Well, the AMEP no longer exists at this college! Our lovely students have had to go elsewhere to finish their 510 hours! Perhaps one day they will return to do more English or another course here! I wish them all the best for the future.
I've really enjoyed my years on the AMEP and will miss it and the students dearly!
I'll still have a blog going with my ESOL 4 students. Have a look at this link if you want to check it out and/or contact me!
Keep blogging!
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Saturday, June 18, 2011
Week 8
G'day all
I can't believe that this is the last post for the semester and the last post I'll publish for an AMEP class for a very very long time!
Well I think you all had an enjoyable time on the excursion last Thursday! I know I did! I hope you weren't too concerned when we headed towards Wollongong on the way home!!! You did get to see a magnificient view of the coast down to Kiama! That was an added bonus!
Naturally, your first task today is to write a recount of the excursion. You can look at the slideshow to jog your memory about what we saw!
When you've done that, you can use the time to perfect your powerpoint for tomorrow if you wish.
If you don't need to do that, then watch this episode of The Road Less Travelled. Here is the audio and these are the activities For those of you who want to follow the serial to the end then look at Cork2010 and you'll find the rest of it there in the posts.
Have a look at Issues in English in the start up menu. Choose a topic that interests you and complete some of the activities. When you've done that, send me an email (address on the board) with a short summary of what you read/listened to and what kinds of activities you completed ie grammar/comprehension etc.
Well, that brings me to the end of this blog for the semester! I hope you've enjoyed your time learning English with us and I wish you all the very best for the future! Those of you who are leaving St George, I hope that one day you'll come back to study here! For those of you staying to do other courses here then don't forget to say 'hello' when you see me! And remember, you can always look at the blog any time you like!
Take care and happy blogging!
I can't believe that this is the last post for the semester and the last post I'll publish for an AMEP class for a very very long time!
Well I think you all had an enjoyable time on the excursion last Thursday! I know I did! I hope you weren't too concerned when we headed towards Wollongong on the way home!!! You did get to see a magnificient view of the coast down to Kiama! That was an added bonus!
Naturally, your first task today is to write a recount of the excursion. You can look at the slideshow to jog your memory about what we saw!
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When you've done that, you can use the time to perfect your powerpoint for tomorrow if you wish.
If you don't need to do that, then watch this episode of The Road Less Travelled. Here is the audio and these are the activities For those of you who want to follow the serial to the end then look at Cork2010 and you'll find the rest of it there in the posts.
Have a look at Issues in English in the start up menu. Choose a topic that interests you and complete some of the activities. When you've done that, send me an email (address on the board) with a short summary of what you read/listened to and what kinds of activities you completed ie grammar/comprehension etc.
Well, that brings me to the end of this blog for the semester! I hope you've enjoyed your time learning English with us and I wish you all the very best for the future! Those of you who are leaving St George, I hope that one day you'll come back to study here! For those of you staying to do other courses here then don't forget to say 'hello' when you see me! And remember, you can always look at the blog any time you like!
Take care and happy blogging!
Thursday, June 9, 2011
Powerpoint tutorial
G'day all
As part of your oral presentation you'll have to produce a powerpoint slide show. I told you that I would show you how to use the program and that you could practise at home. So, have a look at this link and follow the prompts to produce your own powerpoint presentation. Have a look at my first attempt at creating a slide show! I just tried to use as many techniques as possible for fun!
Have fun!
As part of your oral presentation you'll have to produce a powerpoint slide show. I told you that I would show you how to use the program and that you could practise at home. So, have a look at this link and follow the prompts to produce your own powerpoint presentation. Have a look at my first attempt at creating a slide show! I just tried to use as many techniques as possible for fun!
Have fun!
Friday, June 3, 2011
Week 6
G'day all
I hope you all had a great weekend. I had a lovely one. I went to a card making class on Saturday morning and in the afternoon I went to a party. I also went to a housewarming party on Sunday. Being out so much meant I didn't get much housework done but never mind, it will still be there next week!!
If you didn't do any of the activities from last week's blog then you can do them AFTER you've done today's work!
Posture is very important as you all know. The first exercise most of you did in this class was correct posture when using a computer. So, print off this worksheet and open the video link to answer the questions. DO NOT read the transcript. Look and listen to the video. You can practise your reading by opening the 2 links on the right hand side of the page. When you have finished, write an information report about Posture in your blog. Andrew has explained to you what the structure of a report should be and the language used. Do a draft on paper and when finished, show it to me for correction. Then you can publish it.
Remember that next Monday will be a public holiday. Do you know what it's for? Put a comment at the end of this post if you know the answer!
Here is the audio and activities for Episode 7 of the radio serial!
Take care and happy blogging!
I hope you all had a great weekend. I had a lovely one. I went to a card making class on Saturday morning and in the afternoon I went to a party. I also went to a housewarming party on Sunday. Being out so much meant I didn't get much housework done but never mind, it will still be there next week!!
If you didn't do any of the activities from last week's blog then you can do them AFTER you've done today's work!
Posture is very important as you all know. The first exercise most of you did in this class was correct posture when using a computer. So, print off this worksheet and open the video link to answer the questions. DO NOT read the transcript. Look and listen to the video. You can practise your reading by opening the 2 links on the right hand side of the page. When you have finished, write an information report about Posture in your blog. Andrew has explained to you what the structure of a report should be and the language used. Do a draft on paper and when finished, show it to me for correction. Then you can publish it.
Remember that next Monday will be a public holiday. Do you know what it's for? Put a comment at the end of this post if you know the answer!
Here is the audio and activities for Episode 7 of the radio serial!
Take care and happy blogging!
Monday, May 23, 2011
Week 5
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G'day all
I hope your weekend was relaxing but fun at the same time! I didn't do anything exciting but my family and I had a big clean up inside and outside the house! The girls and I did some rearranging and tidying up of clothes, books and furniture. My husband worked outside in the garden. It was a busy weekend but we had a lot of fun being together.
I hope you're all happy with the lovely certificates you received from the Student Association as a thank you for your efforts during the Health Expo. I forgot to take a group photo! Perhaps we can get one another day!
My apologies if the webquest was a bit hard last week! Ungfortunately, I don't have time these days to make up my own webquests so have to rely on what other people produce! I hope you learnt something new about Australia anyway!!!
Sorry I can't be with you today but hopefully I'll be back tomorrow! Andrew would like you to get started on the research for your information reports but you can also do the activities below first or after your internet searches!
Already? Yet? Do you how and when to use them? Check out your knowledge of them in this little grammar quiz to test your understanding of the words. Let me know how you get on and if you need to do some more work on them in class!
Here is the audio and activities for Episode 7 of the radio serial!
Have a good day and happy blogging!
Sunday, May 22, 2011
Week 4
G'day all
I hope you all had a great weekend! The weather was so mild wasn't it? It was lovely to sit outside in the fresh air and catch up on a bit of vitamin D without the risk of sunburn! (I was not out in the danger times between 11 and 3!)
I was very pleased with the great recounts you wrote of both the Health Expo and Phoebe's alarm! Your English was very good and most of you wrote recounts of a very high standard! Well done!
By the way, there'll be a thank you morning tea for you in the student association room tomorrow at 10.30am!
As we were talking about fire safety in the home recently, I thought you might be interested in watching a little TV news clip. Have a look at this link which shows the damage caused by a fire! I just thought it was an interesting and informative piece of TV footage.
Since you've all moved to Australia to live, I thought you'd like to learn a bit about your 'new' country. Try this webquest which was actually created by a teacher in Spain! Hopefully there won't be any problems opening the links! The activities were originally designed for groups of 3. You can work on your own. Answer the questions the teacher asks. If you scroll down the page you'll find the links for the answers. You don't have to make a poster but you can choose the activity for student 2 or 3 and answer in your blog!
Ask me for a map of Australia so you can mark the cities!
When you finish that, here is the next episode of The Road Less Travelled. Here is the audio and the worksheets are here!
Happy blogging!
I hope you all had a great weekend! The weather was so mild wasn't it? It was lovely to sit outside in the fresh air and catch up on a bit of vitamin D without the risk of sunburn! (I was not out in the danger times between 11 and 3!)
I was very pleased with the great recounts you wrote of both the Health Expo and Phoebe's alarm! Your English was very good and most of you wrote recounts of a very high standard! Well done!
By the way, there'll be a thank you morning tea for you in the student association room tomorrow at 10.30am!
As we were talking about fire safety in the home recently, I thought you might be interested in watching a little TV news clip. Have a look at this link which shows the damage caused by a fire! I just thought it was an interesting and informative piece of TV footage.
Since you've all moved to Australia to live, I thought you'd like to learn a bit about your 'new' country. Try this webquest which was actually created by a teacher in Spain! Hopefully there won't be any problems opening the links! The activities were originally designed for groups of 3. You can work on your own. Answer the questions the teacher asks. If you scroll down the page you'll find the links for the answers. You don't have to make a poster but you can choose the activity for student 2 or 3 and answer in your blog!
Ask me for a map of Australia so you can mark the cities!
When you finish that, here is the next episode of The Road Less Travelled. Here is the audio and the worksheets are here!
Happy blogging!
Monday, May 16, 2011
Week 3
G'day all
Well what a great day we had at the Health Expo! I'd like to thank you all for your food contributions and also your efforts selling raffle tickets and your general participation in the event. I hope you enjoy the photos and videos! First off today, write a recount of the Health Expo in your blogs!
Well done to all of you who completed the webquest and the listening last week. I know it was a bit hard without the printed text but you did very well. For those of you interested in finding out more about food, nutrition and healthy eating check out the Better Health Channel website. Everything you ever wanted to know can be found here!
Remember in class I talked about the Friends episode with a smoke alarm/detector? Well, my daughter, Katie told me that it's in a You tube video so have a look at it here. When you've finished, write a recount in your blog of the events in the video!
Today is also the time to catch up on all the things you still need to do. When you are up to date, let me know and I'll direct you to some activities you can do!
Happy blogging!
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Well what a great day we had at the Health Expo! I'd like to thank you all for your food contributions and also your efforts selling raffle tickets and your general participation in the event. I hope you enjoy the photos and videos! First off today, write a recount of the Health Expo in your blogs!
Well done to all of you who completed the webquest and the listening last week. I know it was a bit hard without the printed text but you did very well. For those of you interested in finding out more about food, nutrition and healthy eating check out the Better Health Channel website. Everything you ever wanted to know can be found here!
Remember in class I talked about the Friends episode with a smoke alarm/detector? Well, my daughter, Katie told me that it's in a You tube video so have a look at it here. When you've finished, write a recount in your blog of the events in the video!
Today is also the time to catch up on all the things you still need to do. When you are up to date, let me know and I'll direct you to some activities you can do!
Happy blogging!
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