tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27024419282340006742024-03-13T11:54:27.473+11:00Our Class 2008A blog for an English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL)adult migrants class at St George College of TAFE, Sydney Institue, Australia. There are podcasts, quizzes, competitions, links to students' own blogs, students' recipes, photos and a lot more.rosa ochoahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13850090550819936671noreply@blogger.comBlogger55125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2702441928234000674.post-14629836781185531662008-12-15T13:00:00.003+11:002009-03-16T13:37:01.024+11:00 Our Class 2009<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU0pr1BAVphUpsJHQkVmbHVk_DIKdQ7IzH2hbBFUCPI9xyMWotGZQOo_mWglbAj1abJHPWk3jU-Mtw8GH-8XZxSsNPgeIuldw3bvIQZjHSadLyXE6ORUqdiz8o1eSBGrrJFJVkIii5auA/s1600-h/QVB.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279896014032208578" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 300px; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU0pr1BAVphUpsJHQkVmbHVk_DIKdQ7IzH2hbBFUCPI9xyMWotGZQOo_mWglbAj1abJHPWk3jU-Mtw8GH-8XZxSsNPgeIuldw3bvIQZjHSadLyXE6ORUqdiz8o1eSBGrrJFJVkIii5auA/s400/QVB.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://ourclass09.blogspot.com/">Visit Our Class 2009</a></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><p>It's the end of the year once more! I've started getting our blog for next year ready. It looks as if my group of students will be AMEP (Adult Migrant English Program) ESOL level 3.</p><p>We'll start work at the beginning of February 2009.</p><p>Have a great festive season and we'll see you next year.</p><p>Keep watching!</p><p></p>rosa ochoahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13850090550819936671noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2702441928234000674.post-86601681646811810992008-12-15T12:04:00.003+11:002008-12-15T12:09:49.854+11:00Getting ready for 2009<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfYhJ9VZCNv2grqg_tQn0UbkHX622E5EWxdpJqqwfI0qVkGV3L4YZsC0VnmWufyjNSPjrndG-LqEZhbeYBv0c-EdpXNQEl2qS3bnx1lo-wD5LsEFWYd7oiT3gl9WCZZex1InzMob-11Xg/s1600-h/ESOL+College+Map.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279817794968905026" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 283px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfYhJ9VZCNv2grqg_tQn0UbkHX622E5EWxdpJqqwfI0qVkGV3L4YZsC0VnmWufyjNSPjrndG-LqEZhbeYBv0c-EdpXNQEl2qS3bnx1lo-wD5LsEFWYd7oiT3gl9WCZZex1InzMob-11Xg/s400/ESOL+College+Map.bmp" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><br /><div>Hi all. The languages section at St George College of TAFE, Sydney Institute is getting ready for 2009.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><strong>PLACEMENT & ENROLMENT</strong></div></div><br /><div><br />ESOL & AUSLAN<br />Please contact Course Information Office for interview dates. Building A<br />Phone: 9598 6111<br /></div><br /><div>EFS testing session:<br />Wed 28 & Friday 30 January<br />Building H1.08<br />9:30 am<br /></div><br /><div>OET testing session:<br />29 January<br />Building H1.07<br />10:00 am<br /></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div>rosa ochoahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13850090550819936671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2702441928234000674.post-1075834674972630262008-12-14T23:29:00.000+11:002009-06-08T00:12:08.631+10:00Web 2.0 forLTM 2009<center> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://blip.tv/scripts/pokkariPlayer.js?ver=2008010901"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://blip.tv/syndication/write_player?skin=js&posts_id=2191609&source=3&autoplay=true&file_type=flv&player_width=&player_height="></script> <div id="blip_movie_content_2191609"> <a rel="enclosure" href="http://blip.tv/file/get/Rosao-Web20ForLTM2009975.mp4" onclick="play_blip_movie_2191609(); return false;"><img alt="Video thumbnail. Click to play" src="http://blip.tv/file/get/Rosao-Web20ForLTM2009975.mp4.jpg" title="Click to play" border="0" /></a> <br /> <a rel="enclosure" href="http://blip.tv/file/get/Rosao-Web20ForLTM2009975.mp4" onclick="play_blip_movie_2191609(); return false;">Click to Play</a> </div> </center><div class="blip_description"><p>Short video on Web 2.0 tools used in my blogs & wikis. </p><p>It was created to test Stupeflix and then upload onto bliptv to show both tools to LTM mentors.</p></div>rosa ochoahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13850090550819936671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2702441928234000674.post-14215890638118647872008-12-05T22:08:00.004+11:002008-12-05T22:35:01.243+11:00elearning08<embed src="http://www.picnik.com/Presenter.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" quality="high" scale="noscale" salign="l" wmode="transparent" flashvars="setid=72157610669809009&bgcolor=13421772&size=500" name="Presenter" align="middle" height="500" width="500"></embed><br /><br />Hi all, I couldn't be with you today and this is the reason why: <a href="http://nswinnovations.wikispaces.com/eLearning08">elearning08 </a>conference organised by the Australian Flexible Framework.<br /><br />This is the type of event<a href="http://nswinnovations.wikispaces.com/eLearning08#toc0"> </a>where teachers like me get our inspiration and professional development to then bring it to you in the classroom.<br /><br />I hope you all have a great summer break. Keep save and keep learning! Dont forget to visit our websites (LEt's Talk (SI), Let's Talk (podomatic), ESOL f2f (and you can write on it), Time4English, our forum (you can wirte on any of the topics there), and most important:<br />Keep up with your blogs! We are all connected and following you! Let's talk!rosa ochoahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13850090550819936671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2702441928234000674.post-80397808730786238312008-12-01T14:10:00.002+11:002008-12-07T21:56:25.244+11:00Movie Reviews<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv3-JAAncFb_wK2PKrr4Q-iN7bYsyIhMlt9rHkMWpFWURJTGpIhD_VoeFywtjiXXcR0tuDQDqZd-eTgwN76LIZg-BzbbkiaTTha25UCaeJD4Z6aJm6ylDkm1I6sc_ZS44Hq0S-dlQ_rUo/s1600-h/openaircinemabannerMedium.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271697278356720738" style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; width: 400px; cursor: pointer; height: 83px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv3-JAAncFb_wK2PKrr4Q-iN7bYsyIhMlt9rHkMWpFWURJTGpIhD_VoeFywtjiXXcR0tuDQDqZd-eTgwN76LIZg-BzbbkiaTTha25UCaeJD4Z6aJm6ylDkm1I6sc_ZS44Hq0S-dlQ_rUo/s400/openaircinemabannerMedium.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Check out your classmates' <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">podcasts</span> on movies in <a href="http://rosao.podomatic.com/entry/eg/2008-11-19T20_30_26-08_00">Let's Talk</a>.<br /><br />Our college library has a good post on <a href="http://sydneyinstituteonline.net/stglibrary/2008/10/27/internet-movie-database/">Internet Movie Databases</a>. Very useful before you write a review.<br /><br />This one is a very reliable film review website, <a href="http://www.rottentomatoes.com/">Rotten Tomatoes</a>. It has some professional film critics writing their reviews there, but also reviews by film buffs, like you and I. My class read two reviews of the movie we are going to see on Tuesday, <a href="http://au.rottentomatoes.com/m/australia/">Australia</a>. One positive and one negative. Do you like to read reviews before seeing a movie?<br /><br />Her is another review of <strong><em>Australia</em></strong> from the ABC <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">programme</span> <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/atthemovies/txt/s2412340.htm">At the Movies</a>. What do David and Margaret think of it? Do they recommend us to go and watch it? How do they say it?<br /><br />Marion was showing us a bit of Ellen Degeneres programme. I found this interview of Nicole Kidman wiht her in <a href="http://en.yappr.com/welcome/Video.action?videoGuid=9C467D95-A5A1-4CB3-BC02-D9FD8150B8E3">yappr</a>. Check it out!<br /><br />We also read some information about the <a href="http://www.google.com.au/url?sa=t&source=web&ct=res&cd=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FBombing_of_Darwin_%28February_1942%29&ei=E0ktSZjvNJ3gsAOa37X_CA&usg=AFQjCNHHFQmBa1Lqk_YHcDUoTeF-rgD-6A&sig2=qpl-jA761dWa-PMDjmCy7A">Bombing of Darwin</a> during WW2, as this is part of the movie Australia.<br /><br />You can <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">also</span> read about another theme of Australia: the <a href="http://www.racismnoway.com.au/classroom/factsheets/52.html">Stolen Generations</a> and the <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/thunderous-applause-in-sydney-for-rudds-speech/2008/02/13/1202760345966.html">Sorry</a> finally given to them by our Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd. <ul><br /><li>Do a search for the movie we are watching in class, <span style="font-weight: bold;">The Castle</span>, and see what the critics say about it. Do you agree with their views?<br /></li><li>Write your own film review for The Castle. Remember to follow the structure of a film review we learned in class:</li></ul><ol><li>Introduction of the film and its director<br /></li><li>Description of the plot<br /></li><li>Evaluation of the performances of the main actors<br /></li><li>Evaluation of the plot, music and photography</li><li>Comment about the rating of the film (G, PG, M, <span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family:Times;">MA 15+</span>, </span><span style=";font-family:Times;font-size:13;" lang="EN-AU" ><span style="font-size:85%;">R</span> <span style="font-size:85%;">18+,</span></span><span style=";font-family:Times;font-size:85%;" lang="EN-AU" >X 18+)</span></li><br /><li>Recommendation</li></ol>I just found a very good wiki page about this movie, Australia. It's <a href="http://wendysclass08.wikispaces.com/Baz%20Luhrmann%27s%20Film%20AUSTRALIA">wendysclasso8</a>. It has links to reviews, slides on the Stolen Generation and many more interesting links. Thanks Wendy!rosa ochoahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13850090550819936671noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2702441928234000674.post-43168611591365409492008-11-29T15:55:00.003+11:002008-11-29T16:04:45.702+11:00Fashion @ TAFE<div>Podcast coming @ Let's Talk! </div><br /><script type="text/javascript" src="http://widgets.clearspring.com/o/46928cc51133af17/4930cb44e1aa5ae0/46928cc5788deb29/53aafd6d/widget.js"></script><br /><br /><br />Last Tuesday Marion & I went to <span style="font-weight: bold;">Motion Fashion Parade</span> by the students of Fashion Design & Technology , St George College of TAFE, Sydney Institute.<br /><br />The photos you can see in the video are of some of the finalists at the Jeans for Genes design competition, which were on display at the fashion parade. I also took some photos of the hats and accessories.<br /><br />Everything was professionally presented. The dresses were very beautiful and many of the them highly wearable, which is a bonus!<br /><br />Have a look at the slideshow posted by the local paper, <a href="http://stgeorge.yourguide.com.au/slideshowplayer.aspx?id=4145">The Leader</a>.rosa ochoahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13850090550819936671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2702441928234000674.post-43158471952743613212008-11-23T00:37:00.003+11:002008-11-23T14:47:46.052+11:00Films<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosao/3051965890/" title="Sydney Open Air Cinema by rosao, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3047/3051965890_f477ac1dd3.jpg" alt="Sydney Open Air Cinema" height="375" width="500" /></a><br /><br /><div></div>Our new topic for the last three weeks is <strong>movies</strong>. One of the things we've been talking about is different kinds of movies, which is called <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">genres</span>. This wikipedia will give you many ideas about <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_genre">movie genres</a>.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Movie interviews and reviews</span><br /><div>One day in class we were talking about movies, film reviews, ratings, scores... watch this red-carpet interview with Keira Knightley talking about <a href="http://en.yappr.com/welcome/Video.action?videoGuid=0655E8B9-A5FB-48E5-A2FC-BDB8F85848CB">The Duchess</a>. You can read as you watch and you can repeat sentences that you don't understand. (Thanks to Diana and Matt for pointing out this very good website!)<br /><br />Just by chance I found another review of the same movie, this time in<a href="http://crazycatladymel.blogspot.com/2008/09/duchess-and-knitting-pis.html"> a craft blog</a>! Instead of stars Melissa gives movies balls of wool (take note Elmira).<br /></div><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Time4English</span> has a good selection of movies reviews. Go t Movie Reviews on the main page, choose one (preferably one that you have seen), read the review and do the exercises.<br /><br />Use <span style="font-weight: bold;">Audacity </span>now to record a conversation with a classmate about that movie. Remember to make it an active listening practice for the person listening, as we practised in class with the Splendid Speaking worksheet on it, you can also listen to a model podcast by two students here: <a href="http://splendid-speaking.com/blog/?p=36">Active Listening</a>.<br /><br /><div>When you have a spare moment, have a look at this great website, <a href="http://www.12canoes.com.au/">Twelve Canoes.</a> Twelve Canoes is movie made and written in collaboration with Aboriginal people. Worth <em>seeing</em> (in the movies) or <em>watching</em> (at home on a DVD). The website gives visual information about many aspects of Aboriginal culture.<br /></div>rosa ochoahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13850090550819936671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2702441928234000674.post-22424105840201076042008-11-17T17:40:00.003+11:002008-11-17T17:48:23.162+11:00News<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheGfJptH3r-czwSXp82wJGja8nxzNSqj4zRuyVKzcI6DEj5rMAInMiAD51OL9vgVDy-0VZuuN_daSjg26LGq9dTFZF-MB1V5fSJMXNCEmR2FXken2-MWazIgu7PCZ6GCzw-pd-o-gVpVM/s1600-h/newspaper.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269514674236581410" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 312px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheGfJptH3r-czwSXp82wJGja8nxzNSqj4zRuyVKzcI6DEj5rMAInMiAD51OL9vgVDy-0VZuuN_daSjg26LGq9dTFZF-MB1V5fSJMXNCEmR2FXken2-MWazIgu7PCZ6GCzw-pd-o-gVpVM/s320/newspaper.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNy-eYwyq1pp_ZZ9QD2bkL-HfXPxMQ_eOHdjRk6RyhJ1QCtW1OBAHn4fwrfM60fiupn2VVpGTbYXtEDB_oElpirMXZ9TPRHbEPa2NfKD-BYCE4wJahbIvqYM4NnC6mA8l-7aPU0JAFpvs/s1600-h/newspaper.jpg"></a><br /><br /><div>We are going to listen to another BTN episode this week.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Go to <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/btn/">BTN</a>. You have to watch episode 32.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Last week we heard about what it means to be the US presidentl. This week we can learn about Obama himself. There is also an item on ballroom dancing that some of you (especially Wendy) may find interesting.</div><br /><div></div></div>rosa ochoahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13850090550819936671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2702441928234000674.post-37548134474859864632008-11-11T21:01:00.016+11:002013-05-15T12:50:44.071+10:00Oral PresentationsBefore I forget, I published Valeria, Lara and Orietta's podcasts in <a href="http://rosao.podomatic.com/">Let's Talk</a>. Read the comments in <a href="http://rosao.podomatic.com/entry/eg/2008-11-09T21_31_00-08_00">Valeria & Lara's</a> post. Sophie, one of our students from a couple of years ago, left a very nice comment.<br />
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Everyone in level 4 has to prepare an <span style="font-weight: bold;">oral presentation</span>.Some of you started learning how to use Power Point at the end of last term. Today we would like you to have time to start working on your presentation using power point. Marion and myself will help you if you need us to.<br />
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You will find <a href="http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/powerpoint-help/create-your-first-presentation-RZ001129842.aspx" target="_blank">Power Point </a>in Programs, Microsoft Office.<br />
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Check out the presentation below to see a good example of a slideshow (probably power point!) and to get some very good ideas on what to do or not to do in your presentation.<br />
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This wiki has excellent hints on <a href="http://adavis.pbwiki.com/Finding%20images%20for%20your%20blog">Finding Images </a>for your presentation or blog.<br />
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If you are happy with your presentation, you can upload it onto <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/">slideshare </a>and then you can embed it in your blog!<br />
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Check Splendid Speaking for great examples of oral presentations by advanced learners of English and teacher advice on their performance. These ones <a href="http://www.splendid-speaking.com/learn/podcasts/int26.html" target="_blank">Signposting Your Talk</a> and <a href="http://www.splendid-speaking.com/learn/podcasts/int22.html" target="_blank">Structuring your Talk</a>, are about how to use <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">discourse markers</span> to help the audience follow your talk structure. You can subscribe to it and receive the scripts, otherwise ask me for a print out of these two episodes.<br />
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There are some good websites to give you more ideas about signposting, structure, etc. This is one of them, <a href="http://www.englishclub.com/speaking/presentations-lang.htm">English Speaking: Presentations in English</a>.<br />
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I just found a great new concept for oral presentations, it's got a Japanese name <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Pecha Kucha </span><span style="font-style: italic;">(pe-chak-cha)</span>, which means chit-chat. The idea is that you only use 20 slides (which seems a lot!), but each slide is there only for 20 seconds. So that's a total of 6 minutes 40 seconds. This is a brilliant <a href="http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=9NZOt6BkhUg&feature=related">example</a> that you can watch at home as it is on youtube (still banned at TAFE!).<br />
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Try it for your oral presentation, but using half the time: 10 slides X 20 seconds= 3 minutes 20 seconds. Perfect! Remember how exciting it was to get your entries for Sculpture of the Sea ABC photo competition down to 25 words. This would be a similar exercise in carefully planning your words. To achieve a good presentation you'll have to practise, practise and practise!rosa ochoahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13850090550819936671noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2702441928234000674.post-75957078121491665852008-11-10T17:36:00.003+11:002008-11-10T17:39:54.490+11:00News<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNy-eYwyq1pp_ZZ9QD2bkL-HfXPxMQ_eOHdjRk6RyhJ1QCtW1OBAHn4fwrfM60fiupn2VVpGTbYXtEDB_oElpirMXZ9TPRHbEPa2NfKD-BYCE4wJahbIvqYM4NnC6mA8l-7aPU0JAFpvs/s1600-h/newspaper.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266914096797100194" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 312px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNy-eYwyq1pp_ZZ9QD2bkL-HfXPxMQ_eOHdjRk6RyhJ1QCtW1OBAHn4fwrfM60fiupn2VVpGTbYXtEDB_oElpirMXZ9TPRHbEPa2NfKD-BYCE4wJahbIvqYM4NnC6mA8l-7aPU0JAFpvs/s320/newspaper.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Read the article on your right to find out what to do this morning.</div><div> </div><div>This is a better link to <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/btn/">BTN</a>. You have to watch episode 31.</div>rosa ochoahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13850090550819936671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2702441928234000674.post-7342895972824766402008-11-09T18:07:00.010+11:002008-11-11T14:52:00.783+11:00College Counsellor<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaj0Xirywam9ZPq3HFirk1Te64RiYNMSu_S3Je0jlPmunLVLyc0YWNcI92JkWCtGiy_JoHlRBjMoHuz41OstyQ5CLNt_NHeyIVB_Coewt1fEMQVMSYyWaJeh7kud8zTzSLPNotSZvpj_c/s1600-h/holepiknik.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266644614915612834" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; WIDTH: 103px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaj0Xirywam9ZPq3HFirk1Te64RiYNMSu_S3Je0jlPmunLVLyc0YWNcI92JkWCtGiy_JoHlRBjMoHuz41OstyQ5CLNt_NHeyIVB_Coewt1fEMQVMSYyWaJeh7kud8zTzSLPNotSZvpj_c/s320/holepiknik.jpg" border="0" /></a>Have you listened to the podcasts about Sculpture by the Sea? <a href="http://rosao.podomatic.com/entry/eg/2008-11-02T19_15_19-08_00" target="_blank">Elmira, Sophie and Sue</a>, <a href="http://rosao.podomatic.com/entry/eg/2008-11-02T20_20_34-08_00" target="_blank">Diana and Aneta</a> talk about our excursion and their favourite sculptures. If you want to record your own podcast, you can start recording with Audacity. Ask Marion and Rosa to help you and show you how to edit your recording. When you are ready, call us to save it on a memory stick to publish it in <a href="http://rosao.podomatic.com/" target="_blank">Let's Talk</a>.<br /><br />The year is coming to an end very quickly. As usual for level 4 students, this means that you have to start thinking about what to do next year. On Thursday 13th November (in the downstairs Hogben Foyer between 12 noon and 1pm) we will have a <span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Pathways</span> session with teachers from different courses giving out information about those courses. We will be talking about it in class this week, so that you can understand the different possibilities better and prepare questions to ask about courses you may be interested in. This <a href="http://stgesol.sydneyinstitute.wikispaces.net/space/showimage/STUDYPATHWAYSESOLSTUDENTS.doc" target="_blank">ESOL study pathways chart</a> can help you, too.<br /><br />Today I'd like you to listen to a podcast with the college counsellor, <a href="http://sydneyinstituteonline.net/letstalk/2008/09/09/luisa-counselling-unit/" target="_blank">Luisa O'delli.</a> Listen to her and do the work on the worksheet. You can publish a summary of her interview in your blog.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijbEaJsGyipiN81HYAq_o0k0HxzxVuBSjeYyHqgi11mY7I_SAcKHbKcvakRmx0E2CVdJ4Lh6xRBpyoEVfmdZ6VTaGLUH3cCN92TOKvVwLxa0D0naeRwSWDvFNMO-RVnuGiY3eOaihofHQ/s1600-h/goneforadip.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266806910162648546" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijbEaJsGyipiN81HYAq_o0k0HxzxVuBSjeYyHqgi11mY7I_SAcKHbKcvakRmx0E2CVdJ4Lh6xRBpyoEVfmdZ6VTaGLUH3cCN92TOKvVwLxa0D0naeRwSWDvFNMO-RVnuGiY3eOaihofHQ/s320/goneforadip.JPG" border="0" /></a>One of the sculptures in Sculpture by the Sea was the Ned Kelly mask lying on the shore (on your right). If you have time during the weekend or holidays, listen to this <a title="Permanent Link to Bushranger Melange Podcast" href="http://ihistory.wordpress.com/2007/11/16/bushranger-melange-podcast/" rel="bookmark">Bushranger Melange Podcast</a> that an Australian high school teachers published for his students.rosa ochoahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13850090550819936671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2702441928234000674.post-29875605895975687342008-10-26T20:39:00.007+11:002009-10-05T17:10:37.578+11:00Sculpture by the Sea Excursion Report<div><embed src="http://widget-1c.slide.com/widgets/slideticker.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" quality="high" scale="noscale" salign="l" wmode="transparent" flashvars="cy=bb&il=1&channel=360287970210239516&site=widget-1c.slide.com" style="width:400px;height:320px" name="flashticker" align="middle"></embed><div style="width:400px;text-align:left;"><a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=bb&at=un&id=360287970210239516&map=1" target="_blank"><img src="http://widget-1c.slide.com/p1/360287970210239516/bb_t000_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide1.gif" border="0" ismap="ismap" /></a> <a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=bb&at=un&id=360287970210239516&map=2" target="_blank"><img src="http://widget-1c.slide.com/p2/360287970210239516/bb_t000_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide2.gif" border="0" ismap="ismap" /></a> <a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=bb&at=un&id=360287970210239516&map=F" target="_blank"><img src="http://widget-1c.slide.com/p4/360287970210239516/bb_t000_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide42.gif" border="0" ismap="ismap" /></a></div></div><br /><br />I hope everyone enjoyed our excursion last Tuesday's to Bondi to Tamarama <strong>Sculpture by the Sea. </strong>I had a terrific day, we were so lucky with the weather, weren't we?<br /><br /><br />Today you will be able to post your photos and your work on one of the sculptures exhibited this year.<br /><br />You will need to use bubbleshare or flickr slides. Let's concentrate on bubbleshare today.<br /><br />You have to register with <a href="http://www.bubbleshare.com/">bubbleshare </a>first. Just follow the instructions to upload your photos from your pc or your camera. Marion and myself will help you if you need us to.<br /><br />Once you have your album, this <a href="http://webconf.det.nsw.edu.au/bubbleshare/">tutorial</a> tells you how to embed (add and display inside a post) a bubbleshare slideshow in your blog.<br /><br />If you haven't got any photos with you, go to p: drive and in the LANGUAGES folder, go to Rosa's folder and use any of the photos there to practise creating a bubbleshare slideshow. Embed it in you blog. Have fun!<br /><br />When you finish, record a recount of the day in Audacity. Tell us what you liked about it, your favourite sculpture, if you went =back with your family and friends, anything about it!rosa ochoahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13850090550819936671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2702441928234000674.post-62963525259734844972008-10-22T20:59:00.009+11:002009-10-29T11:51:16.178+11:00Sculpture by the Sea 2008These photos are from <span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sculpture by the Sea 2007</span>. Sooon you'll be able to take photos for your blogs of Sculpture by the Sea 2008!<br /><iframe align="center" src="http://www.flickr.com/slideShow/index.gne?set_id=72157603200297905&" frameborder="0" width="500" scrolling="no" height="500"></iframe><br />Tomorrow is the big day! Remember to bring your camera and take photos of your designated sculpture and any other sculptures that <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">take your fancy</span>. You can also take a bit of video and upload it to bubleshare with the <span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Add Video</span> button (next Add Image). Next week I'll put a tutorial on how to add your bubbleshare album in your blog post.<br /><br />If you've lost the excursion worksheet, get it<a href="http://stgesol.sydneyinstitute.wikispaces.net/file/view/Sculpture+by+the+Sea+2008Worksheet.doc"> here</a>.<br /><br /><ul><li>Here is a link to<a href="http://www.cityrail.info/"> CityRail</a>. Please check the timetable for the Kogarah 9:16 train to Bondi Junction and work out what time you should take it if you join us from another station (eg Elmira will catch the train from Rockdale).</li><li>Now check at what time we have to catch the train at Bondi Junction in order to be in Kogarah at 2:30 pm.</li><li>Now tell us what bus we should catch at Tamarama, so that we know when we should start leaving the exhibition.</li></ul>When you finish, get headphones and start Audacity. We are going to use it again (IT fixed it!) to learn how to edit your recordings and save them as mp3 files. Marion and myself will be there to help you. You can talk about what we are doing tomorrow. Record it, listen to it, correct any grammatical or pronunciation mistakes and re-record that passage. When you are pleased with your work, export it as mp3 and save it in a memory stick. Have fun!rosa ochoahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13850090550819936671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2702441928234000674.post-4466375418208773402008-10-20T17:34:00.005+11:002008-10-21T09:46:21.464+11:00News: Sculpture by the Sea<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsRaWhSrQzXeX0VRys4iveIcv9cRAIeegq7T4cfeK6X2qoiV9Z1xOIjl2mNhQNH7hcK9_Bj7DrD5Ejbqg1sQ8SNiOrkkLCe3GoF8bwWuRqzok1WNrTgEAAJ1KCuOBc6CFWeTH1Wyb_vC8/s1600-h/isea.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259357324419382658" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsRaWhSrQzXeX0VRys4iveIcv9cRAIeegq7T4cfeK6X2qoiV9Z1xOIjl2mNhQNH7hcK9_Bj7DrD5Ejbqg1sQ8SNiOrkkLCe3GoF8bwWuRqzok1WNrTgEAAJ1KCuOBc6CFWeTH1Wyb_vC8/s320/isea.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />This is the picture <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">that</span> I posted as a puzzle yesterday. You were right, it's <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">called <strong>i-sea</strong>! Why do you think it's called that?</span><br /><br /><br />Part of our course is Reading News. This is an article about Sculpture by the Sea in the <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/10/26/1098667744138.html#">Sydney Morning Herald</a>.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Read it and answer these questions:<br /><ol><br /><li>How many <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">sculptures</span> are described in the article?</li><br /><br /><li><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">What</span> materials are they made of?</li><br /><br /><li>Give an example of interaction of the art work with the environment.</li><br /><br /><li>What's a synonym of elephant?</li><br /><br /><li>How do participant artists feel?</li></ol><p>Once you <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">answer</span> the questions, write a short text in your own words and add it to the post you wrote yesterday on Sculpture by the Sea.</p><br /><br /><br /><p></p>rosa ochoahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13850090550819936671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2702441928234000674.post-84710423214873080362008-10-19T16:27:00.005+11:002008-10-20T10:56:59.464+11:00Sculpture by the Sea 2008<iframe align="center" src="http://www.flickr.com/slideShow/index.gne?set_id=72157603200297905&" frameborder="0" width="500" scrolling="no" height="500"></iframe><br /><br /><br />Last week Marion and I decided to introduce you to one of the most spectacular art exhibitions in Australia, <a href="http://www.sculpturebythesea.com/">Sculpture by the Sea</a>. I took the pictures above at Sculpture by the Sea 2007.<br /><br />We will be going next Tuesday by public transport, but thought that this would be a good opportunity for you to use the Internet to find out about the event and to plan our excursion .<br /><br />Check the link <a href="http://www.sculpturebythesea.com/">Sculpture by the Sea</a> and answer these questions:<br /><br /><br /><ol><br /><li>What is Sculpture by the Sea? Tell us a bit of its history as well as an explanation of what it is.</li><br /><li>When does it take place?</li><br /><li>Where does it take place? </li><br /><li>What type of art is exhibited?</li><br /><li>Why does it attract so many people? </li></ol><br /><br /><p>Write the answers in your blog, but as a paragraph, without using numbers. It should read like a newspaper clip abut the event. You can borrow my slide show or some of the photos in it for your post. Next week you will be able to take your own!</p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpw-OFqUJpjEryuOlwIa_2V25P20BIBEPfZdKxhRNbNbIMK7frrKeuvgWZnS0v2QB5epL6EJWydhz4bws3cePR7Cg5M4MjA_0JYg2LQxs_08Wp99ny2RVSqMUNYndfrD151tyfOBqYNow/s1600-h/sculpturbythesea07.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259013257150455058" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpw-OFqUJpjEryuOlwIa_2V25P20BIBEPfZdKxhRNbNbIMK7frrKeuvgWZnS0v2QB5epL6EJWydhz4bws3cePR7Cg5M4MjA_0JYg2LQxs_08Wp99ny2RVSqMUNYndfrD151tyfOBqYNow/s320/sculpturbythesea07.bmp" border="0" /></a><br /><p>Now a bit of guess work: Can you find out the name of this sculpture and the artist who created it? (<em>hint: images in google search or official website for the event</em>)</p>In your blog, write about this sculpture:<br />* Factual information (name, artist, date)<br />* Description: what it looks like, colour, material, size, location, figurative or abstract<br />* Your opinion: what you think it wants to convey, if you think it works, if you like it, what it makes you feel, is it serious or has it got a hint of humour?<br /><br /><br /><strong></strong><strong></strong><br /><strong></strong><br /><strong>Planning our day</strong><br />How can we get there?<br /><br />We would like to start our excursion at 9 am next Tuesday. Can you plan our day? What time should we catch a train? Which train do we have to catch to get there? Can we go by train only or do we need to catch a bus too? How should we come back? Where from? What time?<br /><br /><br /><p>This website, <a href="http://www.131500.info/realtime/newjourney.asp">trip planner</a>, may be useful. </p>rosa ochoahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13850090550819936671noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2702441928234000674.post-62887370678816950092008-10-13T08:27:00.003+11:002009-10-05T17:21:45.978+11:00Paralympics Beijing 2008<div><embed src="http://widget-20.slide.com/widgets/slideticker.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" quality="high" scale="noscale" salign="l" wmode="transparent" flashvars="cy=bb&il=1&channel=360287970210239520&site=widget-20.slide.com" style="width: 400px; height: 320px;" name="flashticker" align="middle"></embed><div style="width: 400px; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=bb&at=un&id=360287970210239520&map=1" target="_blank"><img src="http://widget-20.slide.com/p1/360287970210239520/bb_t024_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide1.gif" ismap="ismap" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=bb&at=un&id=360287970210239520&map=2" target="_blank"><img src="http://widget-20.slide.com/p2/360287970210239520/bb_t024_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide2.gif" ismap="ismap" border="0" /></a> </div></div><br />Marion interviewed three paralympians while she was in Beijing for the Paralympic Games.<br /><br /><ul><li>Listen to her interview with Wade McMahon, a paralympian javelin thrower: <span style="font-size:85%;"><a title="Permanent Link: Marion: Our foreign correspondent at Beijing" href="http://sydneyinstituteonline.net/letstalk/2008/09/23/marion-our-foreign-correspondent-at-beijing/" rel="bookmark">Marion: Our foreign correspondent at Beijing</a></span><br /></li><li><strong>Write an article</strong> about Wade McMahon in your blog. You have to use information from Marion's interview. You can also add information from your own online research, but remember to use your own words!</li><li>Now <strong>write a post about your holidays</strong>. Later you can add some photos or a bubbleshare album. See the <a href="http://ourclass08.blogspot.com/2008/09/flickr-slides.html">previous post </a>for ideas on photo publishing.<br /></li></ul>rosa ochoahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13850090550819936671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2702441928234000674.post-53375429662391935262008-09-29T00:42:00.005+10:002008-09-30T17:23:31.414+10:00Photo editing and flickr slides<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrDACodNwKhPLH6tvlrcLV0f8G6mTw0asS5wEI8KYVC-gEEJNH9c_MtvSzCWtVwqbCxKN_XJqTp7FY2DkOLPnSVAaoGabOivmU_yYBRo7ebT2IoaNPrLidCU3IK9WtwU8HLBwANNvWbxU/s1600-h/teacupspuzzle.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrDACodNwKhPLH6tvlrcLV0f8G6mTw0asS5wEI8KYVC-gEEJNH9c_MtvSzCWtVwqbCxKN_XJqTp7FY2DkOLPnSVAaoGabOivmU_yYBRo7ebT2IoaNPrLidCU3IK9WtwU8HLBwANNvWbxU/s320/teacupspuzzle.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251710600384014962" border="0" /></a>If you want an exciting way of editing your photos, go to <a href="http://www.picnik.com/">picnik</a>.<br /><br />You can create photos like the one I posted last week (tea cups) or this puzzle one done with the same photo.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />If you have photos in <a href="http://www.flickr.com/">flickr</a>, you can place a slide generator in your blog. <a href="http://idgettr.com/">This</a> will find out your flickr id .This link will tell you <a href="http://paulstamatiou.com/2005/11/19/how-to-quickie-embedded-flickr-slideshows">how to do it</a>.<br /><br /><iframe src="http://www.flickr.com/slideShow/index.gne?user_id=73041688@N00&tags=flowers" align="middle" frameborder="0" height="500" scrolling="no" width="500"></iframe>rosa ochoahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13850090550819936671noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2702441928234000674.post-64940929759982036442008-09-21T11:37:00.003+10:002008-09-22T08:43:29.828+10:00News time<span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"> <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-weight: bold;">A tea shop in Newtown yesterday arvo</span></span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-weight: bold;"> </span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixhs68JE-gxhlf7UEojZ8VoNdOMct9Vqo4Ay8CUU3omo4tB5uefS8WmcP5UcHmmmpci6-86KQoTzE3MHSBfgq_H__iHMLx_Pg9ya00Rxr9ZhLtcUhiYh6ROvTpafz9HoC2x_w_IbU-MgI/s1600-h/tea4two.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixhs68JE-gxhlf7UEojZ8VoNdOMct9Vqo4Ay8CUU3omo4tB5uefS8WmcP5UcHmmmpci6-86KQoTzE3MHSBfgq_H__iHMLx_Pg9ya00Rxr9ZhLtcUhiYh6ROvTpafz9HoC2x_w_IbU-MgI/s320/tea4two.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248454663544263618" border="0" /></a><br /><div>A couple of weeks ago we were discussing how to get better in English. Helen was saying that she would like to do more work listening to the news. We can both read news from the newspapers and listen to radio or tv news. Let's start today, Answer this poll and keep watching it. It will keep changing as people do it. We will see which type of news people prefer.<br /><embed src="http://www.xatech.com/web_gear/poll/poll.swf" quality="high" bgcolor="#000000" name="poll" flashvars="id=1986031" allowscriptaccess="sameDomain" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.xat.com/update_flash.shtml" align="middle" height="315" width="420"></embed><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"><a target="_BLANK" href="http://www.xat.com/web_gear/?p">Get your own Poll!</a></span><br /><br /><br /><img style="visibility: hidden; width: 0px; height: 0px;" src="http://counters.gigya.com/wildfire/IMP/CXNID=2000002.1NXC/bT*xJmx*PTEyMjE2NDQ4NzA4MTImcHQ9MTIyMTY*NDg4NTA5MyZwPTUzMTUxJmQ9Jm49Jmc9MSZ*PSZvPThlOTVjY2IwOTRlNTRlZDhhNzhiMzRhMDhkZGE1ZTFj.gif" border="0" height="0" width="0" /><br /><br />Here you have a very good site, <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/btn/index.html">Behind the News</a>, produced by the ABC weekly. Watch the 26th episode. There is a permanent link to it in ELS links on the right hand sidebar.<br /><br />Ask me to give you a print out of the exercises. Today I would like you to concentrate on the segment <em><strong>Copyrtight Crackdow</strong></em><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">n</span>. You can just watch one segment (part) of the whole program by clicking on it on the right hand side of the BTN screen.<br /></div><br /><div>In the college <a href="http://stgesol.sydneyinstitute.wikispaces.net/LSC"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Learner Support Centre</span></a> (B1.19), you can listen to many radio news items with exercises to extend your vocabulary and understanding of the news.<br /></div><br /><p><span style="font-size:85%;"></span> </p>rosa ochoahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13850090550819936671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2702441928234000674.post-44043385816129717792008-09-15T00:02:00.010+10:002008-09-17T11:13:28.181+10:00Marion's back! & Zhong Qiu Kuai Le!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_0-p7DyWAId1sB6q6a9VYo9QNrQ4YcZL-x7b7NVNx6DHFH_Ch_RiSPEja-DuX5DyweP7j85ri6eIOMotvQp2sXxt5GwoC2MMyBgdgecOlAV1icz4WdXBug4Wyld3OL6mqUlkk8oHOZXE/s1600-h/Beijing+2008.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246792142001451586" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_0-p7DyWAId1sB6q6a9VYo9QNrQ4YcZL-x7b7NVNx6DHFH_Ch_RiSPEja-DuX5DyweP7j85ri6eIOMotvQp2sXxt5GwoC2MMyBgdgecOlAV1icz4WdXBug4Wyld3OL6mqUlkk8oHOZXE/s200/Beijing+2008.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Marion's back from Beijing. What do you want to know about her trip? Did she get your questions for an athlete? Did she manage to interview one of them? Write down the questions and we will ask her and publish her answers next week.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaF_wbtceOO8qx1QifTniIOaSJ8hUYuLMA0LQALGaiLvnsQebKrL-3RNPHfUYffaXjPHXhWbfHQ-q0M6ZsJ5KS6Bd-TRLZOK7jT9h5_VZ26DZVrWY2xpY4GJPbLjtBWHJ7OIuPVHzAOcU/s1600-h/mooncake.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246058796777234466" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 83px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 79px" height="83" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaF_wbtceOO8qx1QifTniIOaSJ8hUYuLMA0LQALGaiLvnsQebKrL-3RNPHfUYffaXjPHXhWbfHQ-q0M6ZsJ5KS6Bd-TRLZOK7jT9h5_VZ26DZVrWY2xpY4GJPbLjtBWHJ7OIuPVHzAOcU/s200/mooncake.JPG" width="91" border="0" /></a>It's the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid-Autumn_Festival">Chinese Moon Festival </a>this week. Read here about <a href="http://www.educ.uvic.ca/faculty/mroth/438/CHINA/moon.htm">the legend </a>linked to it. Did you celebrate it? How? Tell us about it in your blogs.<br /><br /><br /><br />Watch the video below, What are You Wearing? with you talking about what you are wearing. Sorry that we couldn't record all of you last week. Audacity has something missing... but if you want we can do it today. I also posted it in <a href="http://rosao.podomatic.com/entry/eg/2008-09-14T15_46_19-07_00">Let's Talk</a> (students) and <a href="http://sydneyinstituteonline.net/letstalk/2008/09/15/what-are-you-wearing-students/">Let's Talk</a>, which you can subscribe to with itunes and download podcasts and vodcasts (this one is an mp4)into your ipod .<br /><embed src="http://blip.tv/play/Ac2oXo2NQw" width="427" height="348" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed><br /><br />As we've been talking about clothes and fashion, today you can listen to <a href="http://sydneyinstituteonline.net/letstalk/2008/08/31/cathy-rozelle-markets/">Cathy's</a>'podcast about Rozelle Markets, where she's got a clothes stall. Don't forget to do the worksheet. It will help you with the listening.rosa ochoahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13850090550819936671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2702441928234000674.post-4897951389993505212008-09-03T11:40:00.018+10:002008-09-08T10:22:47.698+10:00What are you wearing? & Marion goes to the Paralympics!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPIqQP8FqysFAmtE0xyme92Ay19ttcCltqVzVBsdvJHFtWNx-ofY36tToh6qc41WV0Dm423_MTbS5nv4W31Oe_b2r6DJa8pu-dVW8hKmI4Cd3SJ1AC9O766szQ7YUHwr4W_EGqHy2XQuA/s1600-h/CLOTHES.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242533764391632370" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; CURSOR: pointer" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPIqQP8FqysFAmtE0xyme92Ay19ttcCltqVzVBsdvJHFtWNx-ofY36tToh6qc41WV0Dm423_MTbS5nv4W31Oe_b2r6DJa8pu-dVW8hKmI4Cd3SJ1AC9O766szQ7YUHwr4W_EGqHy2XQuA/s320/CLOTHES.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://localhost:4339/f7d3d3286698f7b4ccab2aa6f7722dd6/image627.jpg"></a>Hi there. Today you should publish in your blog your description of what Alison and Andrew are wearing. If you want to add my bubbleshare album in your blog, follow these instructions: <a href="http://webconf.det.nsw.edu.au/bubbleshare/">How to add a bubbleshare album to your blog</a>.<br /><br />Now is your turn to record a short segment about <strong>what you are wearing</strong>. Remember to revise the language used by <a href="http://sydneyinstituteonline.net/letstalk/2008/08/26/what-are-you-wearing/">Alison, Andrew </a>and the writers to the <a href="http://www.thefashionpolice.net/2008/08/fashion-polic-1.html">Fashion Pol</a>ice forum. Then practise with a classmate and when you are ready, record your short interviews in Audacity.<br /><div><br />Watch this short video and follow the instructions on <a href="http://webconf.det.nsw.edu.au/audacitybasic/">How to use Audacity </a>to record and then save the file as an mp3 file.</div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><ul><li>Well done everybody with <span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Marion's interview</span>! Listen to it and read what I wrote about your performance. If you wnat to practise more, you could write a little article about Marion's trip just listening to her answers. Publish it in your blog.<br /><br />Marion is at the <span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Paralympics </span>right now. She is going to <span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">interview one athlete</span> for our podcasting blog. What questions would you like her to ask? Write them in esol <span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">f2f </span>in the<a href="http://esolf2f.pbwiki.com/Marion%27s-Paralympics-visit"> Events: Olympics page/Marion</a><br /></li><li>Last week I saw an interview with<span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"> Kurt Fearnley</span>, the World Champion Wheelchair Racer, on Enough Rope with Andrew Denton . Marion just sent me an email with links to his <a href="http://www.paralympiceducation.org.au/athletes/profile/kurtfearnley">profile</a> and to the <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/tv/enoughrope/">interview</a>. Wouldn't it be good if Marion could interview him with your questions? It doesn't matter if it's another athlete. We'll find out when she's back.</li></ul>rosa ochoahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13850090550819936671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2702441928234000674.post-60970087187516157292008-08-23T16:44:00.010+10:002008-09-01T13:40:18.181+10:00What are you wearing?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRPedfAuL7aZZxAekWmL1FMRMRnHVpilPxtAdOPhJYxJvvWXLA-2DNU3OahBezUpWyoMG22tFV1_c5UxVlzXGBMWFsUGugmvjHjF5rxYvguTAsJEvn-wDO0VpL6MUggvx-BUa9-HkdpLA/s1600-h/ragsrags.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240820931784842786" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; CURSOR: pointer" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRPedfAuL7aZZxAekWmL1FMRMRnHVpilPxtAdOPhJYxJvvWXLA-2DNU3OahBezUpWyoMG22tFV1_c5UxVlzXGBMWFsUGugmvjHjF5rxYvguTAsJEvn-wDO0VpL6MUggvx-BUa9-HkdpLA/s320/ragsrags.JPG" border="0" /></a>Welcome back, Marion!<br /><br />Can you prepare a few questions to ask Marion about her trip? When you are ready we will interview her for a podcast in <span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Let's Talk!</span><br /><br /><br /><ul><li>Listen to <a href="http://sydneyinstituteonline.net/letstalk/2008/08/26/what-are-you-wearing/">two teachers </a>talking about what they are wearing. Answer the questions and write a description of one of them (or both) in your blog.</li><li>With a classmate ask each other about what you are wearing. You have to talk about the clothes, colour, type of material, origin, how you bought them or got them, if they were a present, etc.<br /></li></ul><ul><li>You can get ideas from this forum, <a href="http://www.thefashionpolice.net/2008/08/fashion-polic-1.html">Fashion Police</a>, but I would also would like you to ask/answer questions about how you got the clothes, were they a present?, did you buy them? where did you buy them? how much was it? are they any specific brand? did someone give them to you (hand-me-downs)...</li><li>Now record your description in Audacity. Marion and I will help you set up.</li></ul><div></div>At home you can watch this video where people on the street answer the question <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhpQ7g4GyRk"><em>what are you wearing? </em></a>It has subtitles, so it's very easy to understand and learn from it.rosa ochoahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13850090550819936671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2702441928234000674.post-53999873475133514982008-08-23T15:43:00.009+10:002008-08-24T20:40:13.091+10:00The essence of written texts<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4midmMd0XjYPh7TKvUUiQm49aCDWF0NnxvQgKHpTiKYaDhoi3Uqml_oFYZ90C1dn0599YPiMXwSD2WieQ9THjmpJjC8SeWDHiinSZ8SpEHzivEzTpQyb5Ci5cGsOKP8u-1vvfFGJ78IM/s1600-h/wordleOZ.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237585246112335618" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; CURSOR: pointer" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4midmMd0XjYPh7TKvUUiQm49aCDWF0NnxvQgKHpTiKYaDhoi3Uqml_oFYZ90C1dn0599YPiMXwSD2WieQ9THjmpJjC8SeWDHiinSZ8SpEHzivEzTpQyb5Ci5cGsOKP8u-1vvfFGJ78IM/s320/wordleOZ.JPG" border="0" /></a>Today's picture is an easy riddle. If you know what it is, write it in <span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">comments </span>below. You can create your own <a href="http://wordle.net/">wordle</a> for your favourite song, poem, your blog or any piece of article that interests you. Ask me how to do it and save it as a picture for your blog .<br /><br />Some of you wrote more <span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">suggestions</span> for overseas visitors in Sydney during Thursday's class. Don't forget to add them to our <a href="http://esolf2f.pbwiki.com/Advice,-suggestions">esolf2f </a>wiki!<br /><br />Great work with your <span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">report </span>writing. This week we'll look at writing a report about an object. You can start thinking about something interesting you would like to write about. For example a great invention, something iconic in your culture, or even a sport or event.<br /><br />Andrew and I recorded an example of what to do when you can't attend class, which is to phone the teacher and let them know you will be absent.<a href="http://sydneyinstituteonline.net/letstalk/2008/08/20/phoning-to-notify-absence/"> <span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Listen</span> to it</a> and write down the dialogue. W will practise it later in class.<br /><br />Now listen to this podcast about Andrew, <a href="http://sydneyinstituteonline.net/letstalk/2006/11/30/andrew-nut-num/">Andrew: Nut & Num</a>, and do the work at the end of the post. It will be part of your blog portfolio.<br /><br />As part of your portfolio, you should listen to the podcasts we link to in this blog and do the questions and writing tasks in the worksheets included in each podcast. If you have and ipod, you can subscribe to the whole blog, <a href="http://sydneyinstituteonline.net/letstalk/">Let's Talk</a>, by clicking on the itunes icon on the right sidebar. This means the podcasts go into your ipod and you can practise your English while you catch the train, bus, do your exercise, housework, or you're bored and have nothing better to do.rosa ochoahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13850090550819936671noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2702441928234000674.post-34117816633899471012008-08-11T21:12:00.006+10:002008-12-12T00:07:52.535+11:00Sydney through foreign eyes<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHHriSdSbds1lFtL6JrbUYidLhfKsXFJiyWcwZp24A0qo-CJZrLHirREpQt1iD5Nd7ppa2asil1ATYN7gLFkUYEsrqkqQrFsD1VRghaNwofWJ1ictfaPhJ1-35lOIcqqkNOFJQz0Snw4o/s1600-h/IMGP2682-1.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219157777585573010" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHHriSdSbds1lFtL6JrbUYidLhfKsXFJiyWcwZp24A0qo-CJZrLHirREpQt1iD5Nd7ppa2asil1ATYN7gLFkUYEsrqkqQrFsD1VRghaNwofWJ1ictfaPhJ1-35lOIcqqkNOFJQz0Snw4o/s320/IMGP2682-1.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Friends and family are always welcome in our household. Last month we were showing off our beautiful city to our Spanish visitors.<br /><br /><br /><br />What do you do when you have visitors from overseas? Today we can write down a list of suggestions in our <a href="http://esolf2f.pbwiki.com/Advice%2C-suggestions">esolf2f wiki</a>.<br /><br /><br />Last week we decided we wanted to revise comparison in adjectives. Go to Time4English, click on Grammar book and in letter <span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-STYLE: italic">C</span> do the exercises on <span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:78%;"><a href="http://www.time4english.com/aamain/school/e2ag2.asp"></a><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold;font-size:85%;" >Comparatives er / est</span><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-STYLE: italic"> ,</span><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-STYLE: italic"></span><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: rgb(0,0,153)font-size:85%;" >more/most</span> </span><br />You have been given a <span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Welcome to TAFE </span>kit with information about TAFE, rights & responsibilities and study pathways. Listen to these interviews with <a href="http://sydneyinstituteonline.net/letstalk/2008/08/01/djimi/">Djimi</a>, an ESOL student in 2006. My class students from last semester ask her about her study pathways. Have a look at her chart and think about your own study plan.<br />Take time to write your <span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">recounts </span>and <span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">reports</span> in your blogs.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Well done to all the students who got a new blog. There is a link to your blog in your teacher's blog. Sorry we didn't have time to help everyone. We'll do it today. Now you can <strong>write a comment in your classmates' blogs.</strong> Remember to check your grammar before publishing.<br /><br /><br /><br />Some of you didn't have time to finish all the work last week. You can try and do it now:<br /><br /><ol><li>Marion's interview: <a href="http://sydneyinstituteonline.net/letstalk/2008/08/03/marion-europe/">listen</a> & answer the questions on the <a href="http://stgeorge.sydneyinstitute.wikispaces.net/space/showimage/MarionEurope.doc">worksheet</a></li><br /><li>Type the questions to Marion in the <a href="http://esolf2f.pbwiki.com/Students">World Map </a>& record at least one of them</li><br /><li>Add some questions on the <a href="http://esolf2f.pbwiki.com/Events">Olympic Games wiki page</a></li></ol>rosa ochoahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13850090550819936671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2702441928234000674.post-47370207167026381672008-08-08T15:00:00.015+10:002008-09-02T16:06:43.716+10:00Olympic Games Beijing 2008<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhseDCKncM26cmPYHalmexy8VMTdUw5u5gnYIb26NJYrV1-bG5bhQB82GAJUgPSze7aosfFONJLAZSgpGg7Od_4BTug_sror348BVpNHATau-gQI114lZNlKyFXUcjNz_d2vMQpVbjhNXM/s1600-h/IMGP3086.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5232831279301393202" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; CURSOR: pointer" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhseDCKncM26cmPYHalmexy8VMTdUw5u5gnYIb26NJYrV1-bG5bhQB82GAJUgPSze7aosfFONJLAZSgpGg7Od_4BTug_sror348BVpNHATau-gQI114lZNlKyFXUcjNz_d2vMQpVbjhNXM/s320/IMGP3086.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />The picture on the left is the answer to last week's picture-guess. <span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Elmira </span>was the only student to guess it, although she wasn't 100% sure. Well done! You could try and guess who the mystery man is. Write your guess in comments.<br /><br /><br />As you know, Marion is in Ireland. She has just left <strong>a message</strong> for us in the comments of this post. Read it and write something to her there. <a href="http://sydneyinstituteonline.net/letstalk/2008/08/03/marion-europe/">Listen to her </a>telling me about her trip. Do the worksheet (type it and email it to me or print it and hand it in).Think of some questions to ask her. Write them down and we'll try and record them in our <a href="http://esolf2f.pbwiki.com/Students">World Map</a>.<br /><ul><li>Have you listened to your first podcast in <a href="http://rosao.podomatic.com/entry/2008-08-06T23_33_39-07_00">Let's Talk</a>? You can find it in the <a href="http://ourclass08.blogspot.com/2008/08/new-ft-students.html">post below</a>. You can send the link to your family & friends overseas.</li><li>Did you watch the opening ceremony at <span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">08:08</span> on <span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">08/08/08</span>?<br />One of our teachers, Nadia, has done a quiz, <a href="http://stgesol.sydneyinstitute.wikispaces.net/space/showimage/Olympicstrivia.doc">Olympic Games Trivia </a>for you to answer. You can type the answers and email them to your teacher or you can print the worksheet and write down the answers. I've included the answers that she gave me, but in a code. If you are desperate, you can try to decipher it! </li><li>Add more questions to our esolf2f wiki <a href="http://esolf2f.pbwiki.com/Events">Olympic Games quiz</a>.</li><li>Have a look at the <a href="http://esolf2f.pbwiki.com/Teachers">teachers page</a>. Robert has added something to it!</li><li>Finally, check your <strong>emails</strong>. I have sent you one about my weekend. Read it and reply to it. You will be practising some of our assessment tasks for level 3: reading emails, writing emails and writing recounts. Good work!</li></ul>rosa ochoahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13850090550819936671noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2702441928234000674.post-65877715856027177582008-08-07T22:32:00.000+10:002008-08-07T22:33:05.219+10:00New FT Students<div style="margin-bottom: -5px;"><embed src="http://www.podomatic.com/swf/mediaplayer.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" flashvars="thumbsinplaylist=true&width=320&height=340&file=http://rosao.podOmatic.com/xspf_stream.xml&autoscroll=false&displayheight=240&searchbar=false" height="340" width="320"></embed> </div><div style="margin-bottom: -5px;">Hi everyone, I posted your introductory recording to our podcast, Lets talk!. Click this link to check it out: <a href="http://rosao.podomatic.com/entry/2008-08-06T23_33_39-07_00">New Students FT Semester 2</a> - rosa </div><a href="http://rosao.podomatic.com/" target="rosao"></a><br /><a href="http://rosao.podomatic.com/" target="rosao"><img src="http://www.podomatic.com/images/share/player_logo.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.gigyamailbutton.com/wildfire/gigyamailbutton.ashx?url=aHR*cDovL3d3dy5naWd5YS5jb2*vd2lsZGZpcmUvd2Zwb3AuYXNweD9tb2R1bGU9ZW1haWwmdXJsPWh*dHAlM*ElMkYlMkZ3d3clMkVwb2RvbWF*aWMlMkVjb2*lMkZwb2RjYXN*JTJGZW1iZWQlMkZyb3Nhbw==" target="_blank" border="0"><img src="http://cdn.gigya.com/wildfire/i/includeShareButton.gif" border="0" height="20" width="60" /></a><img style="visibility: hidden; width: 0px; height: 0px;" src="http://counters.gigya.com/wildfire/IMP/CXNID=2000002.0NXC/bHQ9MTIxODA5MDgyNjQ*OCZwdD*xMjE4MDkwODYyMjAyJnA9ODQ2ODEmZD*mbj1ibG9nZ2VyJmc9MQ==.gif" border="0" height="0" width="0" />rosa ochoahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13850090550819936671noreply@blogger.com0