Good morning, everyone,

How to Work Well in Canada is our theme this week. Trying to observe and understand culture is like trying to observe and understand an iceberg. Anyone who is either looking for a job or starting out a new job will require some time to figure out the expectations, culture, and customs of any or prospective workplace.

Task 1:

Look up the meanings of the vocabulary words below.

Aggressive                                     equality                                       rituals  

Annoyed                                       minimize                                       task

Collaborative                                 oblivious                                     valuable

Customs                                         promptness                                values

Embarrassment

Task 2:

Use at least five of these vocabulary words to write an email to a friend describing to him/her the Canadian culture.

Hi Louise, how are you? I hope you are great!

My live in Canada is good, in Canada there are 4 seasons and now, we are in the winter.. Some people don’t like the winter  and hate snow, however, I  love winter and I don’t have problems about that. I think  you won’t have problems too.

Contrary to  Brazil, the people here are collaborative and polite..  There is equality between the sexes and racial equality.. The government minimize  social difference and they work for  the  population. The rate of violence is low, you fell safe.. This is amazing!  You can walk or ride the bicycle without worrying.. The people are not aggressive on the traffic, never  scream  or honk.  

I’m sure that you’ll love this country.

I will wait for you!

Xoxo

Viviane