Our Class 2006 p2p EFL/ESL X
Our Class 2006
You can visit Our Class 2009
We are a group of adult migrants who blog and podcast out of St GeorgeTAFE college in Sydney.
Our level of English is heterogeneous, from lower-intermediate to intermediate and our school year goes from February to December. We meet 4 times a week for 5 hours a day and one of these classes is in the computer lab.
Our ages range from 19 t0 about 35. We come from Cambodia, Chile, China, Colombia, India, Japan, Lebanon, Thailand and Russia.
Here are the links to our blogs:
MarcelaRobertHidekiPalawatJoanneHelenDjimiHarjitAnnaAngelaChikaGloriaMarkoYukiYou can also hear our first introductory podcast if you visit
Who are we?We have a podcast venue,
Let's Talk, where we chat with other students of English and where we post our radio programs.
We also have
Sydney's People Podcast, where we can listen to different people from our multicultural city.
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Marion's class blogs
These are some of Marion's students' blogs:
ElisabeteAdrianaMariaAmaniSanaAfyaaChiJacquiDanVicky
Next week we will post the rest.
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Welcome to Our Class 2006
Photo taken from the Opera House on New Year's EveWe will be starting the new course in February. If you happen to visit us before that, you can start exploring
Sydney's People Podcast, where you'll find short listening files that will introduce you to different people from Sydney.
Have a listen too to the very interesting podcasts in
Barcelona Young Learners EFL Podcasts.You will be doing your own podcasts very soon. One of last semester's students did his own:
Yuki's Podcast.On Thursday 26th January it was Australia Day. You can get an idea of what it means and how it is celebrated if you visit last year's post
here. You may want to search the net for news articles on that day. There is quite a lot of controversy about celebrating it on that specific date. Can you tell me why?
Previous students created a quiz on Australia,
Oz Quiz. Try to answer the questions to check your knowledge of all things Australian.
Start getting ideas on what to talk about. It's going to be fun!
Labels: edublogger, English, esl, esol, multiculturalism, p2p
Sicilian Winter Salad
Fennel is a winter vegetable and oranges were traditionally only found in winter. In Sicily, Italy, they prepare a beautifully refreshing salad with just these two ingredients. My Sicilian friends, John and Tina, introduced me to it in Sydney and I often prepare it for my friends. You can serve it at the beginning of a meal, between dishes to clean the palate or at the end of the meal, like a sort of pre-dessert. It's always a hit and it's so easy to make!
Ingredients
2 fennels (the bulb, no stem or leaves)
3 oranges (blood oranges are very good for this recipe, see picture below left)
salt
chili flakes
olive oil
Preparation - Clean fennels by discarding outer layer, top and bottom
- Chop fennels into quarters
- Slice fennels thinly
- Peel oranges
- Cut oranges into small pieces
- Get rid of orange pips
- Dress with salt, chili flakes (optional) and olive oil
Labels: edublogger, English, esl, esol, multiculturalism, p2p
