St George College Blogs

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 ...

Trevor Pearce: Composer

Sunday, May 10th, 2009 Posted in ESL podcasts, Native speakers & Fluent speakers | No Comments »

Listen to Trevor Pearce, an Australian composer, being interviewed by Dianne Maestri, an Australian pianist. Make a Smilebox postcard This worksheet will help you understand better. You can print it, but remember to check the drop down boxes with multiple choice first. You ...

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 ...