#SayÇa! Fulbright Canada We were busy in this month’s cultural outing for Say Ça! Going back and forth between the real and the virtual world. Our students had a chance to visit the private offices of EA Games, one of…
#SayÇa! Fulbright Canada This month’s theme, sports, ended beautifully with our students who attended the Saturday, July 29th soccer match between FC Montreal and The Charlotte Independence. It was an exciting game that ended in favor of the visitors, but…
Our students had another exciting cultural outing on Canada Day, by attending a parade on rue Saint Catherine and visiting the Old Port! It was great to see other recently naturalized Canadians marching with the Canadian flags and the flags…
On April 30th, the tutors of Say Ça! attended a workshop about learning strategies and informal feedback. Pamela Gunning and Teresa Hernandez-Gonzalez from Concordia University’s Education Department talked about actions that facilitate language learning at the beginner level, and emphasized…
In March Say Ça! organized two training workshops for the 13 new language tutors and animators at Concordia University. The main topics of the training were Syrian cultural heritage and customs, nonverbal communication and active listening skills, literacy and education, and…
The first cultural outing of Say Ça! was held at the end of April. Students visited the Biodôme, where they learned about Canadian fauna and flora. They also saw the Olympic Stadium, and learned about BIXI, the bicycle sharing system…
For Restaurant Day, students practiced their food-related vocabulary at Lafontaine Park. Food such as schwarma, za’atar, and mac ’n cheese were prepared for and quickly snapped up by hungry and appreciative passersby. Students and their families also had the chance…