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Hospitality English (Online School in Canada)

Learn Canadian culture relevant to our course topics (life, work, customer service, and food) & some tips on studying English. Transcripts and quiz for each episode available on our website: www.hospitalityenglish.ca

*Hospitality English is an online school to teach English for Customer Service and Hospitality Work in Canada.

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We're going on a little break for a while to reorganize and come back as a new season with a new style.

Thank you so much for all your support up until now.

Hope to see you soon again!

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Announcements about some changes to our courses.

Canadian Money 1 => Canadian Coins 1: Intro, Canadian Coins 2: Coin Handling

Canadian Money 2 => Canadian Coins 3: Troubleshooting

Our website: hospitalityenglish.ca

Facebook: @hospitalityenglish.ca

Instagram: @hospitalityenglish.ca

Official LINE: Hospitality English

YouTube: Hospitality English (Online School in Canada) 

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March 17 is St. Patrick's Day.

But what exactly is it? 

Let's learn why and how Canadians (or North Americans) celebrate this day.

Transcripts and quiz are available on our website: hospitalityenglish.ca

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Canadians say: “Sorry, can I say something?” or  “I’m sorry, can you repeat that, please?”

It’s not that they did something wrong, and they need to apologize for it. And yet, they say, “I’m sorry.” It’s a Canadian thing. 

So why do they say “sorry”? And what do they mean by it?

Let's find out more by listening to this episode.

Visit hospitalityenglish.ca for transcripts and quizzes.

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Do you know which side of a Canadian coin is heads? Or tails?

Let's learn about them with this episode.

For Transcripts and quiz, please visit our homepage at hospitalityenglish.ca

Note: The speaker used the Queen’s honorific incorrectly. The correct and official form is “Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.” Thus, you should put “Her Majesty” before the title “Queen.” We apologize for this mistake.

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Practise your listening with a Text-to-Speech feature on your computer, tablet, or smartphone. It's usually installed on your device already. It's a great tool for your language learning.

You can find the YouTube video that we've talked about in this episode here: youtu.be/YNW2wGaNoFQ.

For Transcript and Quiz, visit: www.hospitalityenglish.ca/study-materials/he-lounge-podcast