Sculpture by the Sea 2010
Wednesday, November 10th, 2010 Posted in esol, Interpreting | No Comments »[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1sk5rwbm_g[/youtube] Last week a group of interpreting students went to see the exhibition Sculpture by the Sea. While we were there, some of our students did a bit of interpreting practice. We also spoke to one of the locals who gave ...
Coffee Break: Housing
Sunday, September 19th, 2010 Posted in esol, Interpreting, Native speakers & Fluent speakers | No Comments »Three teachers talk about housing in NSW, Australia. Helen used to be a Housing Worker and Sue knows about tenancy issues. Listen to their conversation and use it as interpreting practice. Print this worksheet to work on vocabulary and comprehension. Remember you ...
Graeme Ford: Chinese Linguist
Monday, May 17th, 2010 Posted in esol | 2 Comments »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 ...
Katie Malyon: Immigration Lawyer
Sunday, March 28th, 2010 Posted in esol, Native speakers & Fluent speakers | No Comments »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 interview and check the ...
Rania: Law
Sunday, March 21st, 2010 Posted in esol, Interpreting, Native speakers & Fluent speakers, Young Sydneysiders | No Comments »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 ...
Miguel: Type 1 Diabetes
Monday, March 1st, 2010 Posted in esol, Native speakers & Fluent speakers, Young Sydneysiders | 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 Listen and do the Diabetes worksheet Then listen to it ...
Michael: My father the Town Crier
Sunday, December 6th, 2009 Posted in esol, Native speakers & Fluent speakers, TAFE | 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, Native speakers & Fluent speakers | 1 Comment »[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0X5CymFLp3w[/youtube]Video with audio 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. This worksheet will help you with ...
Angelica, Cassandra, Melisa & Rachelle(s): Loftus Event Managers
Monday, August 17th, 2009 Posted in esol, Native speakers & Fluent speakers, TAFE, Young Sydneysiders | 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
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