Rob McBride

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PBLA eUnits/Modules on Avenue

  • August 31, 2022

The following PBLA-compatible modules are available on Avenue. Teachers can request any of these modules through their mentor and preview them in the PBLA Sample Modules course (available on their Dashboard). Grocery Shopping (CLB 1L-2L) Dealing with Emergencies (CLB 1L-2L) Finding a Place to Live (CLB 1L-2L) Numbers (CLB 1L-2) Canadian Money (CLB 1L-2) A …

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Childcare Assistant EAL Curriculum

  • August 25, 2022

The Childcare Assistant EAL Curriculum, funded by the Manitoba Association of Newcomer Serving Organizations (MANSO), is designed to support newcomers at CLB 3, 4, and 5 who have different levels of interest in, and experience with, early childhood education as a career.  With the support of MANSO’s Care for Newcomer Children Committee, a partnership with …

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eSkills Modules Have Arrived

  • August 23, 2022

New National LINC Curriculum (NLOC) Ready for Second Round of Testing

  • August 23, 2022

The National LINC Online Curriculum (NLOC) project is pleased to invite avenue.ca users to our second round of testing of online courseware units for CLB-3 and CLB-4 units. This Fall, we invite you to peruse through and test the following units: CLB  Unit Name  Unit Theme  Unit Length  3  Understanding Debit Card Safety  Banking    ~4 hours  …

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Nouveau: Lancement de la Formation Avenue!

  • May 25, 2022

Depuis 2010, New Language Solutions dirige le projet LearnIT2teach pour le bénéfice des instructeurs(-trices) de langues parrainés par IRCC. Nous sommes ravis de lancer la version française de ce projet, la Formation Avenue, en 2022 pour les programmes CLIC. Cliquez ici pour en savoir plus! 

TESL Basics for Language Volunteers

  • March 31, 2022

Does Your Agency Manage TESL Volunteers in the Classroom or the Community? Be Sure to Read On. At New Language Solutions we recognize volunteers can be an important part of settlement language training. TESL Basics for Language Volunteers (TBLV) is an online course funded by IRCC. TBLV was developed to offer basic TESL training and …

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The benefits of LINC blended learning #8—-the last in our series. Our featured video for May is, “It improves language and settlement gains.”

Over the past two years the LINC Sector specifically, and Canadian settlement language training generally, have undergone a remarkable growth in skills and capacity with learning technology. As we hope for relief from the pandemic and think ahead, how will we put this new capacity to work longer term? Avenue.ca builds on what blended learning …

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Introduction to Extensive Reading

  • January 6, 2022

John Allan and Sepideh Alavi Reading is important.  It helps us understand, learn and grow. In our role as language instructors, we include reading activities and resources to introduce and consolidate learning through vocabulary, grammar, syntax, and concepts. Usually, the instructor sets the parameters of these reading activities known as intensive reading.  Another approach that …

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From Panicked to Professional – Learning Tech in LINC Today

  • December 20, 2021

Avenue – LearnIT2teach In-service Support During COVID, by Paul Carter As a Live Help Assistant for Avenue and LearnIT2teach I have had a front row seat for the unprecedented past 2 years of online and blended teaching in Canada. I will be telling the story of the early days of the pandemic on Live Help …

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New Language Solutions Traditional Land Acknowledgement

  • December 2, 2021

New Language Solutions is based in Ottawa, Ontario. We acknowledge that our head office is on the traditional, unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishnaabeg People. Beyond Ottawa, we have staff working in locations across Canada. New Language Solutions is grateful to have the opportunity to work as a guest in communities and territories across the …

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