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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Make a Smilebox postcard

This worksheet will help you understand better. You can print it, but remember to check the drop down boxes with multiple choice first.

You can also visit Sydney University Library recently published online catalogue of Austalian Composers Online (page 7) where you may find links to extracts of his compositions in the no distant future.
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Wendy and Gihan are two TAFE teachers having a coffee break. Listen to their conversation. They are chatting about personal things. What is the main topic of conversation?

Check this workseet to understand better and learn about casual conversations and anecdotes.

Listen to her and do the worksheet exercises. They will help you with the listening and also with your learning.

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Listen to these two teachers and answer the questions below.

Questions:
ANDREW*
1. What is Andrew wearing?
2. What type of colours is he wearing?
3. What type of pattern is his coat?
4. What’s the difference between a coat and a jacket?
5. How’s a denim jacket different?
6. Why does Andrew only wear plastic watches? What two things happen to him when he wears vaulable watches?
7. What is he the victim of?
8. Where does he jump into?
9. What does Andrew say about wearing jewellery?
10. Who made him remove it and why?

ALISON
1. What is Alison wearing?
2. Describe her jumper.
3. Describe her shoes.
4. Describe her T-shirt.
5. What items of clothing does she hand-wash?
6. What’s special about her earrings?
7. Wht’s another name for earrings?
8. What matches her T-shirt?
9. What would she like different in her jacket?
10. Describe her watch and bangle.

Now is your turn
What are you wearing? Ask your classmates and practise your answers. We’ll be recording them for our student podcast Let’s Talk.

* Austen Tayshus is an Australian comedian in the late 70s to early 80s
ostentatious is the adjective. It means a show off or vain person.

She is an inspiration for us all!

Listen to her and to the questions the students were asking her. There are two parts, in the first one she talks about her education and in the second one the students ask her questions.

Writing:
Print our ESOL pathways sheet and colour in the steps that apply to Djimi’s educational pathways. You can then draw your own pathways (past, present & future) in a similar chart. You will find one in your Welcome to TAFE Kit.

Music by my brothers’ group Hato de Foces

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Meet Tessa, a girl I met recently at a workshop we both took with a community college. Can you guess what type of workshop it was by looking at the picture on the left? Maybe the slide show will give you more clues.

Visit our teacher’s website, Barbara Ryman. She’s got amazing works of art!

Print this worksheet and then listen to our conversation, which took place in the Strand Arcade, a beautiful building in the heart of Sydney.

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Melinda is a 21 year old Sydney university student. She talks about her recent trips to India & Vietnam, her love of dancing, physical education, her career and her fantastic job as a Bridge Leader.If you want to know what this means , listen to our conversation. Print this worksheet before you listen. It will help you understand better.

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Some of my students have written short articles about Melinda, Svietalana’s is one of them.