Marion and Rosa’s students interview Marion, who has just come back from her trip to Europe.

Listen to them. What other questions would you ask her? You can write them in comments.

Let’s Talk!

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

Our students couldn’t believe how good her English was and in such a short period of time.

Listen to our informal chat to her about what she is doing at the moment, her future plans and how she got her English at the level it is now.

Thanks Marielle for taking the time and inspiring our class!

This podcast will aslo go to Let’s Talk, as it includes questions by the students.

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Music by my brothers’ group Tresena

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 to her telling us about the challenges of being in a class where the majority of students are of English Speaking Background.

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The Student Association officers, Kylie and Kelly, invited a number of institutions and private people who work in health and health education. The aim is to get young people aware of health issues that have an impact in their life. There were doctors, dental care workers, information on drugs and alcohol issues, sexual assault, probiotics, gym, masseurs, tai chi demonstration, boxing, etc.

Our students’ involvement was mainly in providing the food for the day. They cooked delicious healthy dishes from many different countries. The money raised ($525.oo!) went to CanTeen (Teenagers with Cancer) as Friday was CanTeen day in Sydney. But our students did a lot of work besides cooking and serving. They prepared posters related to diet (the Food Pyramid), conducted surveys related to food, exercise, alternative medicine and lifestyle, got together beautiful presents for the raffle and competition, packed the presents, wrote the quiz for the competition, helped set up and clean up.

It was a great success. The evaluation results show a majority of paticipants rating the event as excellent and wanting to have it every year. The student association is putting on a brunch for our four classes and the Association Board has decided to donate a very generous amount of money for us to go on our planned end-of-the-year excursion.

Well done every one!

Our class was kept very busy on the day recording interviews left right and centre. We will broadcast some of them here but most will be in Let’s Talk, which is the students venue for their own radio programs. I will be keeping a listof links to of their Health Expo interviews here. Check the photos and read about the bliggest underwater dance ever here. Keep tuned!

This fragment of the radio program introduces Chem, one of the teachers and Kylie, one of the Student Association organisers. Check Chem’s blog for more photos of the day, including the poster her students made.

Download the MP3 file (2.53 MB, o:02:46)
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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.

Download the MP3 file (1.77 MB, o:o7:46)Music by my brother’s group Tresena