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B. Getting Help, Giving Help
1. Guided discussion
* Some questions to consider:
- What things do you feel you want help with?
- Who can help you? Who do you want to ask for help?
- Is it easy or difficult to ask for help?
- How do you ask other people for help? How do they ask you?
- When do you need help? Who can help you in an emergency?
- When can you help other friends or people in your family?
2. Reading: "Our Lives in
Canada" * With the learners, read "Our Lives in Canada" (page
42).
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The reading from Our
Lives (by Jean Unda and a writing team of participants and instructors) might
generate discussion and help learners to think of other things they'd like to
write about their own lives. The reading could also help frame conversations
about resettlement experiences for learners who are not Canadian-born, and may
also, in mixed groups of learners, facilitate discussion and sharing of
perceptions among immigrant/refugee and Canadian-born learners. |
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* In pairs, or small groups, learners can discuss these
questions and report back to the larger group:
- How did the writer feel about her experiences as a newcomer
to Canada?
- Have you had any of the same experiences she had?
- What advice would you give to someone who is just arriving
in your town/city/province?
3. Writing
* Some suggested topics:
- Make a list of good advice for newcomers.
- When I first came to Canada. . .
- Make facts sheets covering specific information
(transportation, visiting the doctor, emergency procedures).
- Make a handbook for newcomers to the neighbourhood.
4. Word search
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Give learners a copy of the word search "Days" (page 43).
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The last two topics are
large projects for a group to take on, but would lead to many opportunities for
talking, asking questions, reading, writing and publishing, as well as giving
learners an opportunity to make life easier for newcomers. |
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puzzles, while other may not like them. Software programs which make word
searches can be borrowed from many school systems; as well, you or your
learners may enjoy making up your own. |
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