On Tuesday 24th October 2006 the our students and those of the other 3 AMEP classes at St George college of TAFE took part in the first Student Association Health Expo. Silvana and her crew interviewed the Sexual Assault officer from the St George Health Area. Listen to the interview and answer these questions: 1. What is the main service offered by the sexual assault unit? 2. Who do they mainly deal with? 3. What does she say it is unfortunate? 4. What does she say is happening too often lately...
Nov 03, 2006•3 min
On Tuesday we learnt how to use Audacity to record and edit mp3 recordings. Marielle decided to create a mini radio porgram. She interviews a new student, Sophie. Listen to it and send us any questions you would like them to answer. Let's talk!
Nov 01, 2006•2 min
Sally's AMEP-C class organised an international food market day at St George TAFE. They were supported by the Student Association and many of the ESOL students and teachers, who instead of bringing their own lunch, bought it from the AMEP-C market. The posters were all designed and created by the students. This one was done by Ana Luisa. Do you organise events like this one? Tell us about it. Let's talk!
Sep 12, 2006•5 min
Steve Irwin is the most famous man in the world. He had a TV program called:” Crocodile Hunter”. He also had Irwin’s Australia Zoo in Queensland where everyone could see many different animals. Unfortunately, he was killed by a stingray blow to his chest while filming a documentary on the Great Barrier Reef. Mariella,Sany, Lucy, Dina, Chi & Sarina interviewed some classmates about this. These are the questions: 1. What do you know about Steve Irwin? 2. What do you think about his death? 3. I...
Sep 12, 2006•3 min
Robert and Sarina describe their class. What about yours? Tell us more about what you are like, the things you like, what you do, what you did before, and so on. Let's talk! Script: There are 18 students in our class from different countries (India, Chile, Brazil, Macedonia, China, Vietnam, Bangladesh, Ukraine, Lebanon, Egypt), and ages 19 to 60. We live in Sydney Australia. All of us are migrants. There are four levels in the AMEP course. We are level four and study full time from February to N...
Sep 12, 2006•2 min
Listen to Ana (from the Ukraine), Gloria (from Chile), Dina (from Bangladesh) and Huong (from Vietnam) introducing themselves. Send us a comment. Let's talk!
Aug 22, 2006•2 min
Welcome to our podcast for the second half of the year. Listen to some of the new students for semester 2, 2006. They come form many different countries and some have been in AUstralia for several years, while others have just arrived. Leave us a message. We'd love hearing from you!
Aug 15, 2006•4 min
Robert interviews Djimi in a photostory.
Jul 25, 2006•1 min
Djimi interviewed her classmates about their first trip to Australia. How long did it take? Were they by themselves? Was it boring? There is a twist at the end. Listen to her and Hideki debating why they are studying English. Hideki gives a very interesting answer. Tell us what you think. music by my brother's group, Tresena
Jul 04, 2006•8 min
Angela talks to her classmates about work, their jobs before they came to Australia, their jobs now and in the future. As usual, Hideki has a very particular take on the topic. Listen to them and tell us what you think. Music by mig Traxmyths
Jul 04, 2006•12 min
Listen to Marcela's interview with her classmates about love, marriage and other related topics. They all had a lot to tell, some a bit too much... What about you? Let us know. Leave a comment, written or recorded. music by mig Click here, Salsa lesson for a photostory of the salsa lesson Marcela, her boyfriend Ricardo and Angela gave our class to celebrate the end of the course. A true musticultural event, where we had Harjit, from India, dancing to the sound of samba.
Jun 26, 2006•7 min
Helen asked her classmates about the effects of having changed to a country with a differenct culture. Has changing countries, which really means changing cultures, changed you? Lisen to their answers and tell us what you think.
Jun 25, 2006•10 min
Harjit interviews her classmates about their cultures and that of Australia. They are from China, Colombia, India, Japan, Lebanon and Russia. They had many things to say, some of them surprising. What about you? Do you live in a country where the main culture is different to your own? Have you adapted? Do you believe you should? Has the experience changed you? If you have never lived in another country, do you think you would find it difficult to adapt to a new culture? Or do you think the world...
Jun 18, 2006•15 min
Anna, from Russia, interviews her classmates about movies. Their answers were varied and very interesting. From Indian movies like Friendship, to Luc Besson's The Fifth Element,going through blockbusters like Titanicand new releases like The Da Vinci Code. Listen to Anna's radio program and write your own opinion in comments .
Jun 05, 2006•9 min
This is the first of a series of interviews conducted by the students in our class about different topics. Chika, who is from Japan, decided to ask her classmates about transport in their countries of origin. They also compared it to transport in Sydney. Not surprisingly, the latter leaves a lot to be desired, especially when compared to the Japanese transport system. Listen to Chika's radio program and write your own opinion in comments .
Jun 03, 2006•9 min
Waratah We didn't answer all of Fernanda's students questions because some students were absent on the day we recorded them. Last Tuesday we had a class discussion about flora and body language in our countries of origin. You can listen to it here.
May 05, 2006•15 min
Hello, Mafalda. My name is Helen. I'd like to ask you a few questions. First, do you have a lot of homework from school? Secod, which subject do you like best? Why? Third, what are your hobbies? Four, when did you start to learn English? Do you think it's hard to learn or easy?
May 02, 2006•28 sec
What do you think about your religion? How many religions do you have in your country or in your town or village? What do churches look like in Portugal? Are you a very religious person? What makes you interested in a different religion? Which religion? Do you know anything about your religion that you can teach us? Which celrbration do you like to celebrate and why? What is the most famous church you have in your country? Tell us about the Virgin of Fatima. What happened? When did it happen? Ar...
May 02, 2006•47 sec
Hi Elizabeth, my name is Marcela. I come from Colombia, but now I live in Sydney. In my country we have some traditions: St Joseph Day, Easter and Christmas. Nine days before Christmas Day we have something for children. It's called La Novena del Niño Dios, which means the nine days of Baby Jesus. Children go in groups of 15 or 16 children, to different houses. They sing Christmas Carols, people give lollies everyday. I show my religion with a little cross or any icons of saints, in my neck, lik...
May 02, 2006•38 sec
This questions are for Ronaldo, Carla and Andrea and anyone else. This is Hideki again, I've got some questions for you: What kind of traditional sweets do you have? What kind of sweets do you eat for Christmas? What is your favourite sweet? How do you cook fish? How many times do you eat sweets a day Do you like slow food like (in) Italy? Thank you.
May 02, 2006•44 sec
Hello, Mafalda. This is Joanne. I have some quetrions for you. The first one is: have most families got a car in your country? Second, what do they do when people meet the first time? Third, do all students wear uniforms? Fourth, what is the main food and drink in your country? Thank you.
May 02, 2006•25 sec
Hello this is Anna again. I'm from Russia, but now I live in Sydney , Australia and I want to ask you some questions. First, you asked us about artifacts but you didn't tell us about Portuguese artifacts. What are they? Are they popular? Do you use them? Thank you very much.
May 02, 2006•21 sec
These are questions that the students in our class thought of asking you, Fernanda's students. They are totally different topics to the ones you sent us. Check the next posts for questions related to the topics you asked us about (food, religion, habits, etc) and listen to our class discussion about flora in our countries and body language. Thank you for your very interesting topics. We had a great time talking about them and preparing new questions for you. We hope you enjoy them as much as we ...
May 02, 2006•3 min
Hi Fernanda and Fernanda's students. My name is Rosa and I'm and English teacher from Sydney , Australia. Originally I'm from Huesca, a small city in the north of Spain, but I've been in Sydney for over 20 years. I think you've chosen a great subject, multiculturalism, for my students to talk about and answer your questions. In my class there are people from many different countries, Japan, Lebanon, Chile, Colombia, China, Russia, India, Serbia, Thailand... You'll get to know them all. We are al...
Apr 24, 2006•1 min
This is a first podcast to learn the tools. Hopefully my students will be posting more!
Apr 03, 2006•5 min
