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Monday, June 20, 2011

Now that the Buffalo's Gone by Buffy Sainte-Marie

Click on the link below to listen to this song by an Aboriginal singer,a song writer, and an activist Buffy Sainte-Marie.


http://www.trcs.eslvideo.com/?page_id=925


Check out Sharon Yoneda's The Real Canadian Songbook at http://www.trcs.eslvideo.com/ to listen to more songs by the same singer and many more great Canadian singers. Sharon is an ESL Instructor at VCC.
Thank you for creating this wonderful website, Sharon.

National Aboriginal Day is June 21st

Click on the link to watch a video in which First Nations, Inuit, and Metis talk about what this day means to them.

http://www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/ach/ev/nad/nadvdo2010-eng.asp

Saturday, June 18, 2011

Wall of Forgiveness in Vancouver downtown

Click on the link to see a video and some photos of Vancouverites signing the boarded windows after the Stanley Cup riot after Game 7 in Vancovuver.


http://www.hellovancity.com/2011/06/16/wall-of-forgiveness-we-love-vancouver/

Learning is... by Wenwen Meng and Anbrina Johnson




1. Learning is the best way of progressing
by Wenwen Meng
2. Learning is beautiful by Anbrina Johnson

ESL News for June 13th, 2011

ESL News June 13, 2011
Listen
Read

Click on Read to read the script. Pay attention to the vocabulary.

Bono-One

When Bono was hitch iking in West Vancouver about two weeks ago he was picked up by a hockey player and his girlfriend. Listen to his song One.

Sunday, June 12, 2011

The Sweater

Watch the animated movie The Sweater based on the story The Hockey Sweater.

http://youtu.be/zca2y3fAqps

Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Photo competition at VCC:What does learning mean to you?

The ELSA Youth Program with the support of the learning center organizes a photo competition.Look at the link below to find out details. The deadline for submissions is June 13th.

Learning is...

http://library.vcc.ca/learningcentre/photocontest.cfm