| MENU | RECOMMENDED # OF LESSONS |
|---|---|
| Preparing to Move to Canada | |
| 1. Reading and understanding conditions for coming to Canada | 2 |
| 2. Finding immigration programs for coming to Canada | 1 |
| 3. Knowing what documents you need to come to Canada | 2 |
| 4. Filling out application forms for coming to Canada | 2 |
| Communicating for Jobs | |
| 5. Communicating clearly with managers and co-workers in entry-level jobs | 3 |
| 6. Taking orders and completing sales at a fast food place | 3 |
| 7. Helping customers in a retail store | 3 |
| 8. Making sales at a retail store | 3 |
| 9. Communicating with seniors as a caregiver | 2 |
| 10. Communicating with children as a childcare assistant | 2 |
| 11. Communicating for Uber or similar services | 1 |
| 12. Communication for Skip-the-Dishes and/or similar services | 1 |
| Using English for Everyday Life | |
| a. Practical Tasks | |
| 13. Communicating with your doctor | 3 |
| 14. Communicating with your child’s teacher | 3 |
| 15. Communicating with customer service at a store | 2 |
| 16. Communicating with bank tellers | 2 |
| 17. Communicating with landlords about rental terms and maintenance | 3 |
| 18. Communicating with work managers | 3 |
| 19. Communicating with co-workers | 3 |
| 20. Communicating with clients in business settings | 3 |
| 21. Making small talk with strangers | 2 |
| 22. Ordering food at a restaurant | 1 |
| 23. Making appointments (doctor, dentist, mechanic, RESP advisor, etc.) | 2 |
| 24. Calling 911 for emergencies | 2 |
| 25. Calling 811 to get advice from a nurse | 2 |
| 26. Résumés: learning and using accurate language and form * | 2 |
| 27. Reading and understanding job websites and apps | 2 |
| 28. Answering job interview questions | 3 |
| 29. Writing a cover letter | 3 |
| 30. Writing emails for your workplace | 3 |
| 31. Writing memos for colleagues and managers | 1 |
| 32. Writing emails as part of the job search process | 3 |
| 33. Writing emails to your child's teacher | 3 |
| 34. Writing emails to politicians as a citizen | 3 |
| 35. Using abbreviations and acronyms for texting | 1 |
| * I do not offer a service of “teaching you write a résumé”. There are many workshops offered for this. But I can give you a lesson for language and form (this would be a reading activity). | |
| b. Knowing and Using Vocabulary/Idioms | |
| 36. Spelling: three ways to get better quickly | 2 |
| 37. Sound- alike words and look-alike words | 2 |
| 38. Common prefixes (beginning parts) and suffixes (end parts) of words | 2 |
| 39. The use of the apostrophe (') - how/why do we use it? | 1 |
| 40. Workplace vocabulary (indicate what industry/field you are in, and what your job is) | 2 |
| 41. Workplace idioms (indicate what industry/field you are in, and what your job is) | 2 |
| 42. Practical life vocabulary (indicate what practical life task you are doing) | 2 |
| 43. Practical life idioms (indicate what practical life task you are doing) | 2 |
| 44. Phrasal verbs (also in grammar section) | 3 |
| c. Pronunciation and Speaking | |
| 45. Comparing and contrasting /b/ and /v/ sounds | 2 |
| 46. Comparing and contrasting /p/ and /b/ sounds | 2 |
| 47. Comparing and contrasting /f/ and /v/ sounds | 2 |
| 48. Comparing and contrasting /t/ and /d/ sounds | 2 |
| 49. Comparing and contrasting /k/ and /g/ sounds | 2 |
| 50. Comparing and contrasting /s/ and /z/ sounds | 2 |
| 51. Comparing and contrasting /ʃ/ and /ʒ/ sounds | 2 |
| 52. Comparing and contrasting /tʃ/ and /dʒ/ sounds | 2 |
| 53. Comparing and contrasting /θ/ and /ð/ sounds | 2 |
| 54. Comparing and contrasting /r/ and /l/ sounds | 2 |
| 55. Comparing and contrasting /i:/ and /ɪ/ sounds | 3 |
| 56. Comparing and contrasting /e/ and /æ/ sounds | 2 |
| 57. Comparing and contrasting /ʊ/ and /u:/ sounds | 2 |
| 58. Comparing and contrasting /ɒ/ and /ɔ:/ sounds | 2 |
| 59. Comparing and contrasting /ʌ/ and /ɑ:/ sounds | 2 |
| 60. Comparing and contrasting /ɜ:/ and /ə/ sounds | 2 |
| 61. Comparing and contrasting /eɪ/ and /aɪ/ sounds | 2 |
| 62. Comparing and contrasting /əʊ/ and /aʊ/ sounds | 2 |
| 63. Comparing and contrasting /ɪə/ and /eə/ sounds | 2 |
| 64. Identifying and producing correct syllable stress in words | 3 |
| 65. Comparing stress patterns in compound words | 2 |
| 66. Practicing sentence stress | 2 |
| 67. Rising and falling intonation | 3 |
| 68. Comparing intonation of yes/no questions and information questions | 3 |
| 69. Contrastive stress | 2 |
| 70. Linking sounds/linking words | 3 |
| 71. Speaking in a flowing rhythm | 3 |
| 72. Producing elisions in connected speech | 2 |
| 73. Producing assimilation in connected speech | 2 |
| 74. Identifying and pronouncing homophones | 2 |
| 75. Pronouncing plural endings | 2 |
| 76. Making pauses in speech | 2 |
| 77. Pronouncing words with contractions | 3 |
| d. Listening Comprehension Skills | |
| 78. Distinguishing between words that look almost the same but have different vowel sounds (minimal pairs) | 1 |
| 79. Understanding speech patterns used by native speakers to shorten and link sounds | 2 |
| 80. Focusing on the context of a conversation or an audio text to infer meaning of words or phrases | 2 |
| 81. Listening for, identifying and focusing on key pieces of information and specific details within an audio conversation or commentary, such as names, dates, numbers, and specific facts. | 3 |
| 82. Practicing effective note-taking strategies - to capture main ideas and important details from lectures, discussions, or audio materials – by using symbols, abbreviations, and structured note formats | 3 |
| e. Grammar: Understanding and Using It | |
| 83. The different parts of speech (nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, etc.) | 1 |
| 84. Subject-verb agreement | 2 |
| 85. Present simple tense (verbs) | 2 |
| 86. Present continuous tense (verbs) | 2 |
| 87. Comparing present simple to present continuous | 3 |
| 88. Past simple tense | 3 |
| 89. Past continuous tense | 2 |
| 90. Comparing past simple to past continuous | 2 |
| 91. Present perfect tense | 3 |
| 92. Regular and irregular verbs (important to know when using past simple and present perfect) | 2 |
| 93. Present perfect continuous tense | 2 |
| 94. Comparing present perfect to simple past | 3 |
| 95. Comparing present perfect to present perfect continuous | 2 |
| 96. Past perfect tense | 2 |
| 97. Past perfect continuous tense | 2 |
| 98. Comparing past perfect to past perfect continuous | 2 |
| 99. Future simple tense | 1 |
| 100. Future time clauses | 1 |
| 101. Future continuous tense | 1 |
| 102. Future perfect tense | 1 |
| 103. Future perfect progressive tense | 1 |
| 104. Modals and similar expressions (overview) | 2 |
| 105. Modals: advisability in the past, speculations and conclusions about the past | 2 |
| 106. Modals: expressing degrees of necessity or certainty | 2 |
| 107. Categories of nouns | 1 |
| 108. Categories of pronouns | 1 |
| 109. Pronoun-antecedent agreement | 2 |
| 110. Count and non count nouns | 2 |
| 111. Definite and indefinite articles | 2 |
| 112. Quantifiers | 2 |
| 113. Modifications of nouns | 2 |
| 114. Adjectives and adverbs | 2 |
| 115. Comparative adjectives | 2 |
| 116. Superlative adjectives | 2 |
| 117. Gerunds | 2 |
| 118. Infinitives | 2 |
| 119. Comparing gerunds and infinitives | 3 |
| 120. Reflexive and reciprocal pronouns | 2 |
| 121. Phrasal verbs | 3 |
| 122. Negative yes / no questions and tag questions | 2 |
| 123. Responses: so, too, neither, not either, but | 2 |
| 124. Make, have, let, help, and get | 2 |
| 125. Adjective clauses | 3 |
| 126. Noun clauses | 2 |
| 127. Adverb clauses | 3 |
| 128. Adverb and adverbial phrases | 3 |
| 129. Adverb connectors | 2 |
| 130. The passive voice: overview | 2 |
| 131. The passive voice: using with modals and similar expressions | 2 |
| 132. The passive causative | 2 |
| 133. The passive to describe situations and report opinions | 2 |
| 134. Conditional sentences: present real conditionals | 1 |
| 135. Conditional sentences: future real conditionals | 1 |
| 136. Conditional sentences: present and future unreal conditionals | 2 |
| 137. Conditional sentences: past unreal conditionals | 2 |
| 138. Direct and indirect speech | 2 |
| 139. Indirect speech: tense changes | 2 |
| 140. Indirect instructions, commands, requests and invitations, Indirect questions | 2 |
| 141. Embedded questions | 2 |
| 142. Simple, compound and complex sentences (also writing) | 3 |
| 143. Sentence fragments and avoiding them (also writing) | 2 |
| 144. Run-on sentences and avoiding them (also writing) | 3 |
| GETTING PERMANENT RESIDENT STATUS (PREPARING FOR THE CELPIP TEST) | |
| Listening Tasks | |
| 145. Listening to problem solving | 3 |
| 146. Listening to daily life conversations | 3 |
| 147. Listening for information | 3 |
| 148. Listening to news items | 3 |
| 149. Listening to discussions | 3 |
| 150. Listening for viewpoints | 3 |
| Speaking Tasks | |
| 151. Giving advice | 3 |
| 152. Talking about a personal experience | 3 |
| 153. Describing a scene | 3 |
| 154. Making predictions | 3 |
| 155. Comparing options and persuading others | 3 |
| 156 Dealing with difficult situations | 3 |
| 157. Expressing opinions | 3 |
| 158. Describing unusual situations | 3 |
| Reading Tasks | |
| 159. Reading written correspondences | 3 |
| 160. Reading to understand diagrams or charts | 3 |
| 161. Reading for information | 3 |
| 162. Reading for viewpoints | 3 |
| Writing Tasks | |
| 163. Writing an email | 3 |
| 164. Responding to survey questions | 3 |
| GETTING ACCEPTED INTO POST-SECONDARY PROGRAMS (PREPARING FOR IELTS TEST OR ITS EQUIVALENTS) | |
| Listening tasks | |
| 165. Choosing correct answers in multiple choice exercises | 3 |
| 166. Matching a list of items from an audio text you hear to a set of options | 3 |
| 167. Labelling plans, maps or diagrams based on information you hear | 3 |
| 168. Filling in gaps in a form | 3 |
| 169. Completing notes in a form of a diagram of flow chart | 3 |
| 170. Completing a table with information from an audio text | 3 |
| 171. Filling in blanks within a flow chart with information from an audio text | 3 |
| 172. Making a summary of an audio text | 3 |
| 173. Completing sentences with information from an audio text | 3 |
| 174. Answering questions about an audio text in a few words | 3 |
| Speaking tasks | |
| 175. Talking about yourself through an examiner’s general questions | 3 |
| 176. Speaking on a given topic and answering an examiner’s follow-up questions about it | 3 |
| 177. Discussing a given topic with an examiner, including expressing and defending opinions, analyzing issues, and expressing one’s mind in greater depth | 3 |
| Reading tasks | |
| 178. Deciding if information in a text is true, false, or not mentioned | 3 |
| 179. Choosing the correct answer from a list of options, while reading a text | 3 |
| 180. Completing sentences with information from a reading text | 3 |
| 181. Matching headings to correct paragraphs or sections of a reading text | 3 |
| 182. Finding specific information in a reading text and matching it to given options | 3 |
| 183. Making a summary of a section of a reading text | 3 |
| 184. Filling in gaps in a set of notes | 3 |
| 185. Labeling a diagram based on information in a reading text | 3 |
| 186. Answering questions about a text in a few words | 3 |
| Writing tasks | |
| 187. Describing a graph, chart, table, diagram, or a map in at least 150 words | 6 |
| 188. Presenting a point of view, argument, or problem in at least 250 words | 6 |
| 189. Writing letters in personal, semi-formal, or formal styles | 6 |
| UNDERSTANDING AND USING ACADEMIC ENGLISH | |
| a. Academic Writing Tasks | |
| 190. Writing simple, compound and complex sentences | 3 |
| 191. Knowing sentence fragments, and how to avoid them | 2 |
| 192. Knowing run-on sentences, and how to avoid them | 3 |
| 193. Using parallel structures in sentences | 3 |
| 194. Ways to construct clear and readable sentences | 2 |
| 195. Using question marks and exclamation marks | 1 |
| 196. Knowing when to use a colon (:) | 1 |
| 197. Knowing when to use a semicolon (;) | 1 |
| 198. Knowing when to use capital letters | 1 |
| 199. Understanding and using quotation marks | 1 |
| 200. Understanding paragraphs, and learning to form them | 3 |
| 201. Ideas for non-controversial essay topics | 1 |
| 202. Understanding thesis statements, and learning to write them | 2 |
| 203. Writing an outline for a short essay | 3 |
| 204. Learning to write an argument essay | 3 |
| 205. Learning to write a cause-and-effect essay | 3 |
| 206. Learning to write a compare / contrast essay | 3 |
| 207. Learning to write a chronological essay | 3 |
| 208. Learning to write a procedural essay | 3 |
| 209. Finding reliable sources of information | 3 |
| 210. Formatting academic papers in MLA style | 2 |
| 211. Formatting academic papers in APA style | 2 |
| 212. Learning to write lab reports | 3 |
| 213. Learning to write business documents | 3 |
| 214. Questions to ask when checking your own writing work | 3 |
| 215. Understanding professors' editing symbols in papers they have marked | 2 |
| 216. Understanding clichés, jargon and slang, and avoiding them in your writing | 2 |
| 217. Understanding wordiness, and avoiding it in your writing | 3 |
| 218. Learning to choose words wisely in your writing | 3 |
| 219. Avoiding plagiarism | 3 |
| 220. Ways to use, and not to use, AI for writing | 3 |
| 221. Ways to prepare for essay tests | 3 |
| b. Academic Reading Tasks | |
| 222. Distinguishing between fact and opinion | 3 |
| 223. Searching for evidence | 3 |
| 224. Evaluating a writer's credibility | 3 |
| 225. Understanding inductive reasoning | 2 |
| 226. Understanding deductive reasoning | 2 |
| 227. Understanding logical fallacies | 3 |
| c. Academic Vocabulary/Idioms | |
| 228. Academic vocabulary (indicate what particular field of study you are in) | 2 |
| 229. Academic idioms (indicate what particular field of study you are in) | 2 |
| SPECIAL SESSIONS: USING AI PROMPTING TO REACH YOUR GOALS | |
| 230. Using AI prompting to help you with communicating for jobs | 3 |
| 231. Using AI prompting to help you with practical life tasks | 3 |
| 232. Using AI prompting to help you with knowing and using vocabulary/idioms | 3 |
| 233. Using AI prompting to help you with understanding and using grammar | 3 |
| 234. Using AI prompting to help you prepare for the CELPIP test | 3 |
| 235. Using AI prompting to help you prepare for the IELTS test | 3 |
| 236. Using AI prompting to help you understand and use academic English | 3 |
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