Listen to three teachers talking about the types of insurance they normally take out.
Print the worksheet to get fruther practice with vocabulary, comprehension, note taking and dialogue/role play.
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Graeme Ford is a senior Translating teacher at our Translating and Interpreting Section (Petersham College). He is preparing for a new venture and tells us all about it. He also talks about his career path, translating, interpreting and other related topics.
Listen to our conversation and answer these questions.
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Karen Heycox, a Senior Lecturer at the University of New South Wales, talks about what Social Work means, the areas it covers and the people it reaches. She also comments on the role of interpreters, specifically in the field of health.
Karen, who along with Mark Hughes (from the University of Queensland) has authored a book, Older People, Ageing and Social Work- Knowledge for Practice, talks about the importance of social workers in this growing area.
You can print this worksheet before listening. Check you answers here.
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Katie Malyon, judged one of the top Immigration lawyers in Australia, talks about some of the issues she discusses with clients. She also addresses the need for interpreters to assist some of those clients.
Listen to the in
terview and check the exercises on the worksheet.
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This week we have started to deal with legal topics. Listen to my interview with Rania Jones, a student of law in her final year. 
Check this worksheet to support your listening and extend your learning. As usual you can practise by listening and pausing the mp3 file to interpret, practise your pronunciation and your memory skills.
music by Traxsmiths
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Today I interview Vincent Sicari, heritage architect. He tells me the steps to be taken before building or renovating a house.
You can use this worksheet, the Building Process, to make the most out of the interview.
music by Hato de Foces
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We are studying topics related to Health. Listen to this interview with a young Sydneysider, Miguel, talking about Type 1 diabetes.
Tasks:
You can do this at home by yourself or with a classmate. To record yourself, you can use any of the recording applications found in any standard computer or download Audacity (free) & lame. This will allow you to create mp3 files, which you can download into your ipod or mp3 player to practise anywhere anytime!
For more information, visit Diabetes Australia
Music by Tresena
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father and son
Michael Keating, a teacher from the English section at our college, visited our class last week and told us about his father, Graham Keating, who is a Town Crier.
Listen to our conversation to find out more about Town Criers, Michael and his dad.
You can also watch this video where Graham Keating introduces the new Town Crier for Liverpool Council. It will help you understand what a town crier does.
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A group of AMEP students and their teachers went to Sculpture by the Sea on Tuesday 10th November, 2009. Listen to a couple of interviews with 4 visitors to this amazing exhibition.
You can use their comments as part of your blog post on the excursion.
Visit Our Class 2009, 2008 & 2007 for more posts on Sculpture by the Sea (tagged sculpturebythesea)
Music by Tresena
Audio only Sculpture09
Video with audio sculpture by the Sea 2009 big
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Many people have to leave everything behind and start anew. Listen to my chat with Luke Kara, a hairdresser from Turkey who, not knowing the language, came to Australia and in a very short time had established a very successful and professional hairdressing business.
After you listen to the interview, write an article for your blog. Write about migrants settling into a new country. Difficulties they may encounter and examples, like Luke’s, of people who have achieved their dream or are still working on achieving it.
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