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Hello everyone,

This is our semester 2, 2007 Full Time ESOL class at St George college of TAFE, Sydney Institute. Listen to us introducing ourlseves and keep in touch, as we will be publishing individual radio programs.

Do you want to introduce yoursefl? You can leave a written comment or you can record a comment (see side bar). We would love to hear form you.

Music by my brothers' group Hato de Foces

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Marta interviews Mercedes, a friend she met through her friend Susana.

Mercedes works in a glass workshop & shop, because she is originally a glass artist. Now she is developing as a ceramist as well.

You can read Marta's blog entry about this interview here

Listen to their interview and tell us what you think.

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Sharon, a journalist from China, presents a program about dreams: night dreams an day dreams. Listen to her introduction and interview with her classmates Yvonne, Jane, Katie, Winnie, Annie and Lei. They talk about beautiful dreams, nightmares and aspirations.

What about you? Tell us about your dreams. Let's talk!

Dan talks to Yvonne, Annie and Winnie about the environment , what the government of Australia is doing about it and what they are doing as individuals.

Hi again and welcome back to my students' podcasts!

Listen to the new students in my FT 3/4 class. Today they are just introducing themselves. Very soon you will be able to listen to their radio programs.

Tell us about yourselves. You can record a message. Let's talk!

Yuki interviews his classmates about internet shopping. They do not all agree. Listen to their arguments.

What do you think? Let us know. Let's talk!

AMEP-A students interview one of our teachers, Andrew, who has spent nearly three years living in Thailand. The questions haven't all been recorded this time. Listen to Andrew and tell us what you think about the very interesting topics he talks about (overseas adoption, Australian prisoners in overseas jails, etc)

Tell us what you think. Let's talk

Anastasiya interviews Kelly, who also works for the Student Association at t george college. Kelly tells us a bit more about how the Health Expo started.

Listen to her talking about how St george college and a couple more colleges were the "guinea pigs" this year.

Anastasiya interviews Kylie Johnson, Student Association Officer, about the Health Expo she organised at St George college of TAFE , Sydney. Our AMEP classes where involved at many levels, one of them was the recording of this podcasts.

Kylie tells us the Health Expo is an inniciative of TAFE Active, which is trying to encouage young people to be active to stay healty and fight against obesity.

Marielle wants to know how her classmates felt on their first day in Australia. Dana, Rejani, Dan are very honest about their feelings and how they have changed since then. Anna tells us an anecdote about herself and Sophia and Silvana recount an anecdote about Sophie's very different first day in Sydney. Listen to it, it's unbelievable! *

Do you have similar anecdotes? Tell us about them. Let's talk!

* "Unbelievable", "hard to believe" are expressions that show amazement at a story, event, fact, reality. By using them we are not doubting the story. We are merely expressing how fantastic, extraordinary, out of this world, we think the story is.