Hi Students!
Here's the link to Doug's LINC 7 Moodle website, where you will find that I've opened two new modules on using diplomatic language and handling criticism. These are reading exercises, where you have to fill in the correct information. See how you do!
Just enter the "s-----" number that I gave you. It's your user name AND your password. Just enter the same "s------" for both user name and password.
Tuesday, February 21, 2017
Four Personality Types
Hi LINC 7 Students,
Here's the link to the short video describing the four main personality types.
Consider what type you are. Then think about your family and friends.
What are their personality types? How do you relate to them if you and the other person are different "types"? How do you relate to them if you are the same personality type?
How might this information help you to resolve conflicts, sustain friendships, and create a happier life for yourself and your family and friends?
Here's the link to the short video describing the four main personality types.
Consider what type you are. Then think about your family and friends.
What are their personality types? How do you relate to them if you and the other person are different "types"? How do you relate to them if you are the same personality type?
How might this information help you to resolve conflicts, sustain friendships, and create a happier life for yourself and your family and friends?
Thursday, February 16, 2017
Links to News Reports
Hi Everyone,
Here's the link to the audio for Lesson 72:
http://www.cbc.ca/manitoba/eal/media/nov16_2011.mp3
Here's the link to the audio for Lesson 98:
http://www.cbc.ca/manitoba/eal/media/mar25_2014.mp3
CBC Manitoba is a great sight for real news stories about the real world!
Here's the general link to all the lessons at CBC Manitoba.
Here's the link to the audio for Lesson 72:
http://www.cbc.ca/manitoba/eal/media/nov16_2011.mp3
Here's the link to the audio for Lesson 98:
http://www.cbc.ca/manitoba/eal/media/mar25_2014.mp3
CBC Manitoba is a great sight for real news stories about the real world!
Here's the general link to all the lessons at CBC Manitoba.
Wednesday, February 1, 2017
Advocating for Peace
Dear LINC 7 Students,
It's been a difficult week, with the horrible shootings at a mosque in Quebec City as well as the overt racism of the Trump travel bans.
It's been a difficult week, with the horrible shootings at a mosque in Quebec City as well as the overt racism of the Trump travel bans.
I wanted to share with
you an advocacy guide for Canadians who want to take action against hatred and
intolerance.
If you scroll down to the end of the document, there are a
list of suggested actions Canadians can take to make a POSITIVE DIFFERENT in the world.
There is also a sample email/message that you can use to draft your own email/message.
I encourage you to send your own email in order to make your voice heard. I'm sending my email.
Here's the example email text:
There is also a sample email/message that you can use to draft your own email/message.
I encourage you to send your own email in order to make your voice heard. I'm sending my email.
Here's the example email text:
Hon. Ahmed Hussen
Minister of Citizenship and Immigration
Right Hon. Justin Trudeau
Prime Minister
Dear Minister Hussen:
I
am writing to you as a Permanent Resident of Canada who
is gravely concerned, saddened and frightened by the recent events in
the United States, including most recently the Executive Order signed by
President Trump on January 27, 2017 concerning the admissibility of
persons from Iran, Iraq, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Yemen and Libya.
I
would like you to know that it matters very much to me that you take a
decisive stand against this discriminatory and hateful act.
Specifically, I ask you to:
- Denounce the Executive Order as discriminatory and contrary to Canadian values;
- Review and remove the designation of the United States as a “safe third country” under the Safe Third Country Agreement on the basis that the Executive Order violates the non-discrimination provision of the 1951 Convention on the Status of Refugees (Article 3); and
- Take immediate steps to offer refugee protection to those refugees already screened and cleared for admission to the United States, who are no longer able to be resettled there, including by raising the levels of overseas refugees admissible into Canada in 2017 to the extent necessary.
I
believe that our national and individual characters are being tested by
recent events. I hope sincerely that you will act with courage and
conviction, knowing that the citizens and residents you serve are
relying on you to carry us through these difficult times without
compromising Canada’s identity as a nation that values diversity,
equality and protection .
Yours very truly,
[YOUR NAME]
Monday, January 23, 2017
Ways of Dealing with Conflict
Hi LINC 7 Students,
According
to Thomas Kilmann’s model, there are five
basic modes of handling conflict that result from the amount of assertiveness and cooperation you
employ. Each of us tend to have a natural, default mode we use when faced with
conflict, but that particular mode isn’t always appropriate for every
situation.
The key to effectively managing conflict is to understand which mode
is most appropriate for the situation -- given the outcomes you’re trying to
achieve.
The five modes of managing conflict are accommodating, avoiding, collaborating, compromising and competing.
I'd like each of you to take an online survey (of 25 questions) -- in order to determine which of these is your natural or "default" method of dealing with conflict. This should take you about 15 minutes. When you are finished, you can click on submit and you'll get personal feedback based on your individual answers. This is free!
It's important to write down your results -- and you may even want to print the information you get. Please bring this to class on Wednesday, so you can discuss your style compared to your classmates!
http://academic.engr.arizona.edu/vjohnson/ConflictManagementQuestionnaire/ConflictManagementQuestionnaire.asp
The five modes of managing conflict are accommodating, avoiding, collaborating, compromising and competing.
I'd like each of you to take an online survey (of 25 questions) -- in order to determine which of these is your natural or "default" method of dealing with conflict. This should take you about 15 minutes. When you are finished, you can click on submit and you'll get personal feedback based on your individual answers. This is free!
It's important to write down your results -- and you may even want to print the information you get. Please bring this to class on Wednesday, so you can discuss your style compared to your classmates!
http://academic.engr.arizona.edu/vjohnson/ConflictManagementQuestionnaire/ConflictManagementQuestionnaire.asp
Wednesday, January 18, 2017
The Psychology of Goal-setting
Hi LINC 7 Students,
It's easy, when we set goals (a useful activity), to use those same goals as a way to be hard on ourselves (not a useful activity). But please don't let goal-setting become a method of developing self-hate -- if you're not able to "meet" the goals you have set for yourself. Please.
Below are some links to information on this key topic. The common theme is that self-compassion is the antidote (solution) to the problem of self-hate, which is so common in western culture.
Self-hatred almost always starts in childhood. Children believe what they hear from others. If a parent tells a child that she is "good for nothing" or "You can’t do anything right," then that becomes the truth in the child’s mind.
It takes a very mature and insightful child to say to herself, “Something is wrong with Mom/Dad for telling me this. An adult shouldn’t say such mean things to me. I’m just a child.” Instead of saying, “Something is wrong with Mom/Dad,” the child usually thinks, “Something is wrong with me.” This is the beginning of the self-hate cycle.
http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/how-to-turn-self-hatred-into-self-compassion-1112135
One of the main reasons people choose to be hard on themselves is because they fear that they won’t motivate themselves enough if they don’t. But that fear, and the "tough-love" that follows, can be unhealthy. Trying to get motivated with self-hate can cause needless anxiety and worrying, and can even sabotage your actions.
While you may fear that you’ll be “too soft” on yourself without your constant criticisms and doubts, there is an ever-increasing body of research that supports the motivational power of self-compassion.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kayla-matthews/how-to-tell-if-youre-self-loathing-and-what-to-do-about-it_b_6042452.html
People who are self-compassionate set higher goals for themselves, aren’t afraid to set goals when they fail, are motivated by the desire to learn and grow, and are able to stick to goal specific behaviors like exercising or practicing their English!
It's easy, when we set goals (a useful activity), to use those same goals as a way to be hard on ourselves (not a useful activity). But please don't let goal-setting become a method of developing self-hate -- if you're not able to "meet" the goals you have set for yourself. Please.
Below are some links to information on this key topic. The common theme is that self-compassion is the antidote (solution) to the problem of self-hate, which is so common in western culture.
Self-hatred almost always starts in childhood. Children believe what they hear from others. If a parent tells a child that she is "good for nothing" or "You can’t do anything right," then that becomes the truth in the child’s mind.
It takes a very mature and insightful child to say to herself, “Something is wrong with Mom/Dad for telling me this. An adult shouldn’t say such mean things to me. I’m just a child.” Instead of saying, “Something is wrong with Mom/Dad,” the child usually thinks, “Something is wrong with me.” This is the beginning of the self-hate cycle.
http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/how-to-turn-self-hatred-into-self-compassion-1112135
Many of us resort to self-hating (which is sometimes called self-loathing) as a way to find motivation in our desire to improve. Whether it’s wanting to lose weight, get a promotion, or improve our English skills, we seem to think that we can "hate" ourselves into doing
it.
One of the main reasons people choose to be hard on themselves is because they fear that they won’t motivate themselves enough if they don’t. But that fear, and the "tough-love" that follows, can be unhealthy. Trying to get motivated with self-hate can cause needless anxiety and worrying, and can even sabotage your actions.
While you may fear that you’ll be “too soft” on yourself without your constant criticisms and doubts, there is an ever-increasing body of research that supports the motivational power of self-compassion.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kayla-matthews/how-to-tell-if-youre-self-loathing-and-what-to-do-about-it_b_6042452.html
People who are self-compassionate set higher goals for themselves, aren’t afraid to set goals when they fail, are motivated by the desire to learn and grow, and are able to stick to goal specific behaviors like exercising or practicing their English!
Monday, January 16, 2017
3 Goal Setting Videos
Hello LINC 7 Students,
Here's the homework for tonight.
Complete the handout sheet by watching these three videos:
Here's the homework for tonight.
Complete the handout sheet by watching these three videos:
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