Christina: Architecture

Architecture and building management are the other areas I discussed with Christina totsis.

Listen to our conversation.

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Christina: Green Architect

Christina Totsis works at St George TAFE. She wears many hats (check the meaning of this expression!). Listen to our interviews and find out about her role at the college.You can also visit her building management wiki.

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Health Expo 09: Coast Walks

Listen to an interview with Ian Wells form Royal Coast Walks.





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Health Expo 2009: Environment

St George College held its annual Health Expo 2 weeks ago. There were many stalls with information about issues related to health. I will be publishing here some interviews with some of them. The rest will be published in Let's Talk, as they are interviews conducted by my students.

You can listen to their first interview with Sue Martin, from Aussie Helpers here.

This is an interview between two TAFE teachers, David Green & Christina Totsis, who were manning the Environmet stall.
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Trevor Pearce: Composer

Listen to Trevor Pearce, an Australian composer, being interviwed by Dianne Maestri, an Australian pianist.

This worksheet will help you understand better. You can print it, but remember to check the drop down boxes with multiple choice first.
You can also visit Sydney University Library recently published online catalogue of Austalian Composers Online (page 7) where you may find links to extracts of his compositions in the no distant future.

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Wendy & Gihan: Coffee Break

Wendy and Gihan are two TAFE teachers having a coffee break. Listen to their conversation. They are chatting about personal things. What is the main topic of conversation?



Music by my brother's group Hato de Foces

Check this workseet to understand better and learn about casual conversations and anecdotes.


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Four Sydney Women: International Women's Day

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On Friday 6th March 2009 UNIFEM organised its annual breakfast for International Women's Day. I had the privilege to attend the event with Diane Craven, St George College director and some TAFE teachers and students.

The keynote speakers were Fozilitun Nessa and Rita Taphorn. Please read Fozilitun's profile before listening to the podcast. The four women interviewed refer to her speech.

Listen to the podcast below. First I speak to Jenni, who completed tertiary Preparation Course (TPC)at St George College, SI TAFE, in 2008 and is now doing a BA at university. Diane Craven, our college director, gives us a summary of the whole morning and what most impressed her. Finally I talk to two Occupational English Test (OET) students from our ESOL section, Farhana (a dentist from Bangladesh) and Nishi (a doctor from Nepal). Their comments are very relevant and poignant.

Print this workshet to get help with the listening.

Please listen to all four of them and write your thoughts in comments.

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Annette: Barista

Annette is in charge of the coffee machine at St George TAFE canteen. Here she tells me about different types of coffee and how to order it.
Listen to her and do the worksheet exercises. They will help you with the listening and also with your learning.

Music by Hato de Foces

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