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Canadian Idioms
Idiom Set: People & Personalities
- Actions & Behaviors Idioms Set 1
- Age Idioms
- Appearance Idioms
- Honesty idioms
- Honesty idioms 2
- Lifestyle idioms
- Personality Idioms
- Personality Idioms 2
Idiom Set: Body Parts
Idiom Set: Emotions & Feelings
- “Sorry” Idioms
- Anger and sadness idioms
- Doubt idioms
- Embarrassing Moments Idioms
- Fear and anxiety idioms
- Feelings idioms
- Feelings Idioms Set 2
- Happiness and excitement idioms
- Idioms for Expressing Positive Feelings
- Idioms to Show Disgust
- Interjections
- Laughing idioms
- Memory Idioms
- Surprise idioms
- Tiredness idioms
Idiom Set: Family & Relationships
- Babies & Children Idioms
- Family idioms
- Friendship idioms
- Home Idioms
- Personality idioms
- Relationship idioms
- Romantic Relationship Idioms
- Yuliana’s going on mat leave
Idiom Set: Food
Idiom Set: Holidays & Celebrations
- Easter Idioms
- Easter idioms 2
- Halloween Idioms
- Mother’s Day Idioms
- New Year’s Resolutions Idioms
- Remembrance Day Idioms
- Season’s Greetings Idioms
- Thanksgiving Day Idioms
- Thanksgiving idioms 2
- Valentine’s Day Idioms
Idiom Set: Leisure & Sports
- Camping Idioms
- Driving Idioms
- Health and Fitness Idioms
- Health and Fitness Idioms set 2
- Party Idioms
- Road idioms
- Soccer Idioms
- Travel Idioms
- Vacation Idioms
Idiom Set: Making a Difference
Idiom Set: Miscellaneous Idioms
- Animal Idioms
- Book idioms
- Box idioms
- Clothes Idioms
- Clothes idioms 2
- Clothing Idioms
- Colour idioms
- Comparison idioms
- Computer and Internet Idioms
- Dog Idioms
- Health Idioms – Talking about Symptoms
- Nature Idioms
- Number idioms
- Plant Idioms
- Sea Idioms
- September ’15 Idiom Review
- Technology idioms
- Tree Idioms
Idiom Set: Multiculturalism
- Canada, eh?
- Canadian Slang 2
- Canadian slang Part-1
- Countries Idioms
- Multicultural Idioms 1
- Multicultural idioms 2
Idiom Set: School & Learning
- Back to School Idioms 1
- Back to School Idioms 2
- Back to School Idioms 3
- Back to school idioms 4
- Learning idioms
- Reading Idioms
Idiom Set: The School of Life
- Argument Idioms
- Choice Idioms
- Enthusiasm & Laziness Idioms
- Luck Idioms
- Problems & Solutions Idioms
- Risk & Safety Idioms
- Success & Failure Idiom Set 2
- Success & Failure Idioms
Idiom Set: Time
Idiom Set: Weather
- Cold Idioms
- Heat idioms 2
- Heat idioms part 1
- More Cold Weather idioms
- Rain Idioms
- Snow idioms
- Storm Idioms
- Sun Idioms
- Sun Safety Idioms
- Weather Idioms
Idiom Set: Work & Business
- Work Idioms
- Money idioms
- Work idioms 2
- Work idioms 3
- Business meeting idioms
- Negotiation idioms
- Power idioms
- Negotiation idioms 2
- Efficiency and competence Idioms
- Work Idioms 4
- Sales idioms
- Effort Idioms
Idioms Set: Seasons
Coffee Chats
For dates of upcoming Coffee Chats, please see Events: Virtual Coffee Chats.
Drop-in Workshops
For dates of upcoming Drop-In Workshops, please see Events: Drop-In Workshops. Click below to access the related learning materials.
About Canada
- An early history of immigration to Manitoba
- Canadian Cuisine
- Fall holidays in Manitoba
- Learn about Louis Riel
- Rights and responsibilities of Canadian residents and citizens
- The Three Levels of Canadian Government
- Voting in Federal Elections in Canada
- What to do within your first 2 months in Canada
- What you should do before you arrive in Canada
- What you should do within your first 2 weeks in Canada
Digital Skills Workshops
Education
- Prepare for a Parent Teacher Conference
- Preparing your child for back to school
- Going Back to School as an Adult
- Post-secondary education in Manitoba
- How to Learn Online
Employment Workshops
- 04_Writing a cover letter
- 05_Preparing for the job interview: body language
- 06_Preparing for your job interview: your appearance
- 07_During the interview: introducing yourself
- 09_During the Interview: interview questions – part 1
- 10_During the interview: interview questions – part 2
- 11_During the interview: asking the right questions
- 12_At the end of the job interview: the follow-up
- 13_After the job interview: responding to the news
- 14_Your first days on the job: making a good impression
- 15_Before, during and after the interview: the wrap-up
- During the interview: making small talk
- Employee rights in Manitoba
- Employment equity in Manitoba
- How to build your professional network
- How to get your foreign credentials recognized in Canada
- How to research a company
- How to Write a Formal and Informal Thank You Card
- How to write a resume
- Looking for a job in Canada
- Preparing for the job interview: introducing yourself
- Researching the company you want to work for
- So, what are soft skills?
- Starting a Business in Manitoba
- Volunteering in Canada
- Webinar for Internationally Educated Engineers
Health Workshops
- Combating the winter blues
- Getting ready for your next annual check-up
- Know your health care options in Manitoba
- Know your Manitoba Health card
- Make the most of your next doctor’s appointment!
- Staying healthy
- Staying safe in the summer
- Visiting the pharmacy
- When to call 911
Language circles
- At the airport
- At the coffee shop
- Ordering at a fast food restaurant
- Calling your credit card company
- Understanding Directions part 2
- At the mechanic
- New Year’s Resolutions
- Calling 9-1-1
- At the library
- Interrupting Politely
- At the store
- At a cooking class
- Be Mortgage Free
- Recycling Costs
- Insurance companies tracking fitness
- Emergency Phone Test
- Mobile Banking Apps
- A story of an Exterminator
- Money Worries
- Language Circle: Cannabis Questions
- Language Circle: Living Off The Land
- Language Circle: Donating An Organ Is An Act Of Giving The Gift Of Life
- Language Circle: The Trans Mountain Pipeline
- Language Circle: Water On The Enoch Reserve
- Language Circle: This Is Pretty Deluxe
- Language Circle: I Refuse To Act My Age
- Language Circle: Birth date and flu
- Language Circle: Restaurant workers
- Language Circle: Passion for Perfection
- Future of Retail
- Cellphone Ban
- Parents should focus on engaging, not educating kids
- Learning English through Jeopardy
- Tips for doing laundry safely
- Let’s do it together
- Writing detailed paragraphs
- Prime time for scammers
- Sympathetic or unsympathetic
- YouTube cooking show
- Leftovers YEG
Law and Justice Workshops
Living in Manitoba
- Anger Myths (Coffe Chat discussion)
- Buying a home
- Embracing the winter
- Enjoying the fall
- Expert’s Opinion Webinars: Buying a House in Manitoba
- Get to know child and family services
- Knowing your parental rights and responsibilities
- Looking for a Day Care Centre in Manitoba
- Maintaining your home in the summer
- Making the move to your new home
- Planning a road trip
- Preparing for the winter
- Preparing for winter driving
- Raising a family in Manitoba
- Recreational opportunities in Manitoba
- Renting a home
- Renting a home VS Buying a home
- Spring in Manitoba
- Staying safe in the winter
- Supports for Manitoba families
- Surviving the wind-chill
- The importance of having a will
- Things to do in Manitoba in the summer!
- Voting in Municipal Elections in Manitoba
- Voting in Provincial Elections in Manitoba
- What to do if you have a car accident in Manitoba
Lunch & Learn: Language Tip of the Week
- Order of adjectives
- Pronunciation of the simple past -ed
- FANBOYS
- Which or that?
- Using transitional words and phrases
- How to pronounce 2 syllable nouns and verbs
- Correlative Conjunctions
- Skimming and scanning
- English spelling rules part 1
- Sentence stress
- For or Since
- Contractions
- English Reductions
- Simple past or present perfect
- The flapped t
- Hope or wish?
- When “t” sounds like “sh”
- Pronouncing 3rd person simple present verbs
- Phrasal verbs
- Infinitive phrases
- Reduced function words
- Transitive and intransitive verbs
- Used to or to be used to?
- Transitive and intransitive verbs 2
- Must, have to or should?
- Compund nouns
- When to use “since” and “for”
- -ing and -ed ending adjectives
- Simple Sentences
- Sentence Types: Compound sentences
- Complex sentences
- Fewer or less?
- Bring or Take?
- Is it “me” or “I?”
- “May,” or “might?”
- ‘There”, “their,” and “they’re”
- “Could,” “would” or “should?”
- “May” or “might?”
- Types of Adverbs
- P and B sounds in English
Money and Finances Workshops
- Consumer tips for the holiday season
- How to File Taxes
- How to open a bank account in Canada
- How to Prevent Identity Theft and Fraud
- Know your credit score
- Preparing yourself for retirement in Canada
- Retirement planning in Canada
- The importance of having a will
- Tips about how to get ready to file your tax return in Canada
Transportation
English Exercises
iEnglish
iEnglish Activities
- iEnglish – The World Of English
- iEnglish – The Shift
- iEnglish – iLEAP Cycle, Part 1: Identify My Goal
- iEnglish – iLEAP Cycle, Part 2: Locate Language Samples
- iEnglish – iLEAP Cycle, Part 3: Explore Language Features
- iEnglish – iLEAP Cycle, Part 4: Act On What I’ve Learned
- iEnglish – iLEAP Cycle, Part 5: Process My Learning
Multi-week Sessions
For dates of upcoming Multi-Week Sessions, please see Events: Multi-Week Workshops. Click below to access the related learning materials.
Become an Autonomous Language Learner (B-ALL)
- Unit 1_Getting started
- Unit 2_Setting goals for learning
- Unit 3_Exploring language samples
- Unit 4_Self-assessing your progress
- Unit 5_Reflecting on learning
- Resources: websites, apps, and more
Digital Skills at Work- Week 3
- Before you begin – self-assessment
- Week 1 – Digital Citizenship
- Week 2 – Building a Professional Network Online
- Week 3 – Developing an e-Portfolio
- Week 4 – Digital Presentation Skills
- After you finish – self-assessment
- Feedback Survey (available for logged in users)
Diversity in Manitoba
- Diversity in Manitoba, Week 1
- Diversity in Manitoba Week 2
- Diversity in Manitoba Week 3
- Diversity in Manitoba Week 4
Summer Course
- Before you begin_Introductions
- Week 1_Canada week
- Week 4_Volunteering week
- Week 3_Great outdoors week
- Week 2_City life week
- Week 5_Summer festivals
- Week 6_Indigenous culture
- Week 7_Diversity in Manitoba
- Week 8_Health week
- Week 9_A look back at summer
- Participants’ Blogs and Photo Albums
- Social Media
- Past Summer Course