You in the Community

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This week we begin our first Elective - the Local Community (VPAU557) - which we will be studying for two terms

DISCUSSION : What is a Community?

Where do you live?

What services or facilities are nearby? (eg. schools, shops, libraries, parks, train stations)

READING (Level 2 and 3)  (from Local Stuff - SA Govt)



Vocabulary : to have been down to / to head home / to call into / to log on / to involve the use of / to maintain / to provide / stormwater / drainage

Exercise 1: Use your dictionary or Google Translate to find the meanings of the vocabulary above

Exercise 2: Find your house using Google Maps. Look for nearby services and facilities.

Exercise 3 : Click on the picture of the Brimbank City Council below (or here).

(i) What services are listed in the Community Directory?
(ii) Where would you go to make a request for a service?
(iii) How can you pay your rates?

http://www.brimbank.vic.gov.au/Our_Home

Reading Activity: Brimbank City Council Info Hunt

Download the worksheet and use the Brimbank City Council website to answer the questions


LISTENING - Community Places Game (10 - 20 mins) from English Raven.com

Instructions

1) In your book write down the numbers 1 - 10;

2) Listen to the clues Jason reads to you. Write your answers next to the numbers;

3) Ask your teacher to pause the video between the clues Jason reads;

4) Can you remember some of the clues?
 ... eg. a post office is a place where you go to send a letter;

5) Do some of the grammar exercises below about ... where ..., ...who ..., etc.


GRAMMAR : Defining Relative Clauses (...where..., ...who..., ...which..., ...that...)

eg. a post office is a place where you go to send a letter

eg. a Mayor is a person who is the head of a council

Exercise 1: Can you write some sentences about your community with a defining relative clause?

Exercise 2: Try these exercises (Level 1 - ex.1 only)

JOIN DALE, HIS STUDENTS &
OTHERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD ON FACEBOOK! (24/7 Discussion!!!)

What are we talking about this week? ... Duke Street's New Community Garden!!!

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Ring, Ring Why Don't You Give Me a Call?

MOBILE PHONE ENGLISH

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.

VIETNAMESE:


CANTONESE:


MANDARIN:


SPANISH:


HINDI:


ARABIC:


Here are some of your fantastic phonecasts:

Tanu about the Hindi radio broadcast...



Tuyet about the Vietnamese radio broadcast...



Abir about the Arabic radio broadcast ...



Kim about the Vietnamese radio broadcast...




LET'S SING ...



Here is a link to the lyrics of "Ring, Ring" by Abba.

Level 2 and 3: GRAMMAR - Reported / Indirect Speech

Try this online quiz on Indirect Speech.

Level 2: Listening and Speaking - Lost in England



CLASSWORK:

Use the worksheet I gave you in class - look at the maps, read the dialogues. With a friend practice the dialogues in class.

HOMEWORK:MOBILE ENGLISH

Can you give instructions by only looking at the maps? Use your mobile or telephone to give instructions.

(Use the instruction sheet, free 1800 number and code I give you in class to phone into ipadio.com)

ONLINE GAME : DESTINATION IMPOSSIBLE (BBC)



Use the BBC Game to help people get to their destinations and collect things along the way. Fun! Fun! Fun!

CLICK HERE TO START --->








Level 1 - The 24 Hour Clock

Look at this clock and review what we learnt in class about telling the time.

1) Ring ipadio.com using the instruction sheet I gave you in class

2) Practice telling me the time

eg. This is me telling the time in the normal way. Can you tell me the time using the 24 hour clock?



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