Argument-led essay:

Caring for the elderly, some people think that it is the government responsibility; However, others believe it is their immediate family responsibility.

Caring for the elderly

With the population of the elderly increasing gradually, people pay more attention regarding elderly’s caring. Some people hold the opinion that the government should take the responsibility to take care of the elderly; however, others think it is their immediate family’s responsibility. In the following essay, the two points of view will be analyzed.

One point of view is that the government should take the responsibility to take care of the elderly. First of all, people who paid taxes to government every month should receive something or some care at their old age; it includes this pension plan Secondly, most seniors have devoted their time, their energy to the society when they were young, so they would want a payback; Finally, also one most important reason, some seniors have no immediate family and some seniors really have but their immediate family are not  available because of various reasons. So the government's role is very important to care for the elders.

The other point of view is that the immediate family should take care of their elderly. Firstly, only family members can give their elders the love that they need regarding their spiritual and psychological aspects. Then, most of elderly raised their children up by devote all their energy and money when they were young. It's the right time and chance for their children to payback. Lastly, caring the elderly is a vivid lesson and an excellent example/model for the young couple to educate their children to form good character and morals. 

To sum up, all mentioned above, both the government and the immediate family have the responsibilities to care for the elders. Personally, I totally agree with this, the government can provide a certain part of financial and materially help and support to the elderly, and at the same time the immediate family can give the elder the spiritual and psychological comfort and love. This can help the elders a lot during their old age. Furthermore, if the immediate family can understand well that the government can’t provide the perfect services to the elderly by now because of public resources limited and try to provide as much effort as they can to take care of their elderly, that will be much better for the elderly.

Monday's assignment

Monday's assignment

Good morning everybody, Today we have a few tasks to do. 

First, click on this link and read the handout well, and then answer the exercises provided. 

Second, listen to these songs, pick out three to four new words for you from each song, and use them in sentences of your own.

 Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer

Oh Canada

So, this is Christmas

New voc.	Rudolph	Oh  Canada	So this is  Christmas	Sentences
	dasher	thee		In one's daily life, it's not difficult to meet dasher or vixen.
	vixen	glowing		Only after I  listened the song " Oh Canada", I knew the word thee means you.
	glee			I have a glowing heart to my native country and I'd like to sing the national anthem with glee.
	go down in the history			It's so hard to make one's name go down  in the history.

Wednesday's assignment

Wednesday's assignment

Good afternoon folks,

Consider the following argument and follow the tasks below.

Some people argue that the gap between parents and children can be bridged, while others believe it is impossible to do so.

Write a balanced argument to address this statement. Make sure to state your opinion and support it with relevant ideas from your experience.

Task 1:

Is it an argument-led or thesis-led approach and why?

It can be developed in both way.

Task 2:

First, brainstorm your ideas, and then write an introduction that does not exceed 50 words to address the topic.

Some people argue that the gap between parents and children can be bridged, while others believe it is impossible to do so. Both sides can bring tons examples to support their opinions. Personally I agree with both sides under certain conditions and in specific environment because each individual whoever he is, parents or children, has his own characters, growing environments and educated level, those partly limit their attitude, patience and cooperated style to others.Personally, I agree that the gap between parents and children can be bridged. First of all, it's parents bring their child to this world and cultivate him/her to grow up. This is a good chance to eliminate the gap between the parents and their child and establish a good relationship with him or her. Secondly, as parents, they must study continuously and grow up same as their child in knowledge area.

Task 3:

Write your thesis statement for this topic.

Monday's assignment

Good afternoon folks,

We are currently working on our writing skills. Read the topic below and write one to two paragraphs in response to this topic.

Working on my language                                                     

Task 1:

Here are some guiding ideas to help you construct your paragraph:

·                     Why I joined the class

·                     My needs were

·                     I learnt

·                     I want to still work on

After landed on Toronto of Canada, the first important thing for me is working on my language –improving my English because the first official language in Toronto is English and I would work in a totally English environment. That will be a supper challenge for me. So I jointed an English training class to work on it.

My needs for English were improving listening, spoken, writing skill and reading comprehension. All I did in English class during the past four months was kept learning and practicing base on these needs. Now I feel I have made some progresses. For example, I can talk more in English and understand daily live news on radio much better than before. But I know it’s just on the right track and far away from the final goals, I still need to work on it until I can speak as a native speaker and communicate freely in English. In one word, English ability ranks first in my present situation and I should plan a certain time to work on it.

Yvonne's edit

After landed on Toronto of Canada, the first important thing for me is working on my language –improving my English, because the first official language in Toronto is English and I would work in a totally English environment. That will be a supper challenge for me. So I jointed an English training class to work on it.

My needs for English were improving listening, speaking, writing skill and reading comprehension. All I did in English class during the past four months was kept learning and practicing base on these needs. Now I feel I have made some progresses. For example, I can talk more in English and understand daily live news on radio much better than before. But I know it’s just on the right track and far away from the final goals, I still need to work on it until I can speak as a native speaker local people and communicate freely in English. In one word, English ability ranks first in my present situation and I should plan a certain time to work on it.

Task 1: Look at this picture below and describe the person in it. You need to describe the surroundings, what she is thinking of, what you think is her emotional state, and what might have been going in her life. Use at least 10 different adjectives/adverbs and make sure to write all in third person speaker (he/she/it).

This is a black and white picture. In the picture a young girl is sitting on the ground against a concrete pillar staring the grey mountain faraway with a sad mood. The sun is just rising from the sea horizontal line and the environment is very quiet.

The girl like the scenery and the quiet atmosphere. The huge mountain and quiet surroundings makes her calm down when she felt losing her self-control. It can also remind her how marvelous the nature is and comparing with this endless space nothing worth to worry about.  Looking up the sky and take a deep breath, she feels better and better, she know clearly that a new day is waiting for her.

30th Nov. 2015

Since we are getting closer to the end of 2015, we need to come up with some new year’s resolutions for 2016.

Task 1:

Write one paragraph on your new year’s resolution; what you want to quit or have less of, and what you feel like working on or increasing, and why.

Task 2:

Ask one of your peers to proofread it for you, and then publish on your blog for class and instructor review.

Since we are getting to close the end of 2015, It's time work out my next year's resolutions base on the last year's performance.

First of all, as a new immigrant, improving my English level shall rank first in my action list because my native language is Chinese and I had never take English as my working language before. 

Secondly Strengthening my adaptability to this new environment, especially for the minus temperature in cold winter. I know it will not be easy but have to cope with it if i finally decide to settle down here. Considering this rather long and cold winter, I need to draft a detailed action plan to ensure this goal achieved.

Finally I'd like to improve my cooking skills since I'm far away from my hometown but only interested in Chinese style food.  

There is an old saying:'"New year means new life", with my goals I'm looking forward to a wonderful  year coming.

Job Interviews

Job Interviews

Job interviews are your chance to show what you have to offer to potential employers. It is important to prepare before each interview.

Task 1:

Listen to this mock job interview; list all the Dos and Don'ts which the interviewer has mentioned. Click here to listen to it.

Dos and Don't s list:

• Dress properly;
• Handshaking properly;
• Give a concise summery;
• Focus on area that can be improved upon;
• When discussing your weaknesses ,avoid personality or character flaws;
• Stand up and greet your interviewers;
• Don't wear too much perfume;
• Bring a copy of your resume
• Ask for your interviewer's business card;
• Turn off your cell phone

Task 2:

Search the internet to find the 10 most annoying gestures during a job interview.

• Can't give a good eye contact;
• Shake hands too softly
• Sit too stiff or too relax
• keep hands busy even during answer the questions
• Hesitation 
• Repetition

Task 3:

Telephone interviews can be as stressful as the one-on-one too. Here is another video you will watch to give you some tips for telephone interviewing.

List all the dos and the don't s that the presenter has mention in this video.

• Character
• Skill
• Work history
• Experiences
• List your strength and your weakness
• Link your special skills to your new job
• Connect your goal with company's goal