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Our teacher introduce as about this awesome photographer cames from Italy.

WEBQUEST

1.What is a blog?
A blog is a short word for weblog, it is a personal online journal. Where you can write about your hobbies, thougts,etc
http://www.blogger.com/home
You can learn about Writing, reading, listening, speaking (podomatic, Let’s Talk, voicethread)
http://rosao.podomatic.com/
http://www.time4english.com/aamain/lounge/lounge.asp
http://classic.voicethread.com/
*Who writes blogs in our class?
In our class our teacher Rosa, Svetlana, Summer, Eva, Winnie, Jessica, Cindy, Tony, Lisa, Jin, Claire, Zhi, Fawzia, Ana and me all write blogs.
2.What is a podcast?
A podcast is a digital media file. That is distributed over the Internet using syndication feeds for playback on portable media players and personal computers.
Also a podcast is an audio file which is published on the internet and people can download it or subscribe to it. This means it goes to your computer automatically and then you can hear it on the pc or put it into your ipod.
http://rosaspodcast.blogspot.com/
*What is Patricia's surname? Example of how to practise listening
Murdoch .
*What does Patricia say is a good idea for ESL students?
ESOL student could borrow stuff before buy it.
*How many times was Andrew's house checked in Thailand before he could adopt?
Three times.
*Who records the radio programs in Let's Talk? Example of how to practise speaking on the net
The students do it, that students interview each other.
*What is the latest radio program about in Let's Talk?
They are talking about Playgroup Arcoiris.
*What other titles can you see?
http://rosao.podomatic.com/entry/2007-09-13T22_09_16-07_00
Classmates, Ceramics, Envirorment, Playgroups, Transport, Food for eg..
*Who interviews people for Sydney's People Podcast? listening
Teacher Rosa.
*What topics are there?
http://rosao.podomatic.com/entry/2007-09-03T18_27_55-07_00
Travel, Student, Pathways, Dance, Teacher, Course for eg..
3.What is a wiki? Writing and communicating with other people
Wiki is a website of explanations made by groups of people.We can discuss different topics.
*How many colleges are involved in our class wiki?
Two, Kogarah and Liverpool.
* What can we do in the wiki?
We can made explanations and discuss of diferents topics.

4.What is a forum? Communicating by writing
A public facility to meet for open discussion.
*How many topics have we discussed in our forum?
Three topics.
*How many people have participated in our forum?
Some people of our class and some people of Marion class.
5.What is Voicethread? Speaking and writing and photos
Voicetheread is programm where you can do a slideshow of your photos with the recording your comments.
*What can you do with it?
A slideshow of your photos with the recording your comments.
*Where is the koala in a Sydney building? Information about places and writing
There is stons koala on facade on the British Medical Association (BMA) House,
135-137 Macquarie St, Sydney.
*What is the name of the student who found the koala? A student from Marion’s class. Her name is Windy.
*Who has said this: Be careful when you see them (kookaburras), They're not scared of anything? Rosa

6. What is Walk, Run, Swim? Local information, health information
It is a Kogarah Council brochure with information about an event to make people aware of the health benefits of exercising.

7. What is the meaning of damper, Adam's Ale, fag & fair go? Learning new words
'fag & fair go' is aussie slang. Fag means a cigarette. A fair go is a statement you make when someone is not letting you do or say something.

8. What topics cause disagreement between couples? Time4english Listening, reading, news, health,
Discuss, debate for eg..
* What deadly disease is related to arguments between couples?

9.What is 348 metres high, 3.6 kilometres long and 1.9 kilometres wide? Searching information about Australia or anything
Uluru.

10.Complete these sentences with the right article: Learning grammar

The cars use a lot of petrol. (General)
A people next door are very friendly. (Specific - people next door)

11.The monitor of the computer should be. Learning about technology and good posture ergonomics, etc

a. at elbow level b. at eyes level c. clean

12.What is the name of this in a computer screen? Technology
Mouse Cursor in form of arrow.

ABOUT MELINDA

Melinda is a twenty one year old student. She lives in Sydney, Inner West.
She went to India with her mother in 2004 and she stayed there for three weeks. She hated it, because she saw to much poverty.
She also went to Vietnam with her best friend from school and she stayed there for one month, she liked it a lot, especially the motorcycle trip. In her stay in Vietnam the weather was great and the people who lived there were very kind.
She studied PE (physical education) for one and half years and she also studied dancing when she was young.
Now Melinda is working on the Harbour Bridge in Sydney. She likes her job because she knows interesting people who take trips that climb to the top of the bridge. She also tells the tourists the story about the Harbour Bridge when it was built and opened.
In the future she wants to finish as a school teacher. She is a young girl that loves to travel to enjoy her life happily.

ARCOIRIS ITHE NTERVIEW

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ARCOIRIS PLAYGROUP

Arco iris (Rainbow) Play Group for Hispanic people is located in the suburb of Rockdale. Each Friday fifteen mothers with children of 0 to 5 years, arrive from 10am to 12pm o'clock. Founded thanks to the support of S.L.A.S.A. that is represented by Nubia Montero and run by volunteer mothers Gisete Hurtado and Maria Cristina Stubbs that started this great playgroup.

S.L.A.S.A. works inside the Migrant Resource Centre in Rockdale. Maria Cristina is the current coordinator developing activities in the playgroup and she joins Arcoiris with the association of playgroups.Apart from the different activities that take place regularly, they organize a trip each term to different locations, like libraries, parks, playgrounds and shows for kids. This helps them blend with the society and share friendship and good time.

Now Maria Cristina will respond to some questions.

1-What is a playgroup?

2-Who is this group for?

3- What is its name and why?

4- What activities do they do at the playgroup?

5- What type of information do mothers find?

6- Where do we find such information?

7- Are there Playgroups in another languages?

8- Does this playgroup have any financial sponsor?

That you consider interested this, you could find information about this in your local Migrant Resource Centre

POTTERY HOBBY - INTERVIEW

Today we are at Mercedes Vitroux Glass Shop, with is located in the suburb of Petersham. It opens at 9 am to 5 pm, Monday to Friday. Every Wednesday afternoon ,the shop is closed and Mercedes practices a very special hobby called POTTERY or CERAMICS.
She is an artisan dedicated specially to glass but also practises ceramic just to increase her creativity. Susan is a friend that shares the same taste for art and POTTERY. They are both Argentinians that have lived more than 37 years in Australia.
Susan has an art where nature, flowers, birds, leaves are depicted on the plates, trays and other ornaments for the home.
Mercedes’ art shows a taste for Victorian art and antiques. She uses lace and frills as decoration for her plates and vases. She also uses abstract decorative motives.
She will now answer some questions that will help us understand her interesting hobby.

1- How long have you been in this activity?
2- What is it called?
3- What do you use to make them?

4- What is your favourite type of piece?

5- How did you learn this activity?
6- Does this require special training?
7- Is it an expensive hobby?

8- Can it be considered as a hobby or bussiness?

Visit to Wollongong

Last Sunday we decided to visit Wollongong with my family.This city is 90 km from Sydney. The day was sunny and we left very early. We arrived at 9am, we had breakfast in Mc Donald's and we parked to begin to walk next to the beach.
We walked up to the light house and some old canyons and we took photos. My children played on the swings and ran in the sand by the sea and they build sand castles.
We gave bread to the seagulls that were by the water and somebody told us that they eat only fish and that it is prohibited to give them anything else to eat, my dougther said "oops mum!, we didn't see the singn".
We ate seafood for lunch, after lunch we crossed the Wollongong city and it was very late in the afternoon. We decided to start heading back at around 5pm. My children sang in the car until they fell asleep.
We arrived home tired but very happy.

HOW TO IMPRUVE YOUR EMGLISH

LISTENING

• Listen to the radio inside the kitchen.
• Listen to the radio in the car.
• Watch T.V. after dinner for about 20 minutes.
• Watch the news every night.
• You can listen to the radio when you cook.
• Listen to the TV when you do your housework.
• You can watch TV with teletext.
• You can watch children's shows.
• You can watch DVDs and read the subtitles in English.
• You can listen to some songs when you do your homework.
• Listen to people on the street.
• You can go to the church to listen to the Pastor talk about Day by Day with God.
  

SPEAKING

• You can talk on the telephone.
• You can phone trades people when things need to be fixed.
• You can phone the real estate agent if you need anything to be fixed.
• You can talk with your family.
• You can talk with your friends.
• You can talk about the weather.
• You can talk about your countries.
• You can talk about your family.
• You can talk about TV programs.
• You can talk about movies you've seen.
• You can talk about your life in your country of origin.
• You can ask for directions.
• You can give directions.
• You can go to church and talk with different people.
• Speak at home for least 2 hours .(English of course).
• You can speak in the shop with the sales assistant.
• You can talk to the waiter at a restaurant when you order your food.
• You can ask the waiter about how the food is cooked
• You can talk about recipes with your friends.
• You can leave message on a phone answering machine.
• We can talk to teacher and parents in our children school.
• We can talk to the neighbour.
• Practice English when you home as much as you can.
• Try to talk the right way of some word which you can't pronoun right.
• Hang out with some Friends who speak English and try to talk with them.
• We can talk with our children at home .
• Always remember speak English with your friends even though he know your mother tongue.Talking in the mirror at home .
• Talking online with Western people.
• Sometimes we can have a excursion with different friend
  

READING

• Read the newspaper when you travel in a train.
• Read the newspaper on the bus.
• You can read the ads (specials, cars, etc) in your local newspaper.
• You can read novels.
• You can read poetry.
• You can read teletext when watching TV.
• You can read the subtitles on SBS movies.
• You can read the subtitles when you go to see a foreign movie.
• You can read subtitles when watching DVDs at home.
• You can read magazines.
• You can read the information on food packets.
• Read recipes in our class blog.
• Read recipes in magazines.
• Read cook books.
• Read instructions on electrical appliances.
• Read instruction for your medicine.
• Read the doctor’s prescriptions.
• Read the signs on the streets.
• Read the signs in a shop.
• Read the labels in clothes.
• Read newspapers or magazines when you while for a doctor’s appointment.
• Help your children with homework.
• Read and write the e-mails in the computer every day.
• You can go to the library to read novels.
• You can read every day about current events in the newspaper.
• You can go on the Internet and read about many things.
• You can read about popular pop stars.
• You can read about important people.
• We can study with our children.
• Go to English class regularly.
• We can read simple English book from library.
• Reading children books.

WRITING

• You can write recipes.You can write a note to your teacher.
• You can write about your day in your diary.
• You can write letters to your friends or family.
• You can write a form.
• You can write a letter applying for a job.
• You can write E-mails.
• You can write in the computer.
• You can write your shopping list and check the spelling in the shop.
• You can write postcards.
• You can write invitations.
• You can write birthday cards.
• You can write sympathy cards.
• Finish every homework which teacher has given.

MAKING IDEAS

• Try to use the knowlege that teacher taught in the class in the everyday life if possible.
• Try to keep studying English everyday.
• You can learn English in the pub ,but i think it is better if you lear in TAFE because the best teachers are there.
• Working as a volunteer in community centre.
• Teach Spanish to local people.
• I prefer to watch English programs on TV.
• Write some interesting things on the Internet.
• The most important thing is to use English as often as you can.
• You would be a native speaker in a few daysSometimes we can go on an excursion with different friends.
• Sometimes we can invite our neighbours home for a cup of tea and speak English with them.
• Everyday we can study English and we can talk in English every time everywhere.
• We can talk on the phone to make an appointment with the doctor.
• I have an idea that you can study different courses in TAFE, computer course, first aid, childcare, community services,etc.There you can learn different subject, different words,different English texts in different contexts.
• Helping teachers in a school.
• Working in an age care center.
• Building your own business.
• Go to the library to read some English books.
• Go to join a club, become a member.
• We first study with Certificate in Spoken and Written English book wish to improved our English.
• You can invite some classmates or friends who speak English very well to your home to have a party.
• You can make an appointment with the electrician on the phone because technical workers speak very fast.
• You can watch English films or 'DVD' and read the subtitles in English at the same time.
• You could watch one scenery times and repeat the pronunciation.
• You must review new words everydaywe must correct your class notes after classwe must insist on having a chat with a native speaker.
• You can make an interview by MSN messenger in EnglishGoing to church.
• When you wait for a train you can talk with local people.

Andrew talks about

Andrew talks about adoption, Thai seasons, Australian drought, bushfires, global warming and Australian seasons. About adoption it's interesting how Andrew and Eleanor could cross barriers and finally get the adoption of Nut & Num.
Regarding Thai seasons I find it wonderful for tourism.