Showing posts with label phonecasting. Show all posts
Showing posts with label phonecasting. Show all posts

Sunday, August 8, 2010

Up, Up and Away ...

Online Forms, Schedules, Timetables and Itineraries

Make your own air ticket online! Click here to go to Ticket-O-Matic, a very simple online form where you can create a pretend boarding pass ... up, up and away!





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:






Exercise: With a class mate, friend or family member phone in your dialogue to the Duke Street Student site on ipadio.com (Click to view)

(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)

General - Australian Government Elective


Download information about the 2010 Federal Election in your language. Click here.



Search these pages to find out where you can vote. Remember: if you live in the Sunshine area you are in the Gellibrand electorate.

Use the polling place locator. Click here to do your search.



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Thursday, July 29, 2010

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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