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Anastasiya: On Her Way Now

Tuesday, June 19th, 2007 Posted in ESL podcasts, ESOL students | No Comments »

Today we had a surprise visit from one of my students form last semester. Anastasiya finished ESOL 4 in December and went straight into a mainstream course, Real Estate Diploma.Some of you are thinking of what to do next. Listen ...

Carol: Constant movement

Tuesday, May 29th, 2007 Posted in ESL podcasts, Native speakers & Fluent speakers | No Comments »

Do you know what a choreographer is? I had the pleasure of interviewing Carol Dilley, a dancer and choreographer who divides her time between Maine (USA) and Sydney. I called this piece Carol: Constant Movement for several reasons. Firstly she ...

Nikki: Creativity

Tuesday, May 1st, 2007 Posted in ESL podcasts, Young Sydneysiders | No Comments »

Last week I interviewed Nikki, a young girl, from Sydney's inner western suburbs. It's amazing how much a young girl like her fits into her life. It's an inspiration to us all. Before listening to the podcast, download and print ...

Andrew: Nut & Num

Tuesday, November 28th, 2006 Posted in ESL podcasts, esol, TAFE | 3 Comments »

This week's episode was produced by my students. They interviewed Andrew, one of our teachers, who has spent nearly three years living in Thailand. Listen to the interview and tell us what you think about the very interesting topics raised ...

Health Expo 2006

Friday, November 3rd, 2006 Posted in ESL podcasts, esol, ESOL students | No Comments »

Last Tuesday, 24th October 2006, our four AMEP classes took part in the first Health Expo organised by the Student Asociation at St George TAFE. It was a first in Sydney. The Association considered it a pilot to be followed ...

Olga: New Horizons

Saturday, October 28th, 2006 Posted in ESL podcasts, esol, Native speakers & Fluent speakers | No Comments »

Today you can listen to Olga again. You have met her before. She interviewed Ana Maria, our flamenco teacher. One of the many things that Olga has done in her different jobs in Sydney is the Guides for Skilled Migrants commissioned ...

Hato de Foces

Friday, September 22nd, 2006 Posted in ESL podcasts, esol | 2 Comments »

If you've been listening to the podcasts in this blog, nearly all of the background music comes from my brothers' (Jose Luis and Carlos Ochoa) group Tresena. The rest is expressly composed by my son, Mig, or is from my ...

Ana Maria: Flamenco

Saturday, August 26th, 2006 Posted in ESL podcasts, esol, Native speakers & Fluent speakers | No Comments »

Some people do yoga, some practise a sport or go to the gym, others ... dance! In the middle of Sydney's Inner West we find a little Spanish corner, Ana Maria Campo's Spanish School of Dance. My friend Olga Yoldi talks ...

Lisbeth: 2 months, 10 countries

Tuesday, August 15th, 2006 Posted in ESL podcasts, esol, TAFE | No Comments »

Lisbeth happened to be in our class when we got there for our afternoon lesson. We asked her if she would mind being interviewed for our class podcast and she kindly accepted, so we fired our questions on the spot. Before ...

Patricia: St George College Librarian

Monday, July 31st, 2006 Posted in ESL podcasts, esol, TAFE | 2 Comments »

Last week we had a tour of the library. Greig Thomson, the library manager, gave a power point presentation on the library services and facilities. Then he gave as a tour of the library and showed us where the ESL ...