St George College Blogs

Archive for the ‘esol’ Category

Christina: Green Architect

Thursday, July 2nd, 2009 Posted in esol, Native speakers & Fluent speakers, TAFE | 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, ESOL students, Native speakers & Fluent speakers | 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 esol, Native speakers & Fluent speakers, TAFE | 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 esol, Native speakers & Fluent speakers | 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 ...

What are you wearing?

Tuesday, August 26th, 2008 Posted in ESL podcasts, esol, Native speakers & Fluent speakers, TAFE | No Comments »

My brother gave me this idea for an ongoing podcast/vodcast. Ask different people to talk about the clothes they are wearing. Listen to these two teachers and answer the questions below. Questions: ANDREW* 1. What is Andrew wearing? 2. What type of colours ...

Phoning to notify absence

Wednesday, August 20th, 2008 Posted in esol | 3 Comments »

Listen to this phone call as an example of what to do when you can't attend class.

Wei Dong: New technology

Monday, August 11th, 2008 Posted in esol | No Comments »

Listen to my conversation with Wei Dong, one of the ESOl teachers at St George TAFE. She is starting on a new journey with her ESOL 1 students. You can visit her page on the St George ESOL wiki. Listen ...

Marion: Europe

Sunday, August 3rd, 2008 Posted in esol, Native speakers & Fluent speakers, TAFE | 6 Comments »

Your teacher Marion has gone to Europe to visit her family. Listen to our conversation and do the work on this worksheet, Marion: Europe. Marion: Europe Music by my brothers' group Hato de Foces You can listen to the interview our students gave ...

Marielle: Inspiring

Tuesday, November 6th, 2007 Posted in esol, ESOL students | 1 Comment »

Yesterday we had a pleasant surprise. Marielle, one of our AMEP students from last year came by to say hello. Our students couldn't believe how good her English was and in such a short period of time. Listen to our informal chat ...