Farewell Party- ESOL 2007

Last Thursday we hold the Farewell Party with our teachers. We hold this party by way of appreciation. Dear Andrew and Dear Rosa, Thank you for your teaching!!! o(∩_∩)o...

How To Improve English By Using Technology

Information technology is developing very fast now and it provides us more and more ways to improve our English.

TV is one of the important ways. We can know the news when watching TV. Using the teletex function,it can be easier to understand about the news. Furthermore,it's funny to read the words when listening to the speaking of the news hosts. It can be a good way improve our reading and listening of English.

If you want to improve your writing skill,you can create a blog and write down your daily life and interesting things you meet,the publishing into the blog share with your friends. Even use your digital cameras to take photos,and write down some explanation for the photos,then publishing into your blog. Using e-mail to communicate with your friends. It's also a good way to improve your writing skills.

To improve your speaking skills,you can use mp3 players for recording,then publishing into a blog. Or use a mobile phone talk with your friends in English. Don't worry if your friend can not hear and correct every mistake you make. Remember mistakes disappear with time.

More and more are using the abovementioned ways to study English. You can quickly improve your reading,writing,speaking,listening of English.

x'max

Sculpture by the Sea2007

Today I went to Bondi Beach. When I arrived, I saw a lot of sculptures shown alongside from Bondi Beach to Tamarama Beach. Totally there are over 100 sculptures from 18 different countries being exhibited. The show was held from 1-18 November.
It was a sunny day, which made the sculptures shown alongside the sea looks more spectacular. There were thousands of visitors walking on the seashore path way, enjoying the great arts. They discussed the meaning of the sculptures and took many photos happily.
It’s such a good show and I decide to go there next year. Thanks for Rosa’s introduction of it!

Melinda

Melinda is a 21 year old university student, major in Physical Education teaching. She lives in inner west Sydney.

Melinda likes to travel. Melinda just traveled to India and Vietnam. She went to India with her mum and she actually hated the place, because she could not get close to the local people. She likes Vietnam very much. She thinks it's beautiful and the motorcycle trip was interesting. She thought Vietnam is changing very fast, which includes the road system and people's life style.

Now Melinda is working as a climb leader for the Harbor Bridge in Sydney. She has a good understanding of the bridge's history.

She likes her job very much. She is a very out-going young woman.Melinda is a very warm hearted and happy young woman and enjoying her life very much.

Webquest

1.What is a blog?
A blog (short for weblog) is a personal online journal that is frequently updated and intended for general public consumption.
Who writes blogs in our class?
Marta,Svetlana,Summer,Eva,Winnie,Jessica,Cindy,Tony,Lisa,Jin,Fawzia,Claire,Zhi,Fadwa and our teacher, Rosa
2.*What is a podcast?
A podcast is a digital media file, or a series of such files, that is distributed over the Internet using syndication feeds for playback on portable media players and personal computers.
*What is Patricia's surname?
Patricia's surname is Murdoch.
*What does Patricia say is a good idea for ESL students?
ESL student could borrow stuff before buying it.
*How many times was Andrew's house checked in Thailand before he could adopt? 3 times.
*Who records the radio programs in Let's Talk?-----The students----
*What is the latest radio program about in Let's Talk?
----They are talking about night dreams.-
*What other titles can you see?
----Students intervies each other( envirerment.transport, food)
3.What is a wiki? How many colleges are involved in our class wiki? What can we do in the wiki?
Wiki is a websate of explanations made by groups of people.
Two colleges are involved in our class wiki.
We can discuss different topics.
4.What is a forum? How many topics have we discussed in our forum? How many people have participated in our forum?
Forum is learn about online forums, discussion areas and bulletin boards. Three topics in our forum.Some people of our class and some people of Marion class participated in our forum.
5.What is Voicethread? What can you do with it? Where is the koala in a Sydney building? What is the name of the student who found the koala? Who has said this: Be careful when you see them (kookaburras), They're not scared of anything?
Voicethread is a place to capture voices.
We can create a VoiceThread and collect the stories behind our pictures;Turn yearbooks ,scrapbooks,or photo-albums into VoiceThreads;Capture the voices of an entire group,on a sigle page;Put our VoiceThread on any blog or web site.
The Koala is in 135-137 Macquarie Street.
Marion's student WeiYun found the koala.
Rosa said: Be careful when you see them, they're not scared of anything.
6.What is Walk, Run, Swim?
The purpose of the event is to get money to buy medical equipment.
7.What is the meaning of damper, Adam's Ale, fag & fair go?
Damper: A movable iron plate that regulates the draft in a stove or chimney or furnace.
Adam's Ale: Meaning is water. Origin, Jokey reference to the only drink available to Adam - the first man, in the biblical and Koranic traditions. It alludes to the simplicity and purity of life in the biblical Eden before the fall. This is in contrast to the association of strong drink with evil and the devil. 'The demon drink' was a metaphor frequently used by supporters of the Temperance Movement.
Fag: A cigarette. Not a homosexual man.
Fair go: To give some one an equal opportunity or equitable treatment.
8.What topics cause disagreement between couples? What deadly disease is related to arguments between couples?
I think about teach the childrend will cause disagreement between couples. Neuropathy is related to arguments between couples.
9.What is 348 metres high, 3.6 kilometres long and 1.9 kilometres wide?
------Uluru---------
10.Complete these sentences with the right article: Learning grammar
cars use a lot of petrol. (General)
The Neighbor people next door are very friendly. (Specific - people next door)
11.The monitor of the computer should be The monitor should be .
b. at eye level
12.What is the name of this in a computer screen?
Technology

Bundeena

Bundeena is a small town in Sydney. It's opposite the suburbs of Cronulla and Burraneer. You can drive the car or go to Cronulla by ferry go there. Ferry trips vary from 20mins to 30mins depending on the weather.

Bundeena is surrounded by the Royal National Park. There are many flora and fauna. When you walking there, you can see many wild birds and flowers, they are fantastic.

Bundeena is an Aboriginal word meaning 'noise like thunder'. At Jibbon Head, You can see some drawing on the rock. These engravings were carved by the Dharawal people, who lived in the Bundeena area up to 5000 years ago. Just look carefully to see, you can discover many animal's picutre on the rock, fish, kangaroo, birds.......

Bundeena is a beautiful place. Many people go there for their holidays. There you can go swimming, fishing or relax in the sunshine or camp. Many artists enjoy living there painting pictures, because Bundeena's scenery is spectacular.

Canberra Floriade 2007

Floriade is the annual flower show in Canberra. We were going there for the October long weekend. There're many kinds of flowers, tulips, tyacinths, violets....... They're very beautiful. So I took many photos of them and share with everybody, do you enjoy them? ^_^

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Our Excursion-Bundeena Beach

On Thursday,Marion,Sally & Andrew took us to Bundeena Beach for the excursion. We spent 20 minutes from Cronulla to Bundeena beach by ferry. The scenery is spectacular. We took many photos there. After that, we went bush walking to the Jibbon Aboriginal Rock, we just stayed a few minutes at the place where aboriginal people lived, because it was raining strongly at that moment. Finally, we had lunch at the Bundeena RSL Club. The food was delicious.

It was a tiring day but I felt very happy.

"Walk Run Swim"

Last week we read about Kogarah council fundraising event,"Walk Run Swim". I did it three months ago at TAFE. It was for the Health Expo. We cooked some food and slod it to the teachers and students of St.George college. I felt it was very meaningful,it could help some needy people. I'm not sure where the money went. I think it was used to help the Para-Olympic athletes.

Our Class 2007 Webquest

*What is a blog?
A blog (short for weblog) is a personal online journal that is frequently updated and intended for general public consumption.

*Who writes blogs in our blogs?
Marta,Svetlana,Summer,Eva,Winnie,Jessica,Cindy,Tony,Lisa,Jin,Fawzia,Claire,Zhi,Fadwa.
*What is a podcast?
A podcast is a digital media file, or a series of such files, that is distributed over the Internet using syndication feeds for playback on portable media players and personal computers.

*What is Patricia's surname?
Patricia's surname is Murdoch.

*What does Patricia say is a good idea for ESL students?
ESL student could borrow stuff before buy it.

*How many times was Andrew's house checked in Thailand before he could adopt?
----3 times.----

*Who records the radio programs in Let's Talk?-----Rosa----
What is the latest radio program about in Let's Talk?
----They are talking about night dreams.----
What other titles can you see?
----Students intervies each other( envirerment.transport, food eg).----
Who interviews people for Sydney's People Podcast? What topics are there?


*What is a wiki? How many colleges are involved in our class wiki? What can we do in the wiki?
Wiki is a websate of explanations made by groups of people.We can discuss different topics.

*What is a forum? How many topics have we discussed in our forum? How many people have participated in our forum?

Last Sunday

Last Sunday,a couple friends visited my home.They just migrated here,so I took them to a beach which is near my home. When we arrived at the beach,we saw many people enjoying themselves at the beach. It was a sunny day. My friends said it was the first time they had seen the ocean in Australia. They felt the seawater was very blue and the sands very smooth. We took a lot of photos at the beach. After that,we had a rest. I drank an orange juice,then we saw children playing at the beach. They looked cute and lovely,so I went to play with them. Finally,we left the beach and went to a Chinese restaurant and had dinner. I ate a lot of beef and prawns,the food was delicious and the price was reasonable. At 9pm,we came home.
It was a nice day,because I had not seen my friends for a long time. I can see them again in Australia,so I'm very happy.

Lovely Animals

I went to the Featherdale Wildlife Park in January. It is near Blacktown. The Park has a lot of Australia's unique wildlife.It was a funny trip.

About Jessica & Natalie's Story

Yesterday I saw a story about the Identical Twins. The stunning sisters not only have identical faces, also feel each other's emotions.I felt it was very rarely seen and so fantastic.

"If one of us gets married,the other will live in a dual home..If the husband doesn't understand,the marriage won't happen." I think it is beautiful in some ways but maybe in future things will not be good for them because it will influence their families.
Any way, if I had an identical twin with the same emotions as myself, I think it would be a good thing to have someone who can fully understand me.

Photos of our last class in AMEP---to be continued......

These photos were took in last semester's farewell party. I felt very happy to study with my classmates and teachers. They are very nice, so we held a party in the last day to thank our teachers--Maria & Anita. Everyone brought their own country's special food to join the party. We really had a good time!

My First English Blog coming

Hello,My name is Summer. I come from China, I have been in Australia for 9 months and I have studied English in St. George TAFE for half year.
Today our teacher Rosa taugh us how to add the blog online, it's better to communicate with my friends and practice my English. So I add my blog at once and thank Rosa ^o^