Events in Vancouver

VIFF (the Vancouver International Film Festival) starts tonight and continues for a couple of weeks. Go see a movie! Click here for more information.

Another fun event this week is Word Vancouver, a celebration of literacy and reading. It's free, and there's stuff for all ages. Click here for more information.

ESL Matters: CBC News Clip from May 2014

Here is the video about the funding cuts and layoffs at VCC:



Later on this week, I will post the answers to the listening activity that we did in class yesterday.

For more information (and extra listening/reading practice!), go to www.eslmatters.ca to look at the website for the ESL Matters campaign, and watch some of the student stories and other news clips.

Free Events in Vancouver - September 2014

One of our amazing teachers at VCC, Eugene Sayson, helps to put this list together of free (or almost free) events in Vancouver and the Lower Mainland.

I challenge you all to attend one or more of these events and practice your English!

Click here for the "Free Events in Vancouver" for September 2014.

The events are listed chronologically so scroll down to see the events for the middle to the end of the month.

New term: Fall 2014 at MOCC!

I'm excited to be teaching the UI-LA class at MOCC this term, and I'm looking forward to the next few months. I will be using this blog to post resources and links for more practice, as well as homework updates.

I hope you will use this blog regularly, and post comments on things that I post. We are a community of learners working together, so please speak up and share your comments and ideas. Please watch the short video on "How to Comment" - the link is on the right hand side of this page at the top of the blue column.