Synopsis
Let's Talk is a space for a group of ESOL students, mostly new arrivals (AMEP), to broadcast short audio files recorded by them to practise their English.
Episodes
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Diana: Movies Episode 69
19/11/2008 Duration: 01minDiana talks about her favourite movies. Listen to her and tell us about yourself. Let's talk!
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Aneta: Movies Episode 68
19/11/2008 Duration: 01minListen to Aneta talking about movies. What about you? Do you ofen go to the cinema? What type of movies do you like? Tell us about it. Let's talk!
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Elmira: A second blog, forums and learning English through Web 2 Episode 67
17/11/2008 Duration: 02minElmira talks about blogging for English and blogging for her personal hobbies. She also tells us about learning English through the use of forums, websites, etc. What about you? Tell us about yourself. Let's Talk!
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Orietta: Learning Web 2 technologies at home Episode 66
17/11/2008 Duration: 01minListen to Orietta talking to Rosa about teaching herself how to embed a bubbleshare slide show onto her blog. She also talks about blogs and learning English. What about you? Do you use web 2 technlolgies to improve your English? Tell us about it. Let's talk!
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Orietta: Sculpture by the Sea Episode 65
10/11/2008 Duration: 39sListen to Orietta's impressions about our excursion to Sculpture by the Sea.
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Meet Valeria & Lara Episode 64
10/11/2008 Duration: 01minValeria and Lara are studying ESOL 4 in Marion's class. Listen to them introducing themselves. You can leave a recorded or written message for them in this post. Let's talk!
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Diana & Aneta: Sculpture by the Sea 2008 Episode 63
03/11/2008 Duration: 04minDiana & Aneta also went to the excursion last Tuesday (see previous episode). Listen to their thoughts about it. Did you go? If you are not from Sydney, is there anything similar to this in your country? Tell us about it. Let's talk! (you can send a recorded message on my podomatic email)
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Elmira, Sophie & Sue: Sculpture by the Sea 2008 Episode 62
03/11/2008 Duration: 08minLast Tuesday (16th October 2008) our class and Marion's class had a great day exploring Sculpture by the Sea, an annual exhibition that takes place in the coastal walk from Bondi to Tamarama, Sydney. Listen to Elmira, Sue and Sophie talk about what we did and what they thought about it. You can see all the work we did before and after the excursion if you visit Our Class 2008 and the students' blogs linked on the right sidebar.
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Marion: Back from Europe Episode 60
02/09/2008 Duration: 07minMarion and Rosa's students interview Marion, who has just come back from her trip to Europe. Listen to them. What other questions would you ask her? You can record them on an email on the right sidebar. Let's Talk! BubbleShare: Share photos - Play some Online Games.
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What are you wearing? Andrew Episode 59
28/08/2008 Duration: 02minListen to Andrew, another English teacher, talk about what he is wearing. Answer these questions. ANDREW* 1. What is Andrew wearing? 2. What type of colours is he wearing? 3. What type of pattern is his coat? 4. What’s the difference between a coat and a jacket? 5. How’s a denim jacket different? 6. Why does Andrew only wear plastic watches? What t
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What are you wearing? Alison Episode 58
28/08/2008 Duration: 03minMy brother gave me this idea for an ongoing podcast/vodcast. Ask different people to talk about the clothes they are wearing. Listen to this teacher and answer the questions below. ALISON 1. What is Alison wearing? 2. Describe her jumper. 3. Describe her shoes. 4. Describe her T-shirt. 5. What items of clothing does she hand-wash? 6. What’s special about her earrings? 7. Wht’s another name for earrings? 8. What matches her T-shirt? 9. What wou
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New Students FT Semester 2
07/08/2008 Duration: 03minHi there, There are some new students in our class this semester. Listen to their introductions. Do you have a similar group in your class? Where do you come from? Have you ever migrated to a new country? How did you feel? Tell us about it. Let's talk!
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Djimi: Part 2
03/08/2008 Duration: 10minIn this second part of the interview, ESOL students ask Djimi questions about her studies. Djimi is inspiring and a role model for them. You can look at this study chart to follow her ESOL pathways: Djimi's Study Pathways Enjoy her interview. What do you think? Let's talk!
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Djimi: Part 1
03/08/2008 Duration: 06minListen to Djimi, an ex-student of ESOL and mother of three, talking about her educational pathways.
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Episode 54
24/06/2008 Duration: 07minHi again from the FT semester 1 ESOL class. Today we were talking about what we would do if we won lots of money in the lottery. Thanks to Splendid Speaking for providing us with a great worksheet that inspired us and helped us with our English. Listen to our thoughts. Not everyone thinks that it's such a good thing to suddently come into big amounts of money. What do you think? Let's talk!
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This is us!
13/05/2008 Duration: 04minHi there! We are a group of students doing a full time course (FT 3-4) at St George TAFE, Sydney. Listen to our introduction and keep listening, as we will publish our podcasts here in the very near future. You can leave a written or recorded comment for us. Let's talk!
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Zee: Glorious Food
17/11/2007 Duration: 11minZee interviews his classmates about cooking, going out to eat and food in general. Listen to their reaction at some of their clasmates' answers. Two of them are lucky people... If you feel hungry with all this food talk, you can check the multicultural recipes written by previous students here What about you? Tell us about it. Let's talk!
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Marielle: Inspiring
12/11/2007 Duration: 07minLast Tuesday we had a pleasant surprise. Marielle, one of our AMEP students from last year came by to say hello. Our students couldn't believe how good her English was and in such a short period of time. Listen to our informal chat to her about what she is doing at the moment, her future plans and how she got her English at the level it is now. Thanks Marielle for taking the time and inspiring our class! What about you? Do you have a similar experience? Tell us about it.Let's talk!
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Marta: The Rainbow
21/09/2007 Duration: 03minMarta interviews the manager of Arco Iris (rainbow), a Spanish speaking playgroup. Listen to her interview. Do you know of any playgroups or community groups from your cultural background? Do you think it is a good idea to teach children about their parents' cultural background? We will discuss this in our forum. But if any of you wants to talk about it, leave a written/recorded message here. Let's talk!
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This is us!
14/09/2007 Duration: 13minHello everyone, This is our semester 2, 2007 Full Time ESOL class at St George college of TAFE, Sydney Institute. Listen to us introducing ourlseves and keep in touch, as we will be publishing individual radio programs. Do you want to introduce yoursefl? You can leave a written comment or you can record a comment (see side bar). We would love to hear form you. Music by my brothers' group Hato de Foces Let's talk!