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Following these are wonderful flowers.
Monday, November 26, 2007
Monday, November 5, 2007
How to improve your English?
Friend! Do you know the Internet well? Do you ever surf on the Internet? If you have got a computer, you can enter a wide world. You can also improve your English skills.
To create yourself blog is a good way to practise your English writing, reading, listening and speaking. A blog is a short word for weblog. It is a personal online journal . Where you can write about your hobbies, thoughts etc, and everyone can do it. In your blog, you can create anything which is useful for you.
If you think your English listening is poor. You can link a podcast to your blog. The podcast is a digital media file which is published on the Internet and people can download it or subscribe to it. This means it goes to your computer automatically and then you can hear it on the PC or put it into your ipod. For example, you link to Patricia's podcast, you can hear Patricia's talking and answer her question, such as "What does Patricia say is a good idea for ESL student?'' You listen and find the answer ESL students could borrow stuff before buying it."
If you want to make friends or talk to different people, there are two ways. First one, you can go into the wiki which is a website created by groups of people. You can discuss different topics. The second one you can go into a forum which is a public facility to meet for open discussion. They can improve your English writing. For example, we have participated in a joint wiki with the students of Kogarah and Liverpool.
Sometimes you had a wonderful trip and took a lot of fantastic photos. You want to share it to your friends. No problem! You can create a Voicethread. It is program where you do a sideshow of your photos with the recording your comments. For example, you don't know how about Sydney is , you can link to Voicethread. You can get some about Sydney's information , if you are interested in this. You can write your comments. This is useful for your speaking and writing.
Of course, there are a lot of way to improve your English skills, such as Time4english, where you can practise grammar, listening, reading and writing etc. I think the computer can give you a great help.
To create yourself blog is a good way to practise your English writing, reading, listening and speaking. A blog is a short word for weblog. It is a personal online journal . Where you can write about your hobbies, thoughts etc, and everyone can do it. In your blog, you can create anything which is useful for you.
If you think your English listening is poor. You can link a podcast to your blog. The podcast is a digital media file which is published on the Internet and people can download it or subscribe to it. This means it goes to your computer automatically and then you can hear it on the PC or put it into your ipod. For example, you link to Patricia's podcast, you can hear Patricia's talking and answer her question, such as "What does Patricia say is a good idea for ESL student?'' You listen and find the answer ESL students could borrow stuff before buying it."
If you want to make friends or talk to different people, there are two ways. First one, you can go into the wiki which is a website created by groups of people. You can discuss different topics. The second one you can go into a forum which is a public facility to meet for open discussion. They can improve your English writing. For example, we have participated in a joint wiki with the students of Kogarah and Liverpool.
Sometimes you had a wonderful trip and took a lot of fantastic photos. You want to share it to your friends. No problem! You can create a Voicethread. It is program where you do a sideshow of your photos with the recording your comments. For example, you don't know how about Sydney is , you can link to Voicethread. You can get some about Sydney's information , if you are interested in this. You can write your comments. This is useful for your speaking and writing.
Of course, there are a lot of way to improve your English skills, such as Time4english, where you can practise grammar, listening, reading and writing etc. I think the computer can give you a great help.
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Melinda
Melinda is a Sydney university student. She is 21 years old. She lives in inner west Sydney. She is a happy girl and she enjoys her life. She had got a lot jobs. For example P.E teaching,dancing teacher,climb leader etc. She likes to travel. She had got two different experiences. In 2004, she finished high school and went to India with her mun, but India didn't give them a good impression. She hated the traffic and the beggars. Then she went to Vietnam with her best school friend. The beautiful view, nice people, weather deep drew her. She liked Vietnam very much. As for future, she hopes to be a university teacher after finished university.
Monday, September 17, 2007
Carmen
Yesterday I read an article about a six-year old girl' s life. I was moved by her calmness and stoicism too. Life is usually hard for some people. We used to see some children help their mother after school. They are happy to face their life. This is a good character. Hard life can temper you. I was reminded of my son. We give him good education, good food, but he usually complains. Why didn't you buy me a game? Today's food is so bad! Why didn't you help me? etc. I usually think how about if he had been born in a poor family.
Maybe I need to let him know true life. How to face his life? This is important for him.
Maybe I need to let him know true life. How to face his life? This is important for him.
Our excursion
Last Thursday, Andrew took us to Bundeena for an excursion.
That day, I got up early. When I opened the window, it was cloudy and windy. The ground was wet. Oh, my God! It was bad weather. I wanted to give up this trip. The time was 9:00, the sun raised. I was so happy, I could still go on the excursion. I got to Hurstville train station in a hurry at 9:30. When I got onto the platform, I saw Eve had already arrived . She was very happy. She said she had waited for us for a long time. Cindy didn’t come, we met Svetlana at the train station. The train was about 7 minutes late . About 9:52 we got on the train. Andrew, Tony and Summer were already in the train.
The train runned to Crunalla. Maybe today the things weren’t very smoothly. The train was stopped halfway. Andrew told us that we needed to run to the ferry wharf or we would miss the ferry.
There was about 10 minutes walking from the train station to the wharf. The sun was hiding while we got on the ferry. It took a 20 minutes ferry ride away to Bundeena. The weather became cold and it was drizzling , but we were exciting. Bundeena is a very quiet place. No many people walked on the road. You could see some beautiful houses, big trees. Sometimes you could see some parrots jumping between the trees. The air was fresh and the landscape was wonderful. I looked forward to living here one day in the future . According to plans, we went to the beach. The beach wasn’t very big . That day the surf wasn’t very strong . A man was fishing here. We took some photos. After that we started bushwalking . We saw may trees had fallen and died. Marion told us this was effect of a storm. We met heavy rain on the way back. We couldn’t move. The world was grey. It was quiet except for the rain’s voice. We stood and hoped the rain stopped quickly. A few minutes later the sun raised again. We ate lunch at a club.
This was a special trip.
That day, I got up early. When I opened the window, it was cloudy and windy. The ground was wet. Oh, my God! It was bad weather. I wanted to give up this trip. The time was 9:00, the sun raised. I was so happy, I could still go on the excursion. I got to Hurstville train station in a hurry at 9:30. When I got onto the platform, I saw Eve had already arrived . She was very happy. She said she had waited for us for a long time. Cindy didn’t come, we met Svetlana at the train station. The train was about 7 minutes late . About 9:52 we got on the train. Andrew, Tony and Summer were already in the train.
The train runned to Crunalla. Maybe today the things weren’t very smoothly. The train was stopped halfway. Andrew told us that we needed to run to the ferry wharf or we would miss the ferry.
There was about 10 minutes walking from the train station to the wharf. The sun was hiding while we got on the ferry. It took a 20 minutes ferry ride away to Bundeena. The weather became cold and it was drizzling , but we were exciting. Bundeena is a very quiet place. No many people walked on the road. You could see some beautiful houses, big trees. Sometimes you could see some parrots jumping between the trees. The air was fresh and the landscape was wonderful. I looked forward to living here one day in the future . According to plans, we went to the beach. The beach wasn’t very big . That day the surf wasn’t very strong . A man was fishing here. We took some photos. After that we started bushwalking . We saw may trees had fallen and died. Marion told us this was effect of a storm. We met heavy rain on the way back. We couldn’t move. The world was grey. It was quiet except for the rain’s voice. We stood and hoped the rain stopped quickly. A few minutes later the sun raised again. We ate lunch at a club.
This was a special trip.
Friday, September 7, 2007
Webquest
1.what is a blog?
A blog is your easy-to-use web site, where you can quickly post thoughts, interact with people, and more.
who writes blogs in our class?
Our teachers and students wriite blogs in our class.
2.What is a podcast?
A podcast is rich media, such as audio or video, distributed via RSS.
What is Patricia's surname?
Patricia's surname is Murdoch.
What does Patricia say is a good idea for ESL students?
ESL student could borrow books before they buy.
How many times was Andrew's house checked in Thailand before he could adopt?
Andrew's house was checked three times in Tailand before he could adopt.
Who records the radio programs in Let's Talk?
ESL students record the radio programs in Let's Talk.
What is the latest radio program about in Let's Talk?
The latest radio program is about dreams.
What other titles can you see?
Student intervies Mercedes.
Who interviews people for Sydney's People Podcast?
A university studentWhat topics are there?
3.What is a wiki?
A Wiki is a database of documents that can be maintained and edited by a large number of people.
How many colleges are involved in our class wiki?
What can we do in the wiki?
4.What is a forum?
A forum is like an electronic bulletin board. You can post messages to it and read messages from other people.
How many topics have we discussed in our forum? 3 topic
How many people have participated in our forum?
5.What is Voicethread?
Voicethread is a place to capture voices.
What can you do with it?
Create a VoiceThread and collect the stories behind your picture.Turn yearbooks , scrapbooks, or photo-albums into VoiceThreads.Capture the voices of an entire group, on a single page.Put your VoiceThead on any blog or web site.
Where is the koala in a Sydney building?
It is in 135-137 Macquarie Street.
What is the name of the student who found the koala?
Marion's student WeiYun
Who has said this: Be careful when you see them (kookaburras), They're not scared of anything? Rosa
6.What is Walk, Run, Swim?
It is a Kogarah Council brochure with information about an event to make people aware of health benefits of exercising.
7.What is the meaning of damper, Adam's Ale, fag & fair go?
'fag & fair go' is aussie slang. Fag means a cigarette. A fair go is a statement you make when someone is not letting you do or say something.
8.What topics cause disagreement between couples? Time4english
9.What is 348 metres high, 3.6 kilometres long and 1.9 kilometres wide?
Uluru
10.Complete these sentences with the right article:
The cars use a lot of petrol.
A people next door are very friendly.
11.The monitor of the computer should be .Learning about technology and good posture ergonomics,ect
A at elbow level b.at eyes level c. clean
A blog is your easy-to-use web site, where you can quickly post thoughts, interact with people, and more.
who writes blogs in our class?
Our teachers and students wriite blogs in our class.
2.What is a podcast?
A podcast is rich media, such as audio or video, distributed via RSS.
What is Patricia's surname?
Patricia's surname is Murdoch.
What does Patricia say is a good idea for ESL students?
ESL student could borrow books before they buy.
How many times was Andrew's house checked in Thailand before he could adopt?
Andrew's house was checked three times in Tailand before he could adopt.
Who records the radio programs in Let's Talk?
ESL students record the radio programs in Let's Talk.
What is the latest radio program about in Let's Talk?
The latest radio program is about dreams.
What other titles can you see?
Student intervies Mercedes.
Who interviews people for Sydney's People Podcast?
A university studentWhat topics are there?
3.What is a wiki?
A Wiki is a database of documents that can be maintained and edited by a large number of people.
How many colleges are involved in our class wiki?
What can we do in the wiki?
4.What is a forum?
A forum is like an electronic bulletin board. You can post messages to it and read messages from other people.
How many topics have we discussed in our forum? 3 topic
How many people have participated in our forum?
5.What is Voicethread?
Voicethread is a place to capture voices.
What can you do with it?
Create a VoiceThread and collect the stories behind your picture.Turn yearbooks , scrapbooks, or photo-albums into VoiceThreads.Capture the voices of an entire group, on a single page.Put your VoiceThead on any blog or web site.
Where is the koala in a Sydney building?
It is in 135-137 Macquarie Street.
What is the name of the student who found the koala?
Marion's student WeiYun
Who has said this: Be careful when you see them (kookaburras), They're not scared of anything? Rosa
6.What is Walk, Run, Swim?
It is a Kogarah Council brochure with information about an event to make people aware of health benefits of exercising.
7.What is the meaning of damper, Adam's Ale, fag & fair go?
'fag & fair go' is aussie slang. Fag means a cigarette. A fair go is a statement you make when someone is not letting you do or say something.
8.What topics cause disagreement between couples? Time4english
9.What is 348 metres high, 3.6 kilometres long and 1.9 kilometres wide?
Uluru
10.Complete these sentences with the right article:
The cars use a lot of petrol.
A people next door are very friendly.
11.The monitor of the computer should be .Learning about technology and good posture ergonomics,ect
A at elbow level b.at eyes level c. clean
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