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!