English for French speakers: your first week in Calgary

The registry, the bank, the phone store and the “how’s it going?”: the English you need in week one, with the Calgary pronunciations that trip people up.

8 min
A2
8 steps
English practice

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How’s it going? — Good, thanks. You? — The standard greeting pair.
I’d like to apply for an Alberta health card, please. — At a registry agent.
I’m exchanging my Quebec driver’s licence. — At the registry.
I’d like to open a chequing account. — At the bank.
Do you have a plan with no contract? — At the phone store.
Sorry, could you say that again more slowly? — The most useful sentence in any language.
toque, loonie, toonie, washroom, parkade — winter hat, $1 coin, $2 coin, restroom, parking garage