A weekly resource of lessons and activities used to supplement my own students' classroom work within the Victorian ESL Frameworks Certificates 1, 2 and 3. Others are most welcome to participate.
The 2010 Federal Election is over! But still we do not have a Government. What happened? Watch the video above. Click here to read the transcript and find more stories and videos about the election result.
What is a hung parliament? Who has the most seats in the House of Representatives? Who has most of the seats in the new Senate? What are independents? What is a minority government? Should we have another election?
Discuss these questions with your teacher.
GRAMMAR GAME - Giving Advice
Should / Shouldn't / Ought to / had better / Why don't you ... / What you can do is ...
Last week we used the Air Asia website to look for cheap flights between Melbourne and other cities in our region. All flights from Melbourne go to Kuala Lumpur (KL). From KL you can look for flights to other parts of Asia.
Let's find some flights ...go to Airasia's flight search by clicking here
Level 1 - Can you find a return flight between Melbourne and Kuala Lumpur in August for two adult passengers? What time do the flights depart? When do they arrive? What are the dates? What are the flight numbers? How much will it cost?
Level 2 - Search for a return flight from Melbourne to Kuala Lumpur for two people. Also search for a flight from Kuala Lumpur to another destination. Make sure the flight connections are okay. What time do the flights depart? When do they arrive? What are the dates? What are the flight numbers? How much will it cost all together?
Level 3 - A. Search for a return flight from Melbourne to Kuala Lumpur for two people. Also search for a flight from Kuala Lumpur to another destination. Make sure the flight connections are okay. What time do the flights depart? When do they arrive? What are the dates? What are the flight numbers? How much will it cost all together?
B. Continue to the next part of the booking process. Fill out the online form for Booking Contact, Guest 1 and Guest 2. Print out the information. NOTE : DO NOT GO ANY FURTHER.
Listening and Speaking - Inquiry about an airline ticket
Many people prefer to book tickets through a travel agent. This week in class we heard a man making inquiries about a return trip to Darwin.
Exercise: Use the tapescript to write a new dialogue. This time you want to inquire about a return flight to Kuala Lumpur.
Here is some good examples from the Level 3 class:
(You already have the phone instructions and FREE 1800 number and codes ... ps. remember to switch on 'speaker phone' to use your mobile or home phone like a microphone)
This week let's use our mobile phones - and home phones too - for learning English!We can now use our phones to make voice recordings on the internet - and it's free. We can do speaking practice, give talks, tell stories and express opinions from anywhere at anytime! Just ring the number and speak!
We will use a FREE service called ipadio.com I will give you an instruction sheet, the free 1800 number and password in class.
Listen to this recording I made online from my home phone! It's simple!
Level 3 - What are they saying about the Election on Community Radio?
1)Listen to one of the community radio programs below
2)Use your mobile to tell me (in English!)what is being said about the Election
3) Use the FORM below to write a short summary about what they are saying on community radio about the Election
We will compare your spoken and written summaries in class.
This semester we begin our new learning unit: Australian Government. There will be a Federal Election soon and then a State Election in November. So this is a good time for us to learn about Australian Government, Voting, Politicians and Parties.
eg. Julia _______ is the ___________ and she is the leader of the ________________.
Who are these two women? What are their jobs? Are they from a political party? What do they do in our system of Government?
Level 3 : Who is Julia Gillard?
Watch the video. Take notes. What do they say about Julia Gillard in relation to :
Deputy Prime Minister Wales 1961 six years later (1966) student politics solicitor John Brumby, a shadow minister education / employment / social inclusion hairdresser
STATE POLITICS
Who are these two men? What are their jobs? Which parties are they from? Write sentences about them.
Listening: A Day in the Life of a Politician
We are going to watch a short video about Andrea Coote (a Victorian Liberal Party MP).
Level 1 : Download the activity for the video here.
GRAMMAR: WHO DECIDES? Federal / State / Local Government
Instructions: Click on the picture below and print out in full size
1) Can you make 10 sentences using the Present Continuous tense? eg. The worker is sweeping the road.
2) Can you name the services and/or guess who takes care of these government areas eg. The worker sweeping the road = road repairs and maintenance = local government. (Work with your teacher)
INTERNATIONAL POLITICS - FAMOUS AND INFAMOUS POLITICIANS
Here are some politicians from different times and places. Who are they? What words would you use to describe them? Were they good or bad politicians? Or both? Why?
GRAMMAR GAME - Giving Advice
