Health Expo 2009: The Environment

June 21st, 2009 Posted by MariaRosa Ochoa in Native speakers & Fluent speakers, TAFE | Read Comments(1) or Post a Reply »

St George College held its annual Health Expo 2 weeks ago. There were many stalls with information about issues related to health. I will be publishing here some interviews with some of them. The rest will be published in We Talk, as they are interviews conducted by my students.

You can listen to their first interview with Sue Martin, from Aussie Helpers here.

This is an interview between two TAFE teachers, David Green & Christina Totsis, who were manning the Environmet stall.

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music by Tresena

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Trevor Pearce: Composer

May 10th, 2009 Posted by MariaRosa Ochoa in ESL podcasts, Native speakers & Fluent speakers | Post a Comment »

Listen to Trevor Pearce, an Australian composer, being interviewed by Dianne Maestri, an Australian pianist.

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This worksheet will help you understand better. You can print it, but remember to check the drop down boxes with multiple choice first.

You can also visit Sydney University Library recently published online catalogue of Austalian Composers Online (page 7) where you may find links to extracts of his compositions in the no distant future.
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Wendy & Gihan: Coffee Break

May 2nd, 2009 Posted by MariaRosa Ochoa in ESL podcasts, Native speakers & Fluent speakers, TAFE | Post a Comment »

Wendy and Gihan are two TAFE teachers having a coffee break. Listen to their conversation. They are chatting about personal things. What is the main topic of conversation?

Check this workseet to understand better and learn about casual conversations and anecdotes.

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Four Sydney Women: International Women’s Day

March 10th, 2009 Posted by MariaRosa Ochoa in esol, ESOL students, Native speakers & Fluent speakers | Read Comments(1) or Post a Reply »

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 Nessa and Rita Taphorn. Please read Fozilitun’s profile before listening to the podcast. The four women interviewed refer to her speech.

Listen to the podcast below. First I speak to Jenni, who completed tertiary Preparation Course (TPC) at St George College, SI TAFE, in 2008 and is now doing a BA at university. Diane Craven, our college director, gives us a summary of the whole morning and what most impressed her. Finally I talk to two Occupational English Test (OET) students from our ESOL section, Farhana (a dentist from Bangladesh) and Nishi (a doctor from Nepal). Their comments are very relevant and poignant.

To help you understand better, print this worksheeet before you listen to the podcast.

Please listen to all four of them and write your thoughts in comments.

music by my brothers’ group Tresena

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Annette: Barista

December 1st, 2008 Posted by MariaRosa Ochoa in ESL podcasts, Native speakers & Fluent speakers, TAFE | Post a Comment »

Annette is in charge of the coffee machine at St George TAFE canteen. Here she tells me about different types of coffee and how to order it.

Listen to her and do the worksheet exercises. They will help you with the listening and also with your learning.

Music by Hato de Foces

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Marion: Our foreign correspondent at Beijing

September 23rd, 2008 Posted by MariaRosa Ochoa in Native speakers & Fluent speakers | Read Comments(1) or Post a Reply »

Listen to Marion’s interview with Wade McMahon, a paralympian javelin thrower. Interview done at Beijing in the Paralympic Village.
Do this worksheet, it will help you with the listening. Print it before you start listening.

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What are you wearing? Students

September 15th, 2008 Posted by MariaRosa Ochoa in ESOL students, TAFE, Young Sydneysiders | Post a Comment »

Watch this video What are You Wearing? with some of my students talking about what they are wearing.