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Miguel: Type 1 Diabetes

Monday, March 1st, 2010 Posted in Native speakers & Fluent speakers, Young Sydneysiders, esol | No Comments »

We are studying topics related to Health. Listen to this interview with a young Sydneysider, Miguel, talking about Type 1 diabetes. Tasks: Listen to it once, to get the general gist of the conversation Then listen to it in chunks, stop the file ...

Michael: My father the Town Crier

Sunday, December 6th, 2009 Posted in Native speakers & Fluent speakers, TAFE, esol | No Comments »

[caption id="attachment_357" align="alignleft" width="220" caption="father and son"][/caption] 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 ...

Sculpture by the Sea 2009

Tuesday, November 10th, 2009 Posted in esol | 1 Comment »

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 ...

Angelica, Cassandra, Melisa & Rachelle(s): Loftus Event Managers

Monday, August 17th, 2009 Posted in Native speakers & Fluent speakers, TAFE, Young Sydneysiders, esol | No Comments »

photo by Nicola Pegum On August the 14th 2009 5 students from Loftus Event Manmagement worked for the Green Light for Green Skills conference organised by the TAFE NSW Managers Association. They were registering the conference participants, helping with rooms, liaising with ...

Christina: Architecture

Thursday, July 2nd, 2009 Posted in esol | 1 Comment »

Architecture and building management are the other areas I discussed with Christina totsis. Listen to our conversation. christinaarchitect1 music Tresena

Christina: Green Architect

Thursday, July 2nd, 2009 Posted in Native speakers & Fluent speakers, TAFE, esol | 1 Comment »

  Christina Totsis works at St George TAFE. She wears many hats (check the meaning of this expression!). Listen to our interviews and find out about her role at the college.You can also visit her building management wiki. christinagreen music by Tresena

Health Expo 2009

Thursday, June 25th, 2009 Posted in esol | No Comments »

St George college Student Association organised its annual Health Expo in May. AMEP-B students conducted some interviews which supplement the ones published in this blog.  Unfortunately some of  the recordings weren't successful, so we can't hear their interviews with the ...

Four Sydney Women: International Women’s Day

Tuesday, March 10th, 2009 Posted in ESOL students, Native speakers & Fluent speakers, esol | 1 Comment »

On Friday 6th March 2009 UNIFEM organised its annual breakfast for International Women's Day. I had the privilege to attend the event with Diane Craven, St George College director and some TAFE teachers and students. The keynote speakers were Fozilitun ...

Luisa: Counselling Unit

Tuesday, September 9th, 2008 Posted in Native speakers & Fluent speakers, TAFE, esol | 1 Comment »

Luisa Odelli is one of four counsellors at St George College. She tells us about their service and how they can help students, staff and prospective students. Listen to our conversation and make an appointment to visit the Counselling Unit. ...

Cathy: Rozelle Markets

Sunday, August 31st, 2008 Posted in Native speakers & Fluent speakers, esol | No Comments »

Every Saturday and Sunday there are markets held in many suburbs around Sydney. Rozelle is amongst my favourite ones. There I interview Cathy, who has had a stall for quite a number of years. Listen to our conversation and ...