Karen Heycox, a Senior Lecturer at the University of New South Wales, talks about what Social Work means, the areas it covers and the people it reaches. She also comments on the role of interpreters, specifically in the field of health.

Karen, who along with Mark Hughes (from the University of Queensland) has authored a book, Older People, Ageing and Social Work- Knowledge for Practice, talks about the importance of social workers in this growing area.

You can print this worksheet before listening. Check you answers here.

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 notes) as close as possible to the original
• Listen and record yourself. Then compare both recordings
• Listen to the whole conversation and take notes
• Repeat the conversation from your notes. Record yourself doing it
• Listen to chunks and translate into your TL (target language)

You can do this at home by yourself or with a classmate. To record yourself, you can use any of the recording applications found in any standard computer or download Audacity  (free) & lame. This will allow you to create mp3 files, which you can download into your ipod or mp3 player to practise anywhere anytime!

For more information, visit Diabetes Australia

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Listen to an interview with Ian Wells from Royal Coast Walks.

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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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