Happy Lunar New Year!

In Mandarin:  Xin Nian Kuai Le! 
In Cantonese: Gung Hei Fat Choi! 
In Vietnamese: Chúc mừng năm mới
In Korean:  Sae hae bok mani ba deu say yo

Happy Holidays to all and Congratulations to all of our graduates!

Congratulations to everyone on completing your session at the School of ESL!! A very special congratulations to our Level 800 and 900 Graduating Class, December 2011.  


A very safe, restful and happy holiday to everyone!  Looking forward to seeing you in 2012!
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Thank you!

Thanks to everyone for their generous donations to the Campus Food Drive!!  Your generosity is much appreciated.  We'll update the blog next week to recognize all of the classes who pitched in.  Stay tuned!

And, a very Happy Thanksgiving Long Weekend to you all.  Enjoy the gorgeous weather and have a wonderful time with your family, friends and loved ones!!

Looooooong Weekend!

Wishing you all a very safe and enjoyable long Victoria Day weekend!

Let's hope it's a dry, sunny one!

Happy Nowruz and Welcome Spring!!

It's wonderful that Spring is finally here!!

 

Last Friday, Samaneh Ghadarkhan set up a Haft Sin table to share this integral part of the Persian New Year tradition.

Shooka Sharif Vaghefi joined Samaneh to introduce the seven symbols of Haft Sin to you, and you can see their video here in case you missed the Haft Sin table last Friday.  

Happy Nowrooz!!

Babak Sarjoughian shared some wonderful photos to remember the event!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Would you like to find out a bit about St. Patrick's Day and learn  a few idioms as well?

Check out the video below:

Family Day Weekend!

Thank you very much to everyone who sent in their fabulous winter photos for our 'beat the winter blahs' photography contest.  It's obvious that we have many talented photographers in our community.
Voting will take place next week.  Each class will have a chance to vote, as well as our panel of judges.  Best of luck to all of you and thanks again for sharing your wonderful images.

Class Reps, our next and final meeting will be held on Wednesday, February 23rd at 12:50pm in D309. All Class Reps are asked to attend.  See you there!

Best wishes to everyone for an enjoyable and safe long Family Day weekend!
 

Year of the Rabbit

Happy Lunar New Year!

 
All the very best to you in the Year of the Rabbit!

"Xing Nian Kwai Le"

"Gung Hay Fat Choy"

"Chuc Mung Nam Moi"
"Sae Hae Bok Manee Badusaeyo"

It's the Great Halloween Pumpkin Carve, George Brown...

Some pumpkins, spoons, knives, spooky background music and a bunch of very creative ESL students = awesome Hallowe'en jack-o-lanterns.
Check them out in this slide-show!

Happy Thanksgiving weekend!

Have a wonderful, safe and restful long weekend!

Happy Norooz!

Today is Norooz, the first day of Spring and the beginning of Persian New Year! 

Etymology

'Nowruz' comes from two words, now (or a similar term, such as 'nau' or 'nav', with the sounds 'n' and 'v' or 'w'), meaning new in Persian, Kurdish, Avestan, Sanskrit and several other related Indo-European languages, and roz orruz or rozh, meaning day in Middle Persian and Persian languages. The English 'new', the German 'neu', the French 'nouveau', the Romanian 'nou', are intimately related to the [[Iranian languages|Iranic] 'now'.

Source:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nowruz