CLB5S
1. Ask a colleague or fellow student
to help with a task. (Could you
empty the garbage? Would you
mind if I went first?)
2. Give advice to a colleague about
taking a day off because he/she
is ill.


1.  http://vocaroo.com/i/s0lIUWEhrTgD

2.  http://vocaroo.com/i/s0wFZ0g4wgpR

                



S Make indirect requests and
suggestions. (Examples: I wouldn’t do that
if I were you; You might want to
reconsider; I don’t think
smoking is allowed here.)
Indirect requests are often used to enhance politeness. Think of three terrible habits that are dangerous to one's driving or health. Record your indirect suggestions on www.chirbit.com, and place the link on your blog, together with this questions.



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My Volunteering Experience

(Draft 3, final correction)

I live in a rural area and I don’t have any developed infrastructure such as grocery stores, banks, pharmacies, libraries, hospitals, and gas stations. So one day my husband decided to move to the closest city, which is located 30 km away, in hopes of finding a job for me and reducing his commute.

It was January 2016. We rented an apartment in the centre of the city. The location was perfect because I could reach any place on foot in 5-10 minutes. After a few months of living there I started to think about finding a job. I sent my resume to two grocery stores but did not get any responses. One day, I met our neighbor, who suggested that I find some volunteer work. She sad that there was a thrift shop (in my country of origin we call it second hand) in the city looking for volunteers. I went there the next day, talked to the general manager, and left my application. I started working there after three days, from Monday to Friday, from 12 am to 4pm. Every day there was a new team of four to five people. So I met around 20-25 new people just during one week. In that team was one woman from Japan, one from Vietnam, and a few people with German, Russian, and Ukrainian backgrounds. The oldest member of the team was 92 years old.

The business model of our store was to receive donations from people, set low prices, and sell it. We sold everything: adult clothes, kid’s clothes, shoes, kitchenware, books, DVDs, wall pictures, toys, different accessories. That was an interesting but very intense job because we had to process a lot of donations every day!

My main responsibilities were: receiving donations, sorting, and putting clothes on hungers. Despite the intense work, we always had some time for a break and drinking tea or coffee, gossiping, exchanging recipes, and joking. I had worked for three summer month before we came back to our rural area. I often miss my volunteering job. And now when I go to the city for any reason I always visit that thrift shop just to say “Hello”.

I would say that was a simple but a very useful job. I got some benefits since working as a volunteer, such as meeting new people and friends, understanding team work better, becoming more self-confident, and improving my language skills.

P.S. Here is the latest good news which I had heard about the thrift shop. Approximately 1,120 square feet will be added to the back of existing building because donations have progressively increased over the past five years and there is no room to store all the items received!

 

 

 

 

 

                                   My Volunteering Experience

                                          (Draft 2, corrected)

My Volunteering Experience

                                                                          ( Draft 1)

I live in rural area and we don’t have any developed infrastructure here such as grocery stores, banks, a pharmacy, a library, a hospital, gas stations. So one day my husband decided to move to the closest city which is located 30 km away for temporary living in hoping to find a job for me and that time was more convenient for his work.

 It was January 2016. We rented an apartment in the centre of city. Location was perfect because I could reach any place by walking in 5-10 minutes. After a few months of living there I started to think about finding a job. I sent my resume into two grocery stores but have not got any responses. One day I met our neighbour and she suggested me to try to find some volunteer work. She said that there is Thrift Shop (in my country we called it Second Hand) in the city and they are looking for volunteers. I went there next day, talked to general manager, left the application. I started working after three days. I worked from Monday to Friday, from 12am to 4pm. Every day was a new team of four-five people. So I met around 20-25 new people just during one week. In that team was one woman from Japan, one from Vietnam, a few people with German, Russian, and Ukrainian background. The oldest member of the team was 92 years old.

The main concept of our store was receiving donations from people, setting low prices and selling it. We had sold everything:  adult clothes, kid’s clothes, shoes, kitchenware, books, DVD, wall pictures, toys, different accessories. That was interesting but very intense job because we had got a lot of donations every day!

My main responsibilities were:  receiving donations, sorting, handing up. Despite intense work we always had some time for having break and drinking a tea or coffee, gossiping, exchanging some recipes, joking. I had worked for three summer months before we came back to our rural area. I was sad because that job had finished for me. I often remember my volunteering job. And now when I go to the city for some reason I always visit Thrift Shop at least to say “Hello”.

I would say that was a simple but in the same time a very useful job. I had got some advantages since I had been working as a volunteer such as meeting new people and friends, better understanding of team work, becoming more confident in myself, improving language skill.

P.S. The latest good new which I have heard about Thrift  Shop. Approximately 1120 square feet will be added to the back of the existing building because donations have progressively increased over the past five years and there is no room to store all the items received!

 

 

 

 

CLB5R Read a plain-language text
about legislation relevant to
own situation, such as
employment standards, landlord
or tenant law, or driving
regulations.
Compare the minimum wage across Canada's provinces (http://canadaonline.about.com/od/labourstandards/a/minimum-wage-in-canada.htm). Using "more than" and "less than," write three sentences on your blog comparing your province's minimum wage with that of other places.

 

 

Minimum Wage in Canada

I would like to compare the minimum wage across Canada’s provinces.
A minimum wage is the lowest amount of money that employers may legally pay to workers. I live in British Columbia and according to my research, our province had a $10.25 general wage in 2015. That is more than Alberta’s $10.20 and Saskatchewan’s $10.20 but less than Manitoba’s $10.70, Ontario’s $11, Quebec’s $10.55 or Yukon’s $10.86. The lowest wage rate was in provinces such as Alberta and Saskatchewan, at $10.20, British Columbia and Newfoundland, at $10.25, and New Brunswick at $10.30. The highest wage rate was in provinces such as Nunavut and Ontario, at $11, and Northwest Territories, at $12.5. By the way Canadian law prohibits paying workers less that the minimum wage.

        
                                            Minimum Wage in Canada

                 I would compare today the minimum wage across Canada`s provinces.
A minimum wage is the basic labour standard that seats the lowest wage rate an employer can pay to employees who are covered by the legislation. I live in British Columbia and according to my research  our province had $10.25 general wage in 2015. It is more than in Alberta $10.20 and Saskatchewan $10.20 but it less than in Manitoba $10.70, or Ontario $11, or Quebec $10.55, or Yukon $10.86. The lowest wage rate has provinces such as Alberta and Saskatchewan $10.20, British Columbia  and Newfoundland $10.25, New Brunswick $10.30. The highest wage rate has provinces such as Nunavut and Ontario $11, Northwest Territories $12.50. By the way Employment legislation in Canada forbids to pay workers less than the minimum wage.