Change the World - Happy New Year Students!

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Another year has finished. Congratulations to all Duke Street students and friends! Soon we can start thinking about our new year plans. But first ...

The Duke Street Collection - Best Writing 2012
ESL Access Level 2

Download our book (30 pages, PDF, 4.6 megabytes)

This is a collection of writing by all of the students in the ESL Level 2 class with stories about "A Great Day Out", "Endangered Animals" , "My Suburb - Past, Present and Future" and much more!

OPINIONS: HOW CAN WE CHANGE THE WORLD? 



Download the worksheet and record opinions on SoundCloud

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NEW YEAR PLANS ...

What are your plans for 2013?

will / plan to / hope to / going to 

Lien : I hope to visit China in Janaury

Khariya: I plan to go Western Australia for a holiday in January

Nguyen: I am going to start a new job in February packing

Huong: I am going to visit my family who live in Sydney during January

Lan : I am going to learn Chinese and Japanese cooking in Box Hill

Nghiep: My plan is to learn more English at Duke St with Dale

Hong: Next year I want to travel around the world

Thi Lang: My plan for next year is to continue learning English, after that, if I have time I will visit my family who live in Europe

Mui : Next year I plan to buy some new property and visit my niece in Britain

Hoai (Mui's husband) : I plan to stay at home and take care of the grandchildren and continue learning English

CHRISTMAS KARAOKE & LANGUAGE EXERCISES


Activities:

Grammar Quiz - The Man Who Wrote "Jingle Bells" 

Christmas Tree Matching Quiz (requires Flash Player)

Listening: Christmas is Coming! (Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab)


STAY SAFE OVER THE CHRISTMAS BREAK STUDENTS ... LOVE ALWAYS ... DALE

Learning Review Term 1 : Ups and Downs of English

Assessment Task (Level 1 and 2) VPAU 501.4 and VBQU117.4)



Do you know the story of Sisyphus? He offended God and was punished. He had to push a rock to the top of a hill ... then watch it roll all the way down. He had to start pushing up hill again - forever!

Life is like that. English is like that. The struggle never ends.

Here is a dictation about Sisyphus to practice your spelling.

Download the dictation sheet here. (Fold and listen to the dictation below).

Listen, watch and read some other Greek myths on YouTube (click here)

Here is nice story called Prometheus and Pandora :




Let's think about what we learned this term. (Print the Assessment Task)

What did you like learning the most this term?

What did you find difficult? Why?

How do you think you could improve?



Can you learn English without a teacher?


Which one can you learn on your own? Which one can't you learn on your own? ...

LISTENING

SPEAKING

READING

WRITING

GRAMMAR

PRONUNCIATION

Australian History : Immigration

Look at the painting. It is called The Last of England by the artist Ford Madox Brown. He migrated to Australia in 1852 during the Gold Rush.

Exercise 1 : Discuss these questions with a friend.

Who are the people in the painting? Where are they? Where are they going? What are they wearing? What are they thinking? How do they feel?



Exercise 2: Complete this reading exercise about The Last of England




Access 2 : Information Texts : Report on a Country

Use the New Zealand story from class to help you. Collect information (location, size, population, languages spoken, cities, attractions, climate, other interesting facts) about one of the following countries:

Argentina

... more info & pictures

Poland

... more info & pictures

Japan

... more info & pictures

Botswana

... more info & pictures

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