Leta Leung Malone
ESL Instructor
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Editor's Blurb
Storming Downtown Halifax
Q-Tips' Tales
~ Nicole Bergeron ~ Josée Déraps ~
~ Nathalie Drouin ~ Claire Dubuc ~
~ Louise Girard ~ Lucie Grégoire ~
~ Lucie Lapierre ~ Francine Paquet ~
~ Christine Paré ~ Ada Perreault ~
~ Annie Racine ~ Guylaine Robitaille ~
~ Sonia Ruel ~ Dany St. Hilaire ~
~ Monique Venne ~
 Their Instructors' Tales
~ Maria Desjardins ~ Leta L.-Malone ~
~ Maurice Michaud ~ Mary Lou O'Hara ~
About Leta
Residence
Lower Sackville (Halifax)
E-Mail
 Send Leta a message.
Professional Work
First year with the Q-Tips but about twenty years experience teaching ESL in Quebec, North West Territories, Alberta, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia.
Hobbies
Making stained glass, going to movies, reading, gardening and travelling. (Next trip: an archeological expedition with Indiana Jones!)
Hidden Talent
Conducting "stress" choir and leading neck-stretching exercise class.
Q-Tip Wish
Everyone would send me a transcript of an original listening jigsaw!
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Notes on Media Watch & Clear Speech Classes
- Nicole: Hey, didja know that Nicole's the one who askt fer more "stress," so if you're all stresst out, blam'it on her.
- Josée (Derapée) Deraps: If I'd known that I cud make a pun in French, I wudda dunnit more often.
- Claire: Blue Rodeo must've been in town last Thursday. The "bar band at heart" must've stolen yer heart!
- Nathalie: "Wanna go get another cuppa coffee in the cafeteria?" "Nah, you don't wanna get the gal fired, do ya?"
- Louise: How'dya catch those fish? What kinda bait didja use? Lobster?
- Lucie "the Gregarious": Whatchya think Mike Tyson'll bite off next?
- Lucie "LaRoche": Ya think ya can ged outta humming by wiping tears off yer eyes?
"Put this in the reFRIgerator."
m m m m mMmmm
Hum it again, Lucie, 'n try not to crack up.
- Francine: You don't hafta go to Amsterdam to gedda buzz. Jus' come ta Nova Scotia on Cannabis (oops, I mean Canada) Day.
- Christine: Whyd'ya jig school last Friday? Wudjya do Thursday night anyway? Lem'me guess. Didja "Stop in the Name of Love"?
- Annie: How'dy'a say this: "What happened to the electricity?" If ya say it right, ya can go practise safe sun, but don't ferget to wear protection 'cause ya don't wanna ged burnt.
- Sonia: Try orderin' plain toast in a diner like this:
"Now all ya hafta do is hold the chicken, bring me the toast,
gimme a cheque for the chicken sandwich,
'n ya haven't broken any rules."
(Jack Nicholson in Five Easy Pieces)
- Dany, the Lady of Lupens: All the hard work on pronunciation paid off when ya presented yer stories of Evangeline 'n Alice. Now practise "interesting" and "understanding."
- Monique: "Wudja record the record fer me?" "Sher, no problem."
- Ada: If you sing "...stone" and "Two" together, it does sound like stone tomb, but izzit? You'll hafta solve the myst'ry!
- Guylaine: Whenever you see an interesting dessert, don't ferget to ask yerself, "Izat a dessert or a desert? Izit made of sand or izit made of sugar?" Understand?
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