library’s Internet address? 

WWW.cityreferencelibrary.ca

 Task 3:

Click on this link and record a voice message to a friend to invite him/her for lunch over at your house or at a restaurant that you would recommend.  

Make sure to provide clear information on the reason of the invite and also the date, time, location, and detailed directions how to reach the place you have proposed.

http://vocaroo.com/i/s1a3YZq3PAEB

i got it

Monday's Assignment, September 26, 2016

Monday's assignment

Listening Practice

Listen to that video and then answer the following activities:

Listen to the speakers describing their favourite things and do the exercises to practise and improve your listening skills.

1. Preparation: matching

Do this exercise before you listen. Match the verb with the correct noun and write a – g next to the numbers 1 – 7.

1…….. take                       E                                                             a. a designer

2…….. listen to                G                                                             b. your scooter

3…….. watch                    D                                                             c. a business

4…….. stroke (= move your hand gently over something)    F   d. films

5…….. park                      B                                                              e. photos

6…….. make it as (= be successful as)            A                           f. the cat

7…….. set up (= start)                                        C                          g. music

2. Check your understanding: matching

Match the speakers with their favourite things. Write a – e next to the numbers 1 – 5.

1…….. Speaker         A          A a. a tablet

2…….. Speaker         E          B b. a sewing machine

3…….. Speaker         C          C c. a scooter

4…….. Speaker         B          D d. a set of knives

5…….. Speaker         D          E e. a cat

3. Check your understanding: gap fill

Do this exercise while you listen. Write the word to fill the gaps.

A. My favourite thing has to be my new tablet. It’s really light and quite small, so I take it with me everywhere. I’m always writing to friends and it’s big enough to do college work on it too. It takes really good photos, and I play games and listen to Musics on it as well, of course. I often download films onto it, and watch them in bed. My mum says I’m addicted, because I’m always on it. I even read things on it at breakfast time. I’m not allowed to at dinner time, though. I have to be polite and talk to people then. “Welcome back to real life,” my mum says.

B. My favourite thing? Does my cat count as a thing? She’s not really a thing, but anyway. She’s a really beautiful little cat. I’ve had her since she was full months old. You know how some cats are really independent and hardly talk to you? I know cats don’t really talk, but you know what I mean. Well, she’s not like that at all. She’s really affectionate and comes up to me as soon as I get home, purring away like mad. She makes a lot of noise for a tiny thing. She loves being stroked and comes and curls up next to me when I’m on the sofa. She’s great companion.

C. My new scooter! It’s quite small, but fine, and just what I needed for getting around the city. I used to have quite a long walk to the metro, then a longish walk at the other end to get to college. But now I can just whiz there on my scooter. And there’s no problem parking, there’s always space for it. You have to be careful with the cars and lorries – they don’t always see you – and when it rains the surface of the road is terrible, it gets really slippery. But in general it’s perfect for me, and I can fit a friend on the back too – I’ve got an extra helmet for a friend. It’s great. Riding along makes me feel so free.

D. This might sound a bit old-fashioned, but my sewing machine is my favourite thing. I’m studying fashion and love making things, as well as designing them. I also love cloth myself and often buy second-hand clothes – everyone loves the “vintage” look at the moment – and then I adapt them to my size. It’s much easier using a machine to do that than doing it by hand. I do alterations for my mum and my sister too. If I don’t make it as a designer, I suppose I can always set up my own alterations and customising business. Customising clothes, by taking things off and adding things on, is actually very creative, so I wouldn’t mind that.

E. My set of Japanese knives. That sounds a bit sinister, doesn’t it, but I’m not a murder or anything. They’re chef’s knives and the best ones come from Japan. Cooking is my new hobby. I got into it when I started watching Master chef on TV. Then I went to an evening class for

beginners, and I haven’t looked back since. I try and have a dinner for between four and eight friends every two or three weeks. That gives me something to work towards and I

always do new dishes so they can try them out and give me feedback. It’s quite an expensive hobby if you use good ingredients, but now my friends help towards the cost. They still get a good meal for a very low price.

4- What’s your favourite thing?

5- Why is it important to you?

6- Vocabulary Box: Write any new words you have learnt in this lesson and use it in a sentence of your own.

Friday's Assignment, September 23, 2016

Friday's assignment

Hello everyone,

Based on our theme "Social Interactions," write a two-three paragraph reflection on the above picture.
Make sure to include the following thoughts:

• Describe the picture;
•  What do you think the painter want to say?

• What do you personally think it is?

• Give a title to that drawing. 

Some people are walking on the street. All of them wear formal clothes. The specific is everyone's head are screen that you can see the mood of them. Somebody's mood are angry. Somebody's  mood are calm. Somebody are enthusiastic. Somebody are impassive, etc.
I think the painter want to express an expect. He hope people can easy to know what's mood they are. I agree with the painter's opinion. If  everyone don't hide their feeling, communication will be easier. And everything will be better. 

I would like the tittle of the drawing is "This is my mood".

Wednesday''s Assignment, August 16, 2016

Wednesday''s Assignment

Do you think most successful businesses would tailor their products and services to suit their customers.

What would happen if they did this instead?

Here are your tasks:
1. Role play: Buying Electronics

http://chirb.it/MC2M1b
2. CLB6R Read product specifications to determine suitability (such as an appliance’s specifications and its suitability for the size of your family).
    1. Check out the table comparing 5 smartphones.
    2. If all adult members of your household were to get the same phone, which phone would that be?
I' d like select ZTE Axon 7 64G for my whole family.
    3. Identify the phone, and provide 5 reasons, e.g. RAM, fingerprint sensor,.
ZTE Axon 7 64G
1. The price is lowest, and BENCHMARK SCORE is the second one.
2. The Storage is 64G . It's enough to me.
3. Expandable storage can be up to 128GB. It's very important.
4. Although battery is nonremovable, but 3,250 mAh is the second large battery capacity.
5. About Special features, Dual-SIM is a very good function.

Tuesday's Assignment, August 16, 2016

Tuesday's Assignment

In business, you want to make sure your customers feel like they got a good deal.  There are different ways to say that you want maximum profit for minimum investment, to get the most out of something, to get the best value for money. Can you figure out another way of saying this?

Did you get the clue? Tell a partner your guess.

Here are your tasks:
1. If you're not returning in September, be sure to write your testimonial here first.
2. Pick any 3 exercises to do with a partner. As the site seems blocked on your computers, check out the content below.
3. CLB6W Write a comparison of a company’s services with those of a leading competitor.
    1. Read the first page of this review and identify comparison phrases, e.g. “more Scotiabanks,” “better interest rate.”

    2. Give a name to your imaginary online banking service, and write an advertisement of 5 sentences using the comparison phrases.

Fortune Cat Bank

• We gives free cheques for chequing account. You just need to pay $0.99 for each additional transaction over 12 to no more than $9.99 for unlimited transactions.
• Switching bank is easy when you open a new account. You can do it all by online.
• Our chequing account gives a better interest rate than other banks.
• We give you actual money $50 when you open a new saving account.
• We have an eDeposit system, It is an easy way to deposit your personal or business cheques. 

    3. Add an appropriate picture.

Monday's Assignment, August 14, 2016

Monday's Assignment

Have you thought of starting a new business? How do you get the world out? Check out the following video.

What do you call online networking tools like Facebook, Twitter, Blogger, and Youtube? How many social media accounts do you have?

Here are your tasks:

1. Role play with a partner: Delegating Work

periodically
measurable goals
progress reports
ended up
explicit
control freak

2. CLB6S Give instructions to a friend on how to set up an account on a social networking site.
     1. Count the number of times you hear this on the video above: “You are going to,” “What we are going to do,” “So just go ahead and.”

Those of sentences were used about 11 times.
    2. Feel free to add more useful phrases.

What we are gonna do?

You are gonna see the screen here...

..that will create

accurately reflect

sign up

take a certain steps

everything looks good

to do a little preview

It's letting us know that...

Whenever you know

You was actually doing up

headers over here 

on something bases now you know

"So I'll just put my name here," "So we'll try a few things," "See if we can actually squeeze a few more," "Yeah, that's fine, so let's just go ahead and create an account," "So right off the bat we can add," "Ok, here we go, five more," "So what we're gonna do is to start off," "So we're gonna use the," "And, still loading," "Let's open that up, confirm accounts," "So what you'll mainly wanna do now is to open," "So let's just go ahead and pull that in," "And let's just apply that," "For location, let's go with ... oops," "For the tagline, let's go with ..." "Here's where we can actually change the," "Oops, once again we're gonna need to space the," "And the last thing I'd like to do is to remove the Twitter background," "Let's choose an existing," etc.
3. Using those phrases, record on chirbit.com 10 sentences giving instructions on creating a blog for business.

Sign up your Google account. Open Blogger app, you are gonna see the screen here have a "New blog" button. Click on this button. Ok, here we go. Put your information in "Tittle" and "Address" . Make sure that the blog address is available. So I'm gonna use the"Cheng's little business" And the "Chengslittlebusiness.blogspot.com". Everything looks good. Select a template and then click on "create blog !". A new blog will be created. After that you can change your profile as well you like.

4. Leave a comment below when you have published your answer.
    1. How do you feel about the exercise?
    2. What did you learn?
    3. How could you improve your work?