CSWE+2+2012

June 20th - Jason

1) Go to Road to Grammar. Do the exercises on question forms (260 - 263)

2) Go to Esl Games World. Try some of the games in this area.

3) Go to [|a4esl.org]Try some of the grammar quizzes and bilingual quizzes.

At 10:30 we will go back to class.

June 27th - Jason

1) Practice your listening by going to [|www.virtualilc.com] The username is 99vilcst and the password is snowy. When you are there, click on Easynews 2012. There are listening activities here about current events.

2) Start an account at [|www.englishcentral.com] I will demonstrate this website on the Smartboard first.

3) Practice your pronunciation at [|www.shiporsheep.com] You can do practice with minimal pairs.

July 4th - Jason

1) Login to [|www.englishcentral.com] and sign up if you haven't already. I will help you with this. Then start practicing the listening and speaking activities.

July 11th - Jason

1) Click on the Microsoft symbol in the bottom left-hand corner. Then click on All Programs, then Language Applications, then Tensebuster, then Tensebuster Upper Intermediate. There is a section here on Past Continuous and another on Present Perfect. Do all of the activities.

July 18th - Jason 1) Practice your English using [] Your level is Intermediate. 2) Practice grammar and vocabulary using [|www.english-test.net]

August 1st - Jason Write an email to me at this address: jason.spongberg@education.tas.gov.au

In your email, write 100 words about your home country and Australia. Use 'used to' and 'as...as.'

For example: //I used to live in Canada. In the winter I used to walk to the bus in the snow. It was very dark in the morning. Australia isn't as cold as Canada...//

August 8th - Jason

1) Click on your student email and check your email from last week. I have sent you an email with your mistakes highlighted in red . Correct the mistakes in your email and send it back to me.

2) Go to [|www.virtualilc.com] and log in. Then click on Easynews 2012 and do the listening activities about the Olympics under Intermediate. Try the Advanced listening activities as well.

3) Practice the past continuous tense and other grammar (for today's test) using these links: a) []

b) []

August 15th 2012 Jason

1) Work on your listening to minimal pairs (pronunciation) here: []

2) Visit [|www.shiporsheep.com] and practice your pronunciation.

3) Go to [] and work on your listening skills. You watch a video, then answer questions on the right-hand side.

August 22nd 2012

1) Open your student email and do the survey. I will be there to help you. 2) Practice your listening. Click on [] and do at least five different listening activites (questions are included). 3) Learn new vocabulary at [] Scroll down to Vocabulary and then Medium. Go through as many questions as possible.

August 29th 2012

1) Register for the AMEP distance website: [] Once you are there, click on Register, then enter your email address. After you are logged in, you can click on CSWE II under Self-Access. The Modules on this page that we are studying are: B, C, H, K, and L. To practice for today's speaking test, choose C2. 2) Write an email to me at jason.spongberg@education.tas.edu.au This is a recount practice. Your topic is: What did you do last weekend? (100 words, past tense)

September 5th 2012

1) Finish your email to me (see #2 above). 2) Go back to various websites on this page and practice: start with [|www.roadtogrammar.com]

1. Go to [|http://a4esl.org]
 * Vocabulary and grammar activities


 * Gather gather pictures / maps for presentation
 * Write me an email about what you ate for dinner last night (did you make it; how did you cook it; who did you eat dinner with?) David.Birch@polytechnic.tas.edu.au
 * Finish off you 'biography' from last week

16th October, 2012

1. Go to website []
 * Practice the different sounds.
 * You will need your headphones.

2. Open up 'Issues in English' on the desktop
 * Select a topic and do the activities.
 * Again, you will need your headphones.

23rd October, 2012

> [] and work on your listening skills. You watch a video, then answer questions on the right-hand side.
 * 1) Practice your pronunciation skills, listening to minimum pairs at []
 * 2) I will give you a postcard. Research the place where the postcard is from. Imagine you have been on a holiday to this place. Write me (David) a postcard, telling me what you did on your holiday.
 * 3) Go to

30th October, 2012


 * 1) Go to [] and complete activity
 * 2) Write me an email about what you are going to do this summer (Are you going away? Are you staying in Hobart?) David.Birch@polytechnic.tas.edu.au
 * 3) Go to [] and work on your listening skills. You watch a video, then answer questions on the right-hand side.

5th November, 2012 - David


 * 1) Go to []. Click on 'register'. Once you have registered, go to CSWE II. Complete activities for Module C or H.
 * 2) Go to [] and practice saying these 'tongue twisters'. Say them to a partner. I will come around and listen to you.
 * 3) Go to [|a4esl.org]Try some of the grammar quizzes and bilingual quizzes.

12th November, 2012 - David
 * 1) Go to []. Click on 'register'. Once you have registered, go to CSWE II. Complete activities for Module C or K. To practice this weeks speaking test select C2.
 * 2) Open 'Issues in English 2' on the desktop. Do intermediate level activities.
 * 3) Go to [] See if you can learn some Aussie slang. Select one word to teach to other students in class.

20th November, 2012 - David


 * 1) Go to [] and select a short story to read. Answer the questions ('It happened to me' stories, or 'Other stories')
 * 2) Go to [] and complete online activity
 * 3) Go to []. Click on 'register'. Once you have registered, go to CSWE II. Complete activities for Module L.

27th November, 2012 - David


 * 1) Go to [] . Select a short story and do activities.
 * 2) Go to []. Click on 'register'. Once you have registered, go to CSWE II. Complete activities for Module B, C or K.
 * 3) Write me an email telling me about what your __study plans__ are for __next year__ David.Birch@polytechnic.tas.edu.au

3rd December, 2012 - David

[] [] []
 * 1) Continue writing and drafting your resume.
 * 2) Go to job finder websites and explore the different jobs available:

11th December, 2012 - David


 * 1) Search online to find a shop that sells: barbecues, matress, bedside table, wheel barrow, upright lamp, rug, rubbish bin, baby car seat, pot plant, spade, potting mix, saucepan, a second hand bicycle, a dog, lice shampoo
 * 2) Type your answers onto a Microsoft Word document
 * 3) ===[|Activities for ESL/EFL Students (English Study)]===
 * a4esl**.org