Thursday 3 November 2016

Week 8

G'day all!

Not sure when you're all going to get back to your blogs as other things keep cropping up!

Today's task as you know, is to do some research on the place name I gave you this am!

Choose a few websites to access the information from and decide what 4 areas you can talk about to make your report interesting!

Good luck!

Happy blogging!

Wednesday 26 October 2016

Week 7

G'day all!

I'm sure like me you've had enough of assessments for a couple of weeks!

As a bit of a change, have a look at this link and watch the video on Halloween.

Want to know more? Then ask me for the worksheets and try your hand at doing the Webquest.

After that, if you still have time, ask me for the worksheets and complete the activities.

Good luck!


See you next Tuesday! Happy Blogging!!

                                 


Thursday 20 October 2016

Week 6

G'day all

Just a very short post today as you won't have time to do much with having to do the assessment. Thanks for helping me out and doing it.

When you finish typing up the Instructions, you can go back to last week's post and do the task asked there.

Have a good weekend!

Keep blogging!

Wednesday 12 October 2016

Week 5

G'day all

Hope you're not too upset to be back at TAFE after your 3 week break! It can be hard to come back, so well done for making the effort and being dedicated students!

I mentioned on Tuesday that you'd be asked to write a recount of your holidays in your blog today.

Before doing this I'd like you to write the recount in a Word document, enlarge it and show it to me for correction. Then you can cut and paste it straight into your blog!

If you went away somewhere you can add photos of your trip too or even just add a photo of the place you visited! Can you remember how to add a link to a web address? Ask me if you're unsure.

If you finish your recount then you can do this interactive quiz about Australia.

 Just a few photos from my phone! Most of the photos are on my camera! I'm trying to work out a neater way to display them!




Tiananmen Square
  Soaking in a basin before a foot massage at China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences
Photo after the Tai Chi lesson

View from hotel window
Statue in backstreets of Chaoyang


Temple of Heaven

Happy blogging!


Thursday 15 September 2016

Week 4


Why is this picture here?


G'day again!

Well done on creating your blogs and adding links to my blog and that of your classmates. Last week some of you even managed to do the listening activity from BTN on the $5 note. Have you seen any yet?

There was a second listening task on last week's post too so maybe you could go and do that today!

Then, I'd like you to add some more links but this time choose Link list. You will add the web addresses for useful websites for learning English. I've got some on the sheet so ask me for the page!

Why don't you try out some of the sites? Are there any you find particularly good or like better? Put a comment on the end of this post and tell me what you've looked at and what you think!


Today is a very special day for the Chinese as they celebrate the Mid Autumn Festival. Click on this link to find out what it means! The story mentions Chang E'. Who was she? Look here at the stories related to Chang and the Mid Autumn Festival.




Well, next time I see you I'll hopefully be back safe and sound from a wonderful holiday in China! I hope you all have a great break and safe travelling to all of you leaving Sydney even if just for a few days!

Take care and keep blogging!!

Thursday 8 September 2016

Week 3

G'day all!

Hope you got to enjoy yesterday's great weather! Not sure if it's a bit soon to put away the winter woollies yet though!

Okay, so some of you still have to finish adding links to other blogs or adding an image! Please do that first today.

When you've done that, please look aback at last week's post and do the reading task. Come and tell me when you've finished that!

As a lot of you are worried about listening tasks, try this activity. See me for the worksheets.

You can then try this listening activity. The questions are on the screen. Please take your time and look at the other exercises suggested. There is a lot you can do!

Well I hope you all have a good weekend!

Keep blogging!

Thursday 1 September 2016

Week 2

                                        G'day all


I hope you've had a good week! Well done on creating your blogs last week. There are some very interesting designs!!

For those of you who haven't yet posted anything, open your blog, log in and find the draft of what you started writing last week. Ask me to correct the errors before you publish! We don't want to have lots of mistakes, do we???

When you've done that, I'd like you to add a picture/image.

1. Minimise your blog (it's the first box  of the 3 on the top right hand corner of the screen)

2.Go to Google. Select the Images from the top right of the screen.

3. Choose an image of something you like- animal, flower etc.

4. Save the image to your desktop

5. Click on the image icon from your blog menu bar and follow the prompts to insert it on your page! Don't make it too big!!


Now I'd like you to  add a link from your blog to my blog and other blogs so please come and ask me for a copy of the instructions.

Once you've done that, click on the underlined words complete the activities. Then click on slang/idioms on the right hand menu and try a few exercises.

Good luck and happy blogging!!