Volunteering

A way to improve your English skills

What is Volunteering?

It is an alturistic activity. Volunteering takes many forms and the

people works in, such as medicine, education, emergency or

rescue, IT, etc.

Why the volunteering is important?

•To contribute with the community.

•To gain "Canadian experience".

•To meet people (increase networking).

•To improve English skills.

Where can you find volunteers jobs?

It depends...

•Some organizations, such as Cross Cultural Learner Centre,

or the library, those organizations need people to contribute

with others.

•On-line, the most common website is www.pillarv.com

What kind of volunteer job can you do?

Looking for a job in your field:

•Look for volunteer jobs relative with your field, example: if

you are a doctor/nurse, look into a hospital.

Looking for improve your English Skills:

• Look in any place.

How can you improve your English

skills?

When you work with other people, you must have to speak,

listen and writing. That means, if you are a volunteer, you can

improve your speaking, listening and writing.

Vocabulary

Networking: Interact with other people to exchange information

and develop contacts, esp. to further one's career.

Skills: The ability to do something well; expertise

References

Dictionary

Wordreference

Wikipedia

Pillar