Sculpture by the Sea 2010
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 us an insight into what happens on the weeks proceeding the exhibition. Listen to the [...]
Coffee Break: Housing
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 can subscribe to this podcast for free through iTunes. HousingHelenSue Music by Tresena [...]
Graeme Ford: Chinese Linguist
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 topics. Listen to our conversation and answer these questions. Podcast: Play in new window | [...]
Katie Malyon: Immigration Lawyer
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 exercises on the worksheet. Podcast: Play in new window | Download
Rania: Law
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 practise by listening and pausing the mp3 file to interpret, practise your pronunciation and your [...]
Miguel: Type 1 Diabetes
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 in chunks, stop the file and repeat his sentences (without taking [...]
Michael: My father the Town Crier
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 out more about Town Criers, Michael and his dad. You can also watch this video where Graham [...]
Sculpture by the Sea 2009
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 listening comprehension. You can use their comments as part of your blog post on [...]
Angelica, Cassandra, Melisa & Rachelle(s): Loftus Event Managers
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 the hotel managers and conference organisers, etc. They had also prepared wonderful decorations [...]
Christina: Architecture
Architecture and building management are the other areas I discussed with Christina totsis. Listen to our conversation. christinaarchitect1 music Tresena Podcast: Play in new window | Download
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