Week 6

G'day all

What another lovely fine weekend we had! Did you get out and about at all? Write about it as a recount in your blog.

Now, you've all seen the Harbour Bridge, I know, and some of you have walked across it but how would you like to have breakfast on it?? There will be a Breakfast on the Bridge event happening on October 10. To attend, you have to first register for tickets and then hope your name is drawn in a ballot! You can register by visiting this site. Remember, you have to be in it to win it!!

When you've done that, please finish off any work from last week. Next week I'll give you a list of all the things you should have completed by now!

Phillip Island in Victoria is famous for its penguins. Many many tourists visit there each year to see the famous parade. Listen to this recording and answer the questions on the handout.

Happy blogging!

Week 5

G'day all

Well I hope you had a great weekend. My husband and I went away for the weekend. It was a friend's birthday so a few of us went to stay at his gorgeous home - a restored and renovated flour mill. The mill is situated in a small country town called Binda, (the link will give you a bit of info about the place) about 40 minutes from Goulburn. We had a fantastic time together and enjoyed great food and conversation!

We also watched the election results on TV. As you can imagine we were waiting for a clear winner all night but we're still waiting!

In last week's class you read about Kyle's language learning tips. What were they? What are yours? In your blog, write up 10 language learning tips you think are important for learning English. Then next week we'll try and compile a long list and see if we can reach 100!!!

When you've finished that, watch this video about an Australian singer with a Vietnamese background. Thanh talked about 'integration' into the country. As all of you have only been in Australia for a short time. What are your feelings about integration? What are the difficulties new migrants face? What experiences have you had? Has anyone called you names? Have you ever felt like the 'odd one out'? Write your opinion in your blog.

In the video there are some explanations about grammar topics such as tag questions and rhetorical questions. Try this exercise for practice.

If you still have time, I'll give you something else to do!

Happy blogging!

Week 4

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G'day all

Today you need to finish off any work from the last few week s that hasn't been done. Therefore, I'm not giving you too many class tasks today.

Have you ever wondered when your English will be good enough so that you could star in an English speaking movie? Well, today you're going to listen and read about an American teenager who has starred in a Chinese language film!

Print off the worksheet and view the YouTube video. Then complete the true/false questions and finally complete the reading activities.

If you finish everything and still have time left over, I'll give you something else to do!

Happy blogging!

Week 3

G'day all

First I'd like to say well done for working out the sentences last Monday. While they weren't exactly like the ones I'd used, they were still good!

Well done too on working out what the people were saying about the best places to visit in their countries. Now, today, I'd like you to write in your post about the best place to visit in your country. Then I'd like to video your response and put it on your blog!

Next, look at this video and then see if you can understand it. Then do the pronunciation quiz as suggested. You may have to test the headphones and microphones a bit!

When you've finished that, look at this link about a special festival held each year in a small Australian country town. Do you have anything like this in your country? Write about a festival in your country.

If you still have time , you can try this grammar quiz on the present perfect and present simple tense.

Remember, any work you don't complete in class, you can do at home! The idea is not to fall behind and have too much to catch up on!

Happy blogging!

Week 2

G'day all

I hope you all enjoyed the weekend. It was lovely to see the sun again wasn't it? I liked that I could hang out the washing and get it dry! That was a treat!! I also sat outside for a little while and read the paper!

It's good to have a couple of new students in the class - Jing and Shampa! I hope they enjoy blogging too!

This is called a Wordle. It contains 4 sentences. Can you unjumble them? When the text is LARGE then it means the word is used more than once. Some little words have been omitted so you have to add them in. For example, was, a, in, from, her, out, of, the, she, into. (You may need to use these words more than once) The first sentence starts with Jessica Mortimer.



When you've worked them out come and show them to me so I can check if you're correct!

When you've finished that, I'd like you to listen to this interview about the best place to live in one's home country. Now answer the question for your country and write your opinion in your blog!

Happy blogging!