Maps, Charts, Invitations and Emails

Weeks Three and Four Homework : VU21456 - Nice to meet you / VU21461 - Werribee Zoo Site / VU21458 - Read and Write Emails slideshow / VU21462 - Your Local Area  : MAPS and Assignment 2 : Neighbours / VU21456 - Invitations  / VU21456 - Living English Ep.2  / Pronunciation - BBC website , using chart and dictionary / 44 Phonemes of English for spelling

VU21462 - Exploring Your Local Area (2)

MAPS

Can you find where you live on this Google Map?

Do you know how to use Google Maps?

Do you know how to use directions?

Mini task 1: From WCEC's main building at 20 Synnott Street ...

... how far is it to Melbourne's GPO, Bourke St?
... how long does it take to get there by car? By train? By bicycle?

Write down directions for taking the train.

Mini task 2: Find these places on the map...The local library / Wyndham City Council / Police Station / Werribee Open Range Zoo / Werribee Outdoor Pool / Werribee Mercy Hopital / 

ASSIGNMENT 2 : NEIGHBOURS (VU21458) - DOWNLOAD HERE (if you did not get a copy in class last week)

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VU21461 - Locate information using the internet

Let's do an exercise in class navigating the Werribee Open Range Zoo websitex

Download the worksheet to use in class

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PRONUNCIATION

Last week we started using the phonetic chart and our dictionaries to help us with improving pronunciation ...

Over the Semester we will do some Pronunciation work and create a pronunciation list.
You will slowly learn use the International Phonemic Chart and  your dictionary to improve your general English pronunciation.

BBC The Sounds of English

Introduction

The Sound of English - Dipthongs 1

The Sound of English - Dipthongs 2

SPELLING

Download this chart The 44 Phonemes of English to help with spelling. It lists all of the ways you spell or write the major sounds in English words. A good study tool.

We will play a game with this chart in class.





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VU21456 : Talking about the weather 



We have listened to neighbours and others talking about the weather. Do you remember the expressions we learned?

LISTEN : TS and SP chat about the weather in Asia (Mp3)

VU21456 Listening / Speaking : Invitations (Certificate II)
Listen to some conversations by students from our class. We are concentrating on 1) openings 2) turn taking 3) clear communication 4) confirms time, day, date, etc 4) the use of some colloquial expressions 5) good pronunciation 6) Closings ...and fun (of course)!

1. Invitation to a Wedding  (Speakers : CS and ND) - MP3 (45 secs)

2. Invitation to a Party (Speakers : JP and HH) - MP3 (50 secs)

3. Invitation to a BBQ Speakers : GZ and DP) - MP3 (1m 06 secs)

4. Invitation to a Party (2) (Speakers : SP and TS) - MP3 (33 secs)

You be the judge! Listen to the conversations ...

DOWNLOAD this worksheet and give the conversations a score

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VU21458 : Reading and Writing an informal email : Inviting someone to morning tea

Here is a slideshow to help you remember the stages for planning, drafting and writing an email. This one is on the theme of inviting someone somewhere

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VU21456: VIDEO: Brothers and Sisters (Living English, Episode 2)

The next installment of our ESL soapie!
(You may need to view in Internet Explorer if you are using Windows 7)

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Nice to meet you!

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Week One and Two Homework : VU21456 - Nice to meet you / VU21461 - Dale's Blog and Setting up a Google Account / VU21458 - Read and Write Emails / VU21462 - Your Local Area / VU21456 - Making Conversation (OUP) / VU21456 - Living English Ep.1 / 

Welcome! Let's use this site and its links for study in and out of class.

VU21456

Let's start with introductions (and spelling names)
Watch these people introducing themselves ...



You can do some simple exercises about the video here. (from Real English - Lesson 6)

I'm Dale, your teacher. I wonder what questions you are going to ask me?

You can find out a little bit about me here :-)

When you meet someone for the first time what questions are OK to ask?
What things are OK to talk about? Which things are not OK to talk about?

Exercise 1

Decide if these questions and comments are POLITE (OK) ✓or IMPOLITE ✘(not OK) when you talk to someone for the first time ...

• What do you do for a living?
• Why don't you have any children?
• Tell me a little about yourself
• Whereabouts do you live?
• What's your street and house number?
• How old are you?
• Have you visited any other countries?
• Do you play or follow any sports?
• You're really good looking, you know.
• How long have you been in Australia?
• What shocking weather we're having!

Download this worksheet for you and partner to complete

Listening 1 (in class)

Let's listen to two people meeting for the first time (WCEC students only)

Mp3

Quiz

Vocab

Script

Exercise 2 : Practice Dialogue : Making Conversation (OUP)

Click here or on the picture above to visit the OUP site.

We will use this dialogue in class but you can also use it at home for your own practice.
Print the dialogue and change it to talk about you in your local area.

Exercise 3 : Watch Our ESL Soapie for the Semester ...

"Sisters and Brothers" (Living English / Australia Plus) 

Pay attention to what people say when meeting one another for the first time ...

 

VU21458 / VU21461

VU21461 : Internet and Email - Set Up a Google Account

Personal safety and privacy are important in "real life" and online. 

This week we will create google accounts so we can learn to write, send and reply to emails and also to use some other google tools. We will do this together in class.

GCF Learnfree : Setting up a Google Account

Make sure you create a strong password. Watch this video ...

VU21462 - Explore Community Options : Assignment 1 : You and your area

Assignment 1 My Area (WCEC students only) - Reading and Writing

This week we also start our Elective Unit, Explore Community Options.

Where do you live? What is the name of your Local Government Area (LGA)? What do you like about your area? What don't you like about your area?

Summer Holidays

VU21466  Give and respond to a range of straightforward information and instructions
 Are you looking forward to the Summer holidays? Are you going anywhere? Are you staying home? Where would you like to go? In this lesson we listen to people talking about how they will spend their time. 

1. Look at the photos above. With a friend talk about where you think one of them might be going?
2. Listen to the conversation for general meaning. Talk to your friend again.  What more did you find out?

3. Download the comprehension activity. Listen to the conversation again. Complete the activity.4. Complete the Matching exercise

5. Grammar (6 Ways to talk about the Future) /

6. Complete the Vocabulary Activity
6. Listening script7. Use the listening script with your friend to write a similar conversation.
8. Act out, Record and/or Share your conversation (using your phone or ipad)
Here are some student conversations about "Summer Holidays"Student A and B
Student C and D

Australian Law Semester 2, 2017

VU213471 Investigate Features of the Australian Legal System

Here are the links for working through the 4 assignments which you need to complete and submit to me through Semester 2.

Assignment 1 : 

1) What is COMMON LAW? What is CRIMINAL LAW? What is CIVIL LAW?

2) What are the three main courts in Australia and how are they different?

In the first assignment for the year you need to watch the video below ...

Download ASSIGNMENT 1  (Access: Duke St students only)

Complete the assignment and submit to your classroom teacher for assessment.

Assignment 2: What's the Law? Issues for discussion

The 10 videos for Assignment 2 are online here.



A You need to complete and submit 10 (of the 14) units of work related to the videos below

B You need to do an introductory presentation to the class to show you understand the issues and key messages. Speak to me to find out which unit and week you have been allocated.

The 10 videos for Assignment 2 are online here.


Assignment 3

Part A  The Police and Punishment




Links for answering questions in Assignment 3

Police Powers and the Law

Police Powers: Your Rights in Victoria (2015)
(a useful pamphlet which will also help you answer the questions)

                     
Part B Crime, Justice and Punishment

Assignment 4: Accessing Legal Representation

Here are the links for Assignment 4:

PART A - Getting Advice

PART B - Legal Advice Services

PART C - About Costs and Fees

PART D - Locating Legal Resources in Your Community

Self Paced Learning Project

Certificate 3 in EAL 2017 : VU21323 Develop and document a learning plan

SELF PACED LEARNING
VU21323 Develop and document a learning plan



Part E: Self Study English Project-links for research

...and here are some more ....

You might be interested in considering one of the BBC courses to follow in the first semester. Maybe something to do with pronunciation (link above) might be useful? Or else something more general? It is, of course, up to you what you chose to do - as long as it fits with your own needs expressed in the learning plan.

Consider these ...

Lower Intermediate Course (30 units) --- harder than you think.

Intermediate Course (17 Units) --- for more advanced students

Words in the News --- 48 units based on interesting news stories - reading, listening and grammar (intermediate)

6 Minute English ---48 listening units (intermediate)

Drama --- Alice in Wonderland, The Importance of Being Earnest, Jamaica Inn (intermediate)

News Report ---(Intermediate) ...Current Affairs (quite hard)

Exploring some self-study sites at the BBC ... try this one to practice Pronunciation



http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/pronunciation/introduction


If none of the projects either in PART E of the learning plan or those above interest you, you might prefer to create a self paced learning project using ...

Grammar in Use 3rd Edition (Murphy)

English Phrasal Verbs in Use (McCarthy/O'Dell)

A range of Penguin ESL Readers

Headway Talking Points (Listening and General English textbook)


YOU COULD ALSO STUDY HEADWAY ONLINE ...

CLICK HERE


Come to me to access resources at Duke Street

Describing People

VU21433 : Give and Respond to Basic Instructions and Information

Listening/Watching/Writing
Watch the video "Describe People" and complete the sentences using this worksheet (Word doc)

Reading and Writing (Englishwsheet.com http://www.englishwsheets.com/index.html)

Exercise 1

Read and learn this English to help you describe people Describing People Picture Dictionary (PDF)

Exercise 2

Describing people (PDF)  (Download and complete this worksheet from englishwsheets.com) 

Story - A Thin Man              (eslfast.com)

Here is a story about Richard. 
Why is he a thin man?
What does he eat for breakfast?
What does he eat for lunch?
What does he eat for dinner?
What do you eat for breakfast, lunch and dinner? Are you thin? How do you stay healthy?

Reading and Writing - Simple Descriptions

We did a pair exercise in class. It was about Lady Gaga, Kate Middleton and Wayne Rooney. Do you remember the questions we use for these words you find on forms?

A. (Name)
B. (Date of Birth)
C. (Nationality)
D. (Job)
E. (Residence)
F. (Family)

Exercise 1: Can you match the questions (below) and the words (above)?

1. Where were you born?
2. What is your name?
3. Do you have any children?
4. When were you born?
5. What do you do?
6. Where do you live?

eg. B.1 

Exercise 2 : Download this worksheet and do the writing exercise.

Read the story about Yannis. Use the story to help you write about yourself

Grammar - To Like vs. To be Like

What is the difference when we say "I don't like it" and "It is like fish"?

Watch these American children talk about tasting Vegemite for the first time.

Do they like Vegemite?
What do they say it looks like?
What do they say it smells like?
What do they say it tastes like?

Here is a worksheet for watching this video (and doing the Vegemite taste test yourself)

Australian Education, Speeches and Issues

VU21472: Investigate Features of the Education System

Let's take a look at some samples from the Victorian Education and Training website.

In class we will learn to interpret the graphs and look at some common classroom-related vocabulary to help understand a typical report.

Here is the Primary School Report Card for a student from Year 3.

Learning Points:

*What subjects is the student learning?

*How do you read the graph? What does it show? What does the blank dot represent? What does the blue dot represent? What does the broken line between the two dots show?

*What is this student's best subjects?

*What are "work habits"?

*Explain the "ratings"

Discuss the other sections in the report.

What happens to the report when the student brings it home?

Is the reporting system the same in 2015 as it was in 2013? Is it different at your child's school?


Listening: A Parent / Teacher InterviewA mother speaks to a teacher about her son's progress and behavior. (esl-lounge.com)

Listening exercise

Listen to the conversation - mp3 file


Assignment 1 : Australia's School Education System - Some Issues

Just how good are our schools? Or are we slipping behind the rest of the world?

Dale has handed out Assignment 1 in class. You can download it here.

Watch the video as many times as you like and answer the questions.

VU21466 Give a Short Talk on a Straightforward Topic
Preparing a Speech

Are you afraid of speaking in public? Many people are - even Kings!
Watch this trailer of the film, "The King's Speech"


You can complete a whole lesson on The Kings Speech (from Film English.com)

L. gave a great thank you speech in class last week. The occasion: her daughter's birthday.

We also read some delightful Graduation Speeches by ESL students from Edmonds Community College in the USA

This week we are using the same structure, similar vocabulary and expressions to prepare a short speech for the Duke Street Annual General Meeting in September.

The theme: My Experience as an EAL student at Duke St

Download: Here are our practice notes (16 kb - Word)

Modify these notes we created as a class to write your first draft. Bring the draft to class for me to look at. You will write as many drafts as is necessary to create a perfect speech for the AGM ;-)

VU21468; Read and write a straightforward instructional and informational texts

Issues : Family / Sexism / Racism / Ageism

We will be completing this unit in the coming Semester. We are focusing on informational texts related to ...

Family / Sexism / Racism / Ageism

Week 1 -3 What is a "normal" family? 

Listen to this dialogue about Types of Families (ESL. Podcast #917)

What are the issues raised in this dialogue?

What is a ...

Nuclear family?
Same Sex family?
Step family?
Blended family

Listening 2 : Six News Stories (elllo.org)

Click here to start ...

GRAMMAR

Dale Pobega's Free ESL Club ...On Facebook!

Exploring some self-study sites at the BBC ... try this one to practice Pronunciation



http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/pronunciation/introduction

SELF PACED LEARNING
VU21323 Develop and document a learning plan

You might be interested in considering one of the BBC courses to follow in Term 4. I noticed many of you chose reading and grammar projects for your self paced learning projects in Term 2 and 3. Maybe something to do with pronunciation (link above) might be useful? Or else something more general? It is, of course, up to you what you chose to do - as long as it fits with your own needs in the learning plan.

Have a look at these:

Lower Intermediate Course (30 units) --- harder than you think.

Intermediate Course (17 Units) --- for more advanced students

Words in the News --- 48 units based on interesting news stories - reading, listening and grammar (intermediate)

6 Minute English ---48 listening units (intermediate)

Drama --- Alice in Wonderland, The Importance of Being Earnest, Jamaica Inn (intermediate)

News Report ---(Intermediate) ...Current Affairs (quite hard)


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