Week 7 is a short, 4-day week!! The Long Weekend is just around the corner...

As always, the following supports are at your disposal!

• The Peer Tutors at the TLC in C503
• Peer Leaders and Student Success Workshops, D304

FINAL WEEK OF WORKSHOPS

1.   SUMMARY/PARAPHRASE Study Group (levels 4-8)

 Practice the essential skills of Summary and Paraphrase in a small group setting led by your Peer Leaders. 
When: Tuesdays & Thursdays

 Where: D317 (Tues)

              D309 (Thurs)

 Time: 12:00-1:30 pm

2.  Games Club

Fun Opportunity to Practice your English and meet new friends. 

Led by Marcela, a level 8 student

When:  Tuesdays

Where:  D319

Time: 11:30-1:30 pm

3.  Speak Up (levels 4-8) 

Practice conversation and public speaking skills in a relaxed atmosphere and make new friends in the process.

When:  Wednesday

Where:  D309

Time: 3:00-4:30 pm

4.  Writing Skills Workshop with Stephen

Improve your planning and writing skills.

When:  Thursday

Where:  D301

Time: 3:00-4:30 pm

Way to go!!!

Thanks to the students who collected money in their classes by selling origami cranes!  Your generosity has raised an additional
$214.13 for relief efforts in Japan!!  Congratulations!
A special thank you to the crane-makers and to the students in the following levels:

6B:  $60.00

8C:  $49.37

5D:  $30.61

6E:  $24.65

5C:  $14.50
7A:  $14.00

5B:  $10.70
6   :  $8.30
4D   :$2.00
Together, you have achieved amazing results for this worthy cause!

RESOURCES:

 Check out the following article to learn how to reduce "exam jitters" and improve your test scores. Click Link Below:

Write Your Fears Away for an Easy A

WEBSITE RECOMMENDATION:

 Recommended by the Chair of ESL, Ian Wigglesworth, this website provides excellent pronunciation practice:
This website is free. However, you do need to sign up to use it. You will receive the premium site for 14 days, after which you'll have access to the free features, including access to videos and the ability to record your own voice.  Pronunciation tips are given and it allows you to choose a word and hear it in a video conducted in natural English.
Click Link Below:
English Central  

www.facebook.com/GBC.ESL

Also:  The School of ESL is on Facebook   .  "Like" Us to keep updated on events, information and interesting links and to see photos.

From one of our level 5 students:

Winter may be officially over, but the weekend weather is proof that it's holding on for a bit longer!  Here are some gorgeous pictures taken this past winter by Bruce Liu, a student in level 5A, to remind us that the weather we had on the weekend wasn't all that bad!

And the winners are.........

Thanks to everyone who submitted their absolutely fabulous photographs for our 'beat the February blahs' photography contest!  As you all know, we received so many great pictures that our judges had a difficult time indeed, and they all commented on how PHENOMENAL the pictures are!!

Because of your active participation in the judging process, it is our pleasure to announce that in addition to our winners, we also have 3 student choice awards as chosen by our student body.

1st Place ($50):   Mauricio Munoz, Level 7 Business
"Ready for Next Winter"

2nd Place ($30):  Valeria Maximov, 5B, "Snowy Country"

3rd Place ($20):  Ibrahim Alghamdi, Level 3
"Moment in My Life"

Also, congratulations to our 3 student choice award winners who will each receive a gift certificate for $20.

Solmaz Taheri, Level 4D, "Waiting for Summer"

Shooka Sharif Vaghefi, Level 6

"Joys in Life are as Simple as Black and White"

Alexandra, Level 6, "Cold and Sun Make a Wonderful Day"

Congratulations to our winners and thank you to everyone who participated in the contest and shared their brilliant photographs.  You really brightened up the halls of GBC and this blog with your talented photography!
Thank you to our judges as well:  you had a very tough job!!

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!
 

School is Closed Due to the Weather!

Due to bad weather, George Brown College is closed today. College services, including the libraries, are also unavailable. 

A perfect opportunity to get out your camera and snap a picture for our Winter Photography contest!!!!  Only two more weeks to go!  Photos are due by the end of week 6: Friday, February 18th.

Here is some more inspiration from Marcela, a level 7 biz student:

Why do they look so happy?

After Xmas, everybody needs to go on a diet!

GBC ASAP

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