Extreme Australia

Discovery Channel: Special Report - Extreme Australia
Listen to this introduction to Australia (25 min). It's humble beginnings through to modern day marvels.

For the next class listen to this introduction and think of some interesting questions about Australia to ask your teacher.
In the next class, be ready to not only ask questions, but also offer information of your own about what you know about Australia.
Our class discussion depends on how much you contribute, so try and discover some interesting things to talk about.

Have a listen to the Australian accent. How is it different?

What kinds of people are there in Australia? What has happened to Australia's native people?

What kinds of animals can be found in Australia?

What is happening to the Koala?

Let's have a chat about my unique country...

Also available through i-tunes music store, Discovery Channel - Extreme Australia, 27/06/2006
Copyright 2005 Discovery Communications, Inc. All rights reserved. www.discovery.com.

Looking at 'Blues' (click here)

Please think about the meaning of the following song. Find the lyrics for a song from your own collection (or internet), and bring them to the next class. Share it with a partner.
Don't forget to bring your lyrics to class.

***Worried Life Blues lyrics*** B.B.King and Eric Clapton, Riding with the King
Oh lordy lord, oh lordy lord.
It ............ me so bad for us to part.
But someday baby,
I .......... gonna worry my life any more.

So many nights since you've been ...............
I've had to worry, and ............ my life alone.
Yeah, but someday baby,
I ............ gonna worry my life any more.

So many days since you .................
I've had to worry both ........... and ............
Yeah, but someday baby,
I ............. gonna worry my life any more.

Bridge

You're on my ........... every place I go.
How much I love you, nobody know.
Yeah, someday baby,
I ........... gonna worry my life any more.

So that's my ........... and this is all I've got to say to you:
Goodbye, baby, I don't ........... what you do.
but someday baby,
I ........... gonna worry my life any more.

Oh lordy lord, oh lordy lord.
It ........... me so bad for us to part.
but someday baby,
I ........... gonna worry my life any more.

Weddings Student Response -Hirtotaka and HyungSuk

Listen to this response to the listening on weddings.


Special thanks to
Hirotaka. H. and HyungSuk. K.
YMCA International College for hosting the student response

Music:
Square Rooms, AlCorley, Wonderful 80's [Disc 2]
Mr. Wendell, Arrested development, Now 1

Korean Story Student Response (click here)

Listen to a story about the little green frog and why it cries when it rains.

Special thanks to
An Seung Il and Seo Dawon
YMCA International College for hosting the student response

Music: 'Sway' by Bic Runga

Vitamins (click here)

Do you take vitamins? Do you know what they are or do?
This weeks topic is about vitamins.
What are they? What do they do? How do they work?
How many vitamins are there? What does each one do?
Vitamin A
Vitamin B
Vitamin B12
Vitamin C
Vitamin D
Vitamin K
Where can we get these vitamins?
What is a supplement?

VOA news - Special English Program - Science in the News
Food for Thought: How Vitamins Are Important to Health
Written by Nancy Steinbach
19 June 2006
You can see the full transcript of this program at:
http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/2006-06-19-voa1.cfm

special thanks to:
-YMCA International College for hosting this program
-VOA.com
http://www.voanews.com/english/portal.cfm

Weddings in America (click here)

Are you planning a wedding? Have you already had one? Do you enjoy going to weddings?
This weeks program is a VOA special on 'American weddings'.

What movies do you know about weddings?
What kinds of things do people do for weddings? Where do people like to get married?
What is the difference between a traditional wedding and a modern wedding?
How about a Religous ceremony vs. a civil one?
What are some wedding traditions?
Whose responsibility is it to plan a wedding?
What kinds of music is played at traditional weddings?

VOA news - Special English Program
Planning a Wedding Becomes a Marriage of a Million Details
Written by Jerilyn Watson
11 June 2006
You can see the transcript of this program at:
http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/2006-06-11-voa1.cfm

special thanks to:
-YMCA International College for hosting this program
-VOA.com

Practical Jokes -student response Kenji/Li Chao (click here)

Special thanks to
Kenji and Li Chao
YMCA International College for hosting the student response

Music: 'Your Mirror', and 'Thrill Me' by "Simply Red"

The Ginger Bread Man (click here)

Today's lesson is on story telling. This week we listen to the story of 'The Ginger Bread Man'.
All stories have a main character, setting, problem and some kind of resolution to that problem. Good or bad.
Listen to this story teller and try to identify some of the techniques that she uses to make the story more interesting.
Things such as:
*Repetition
*Stress
*Intonation
*Volume
*Changing her voice for different characters

For this weeks class, I would like you to think of stories that you know. Be ready to tell them in class,
using some of the techniques mentioned above.



Read by Natasha
Storynory, ipod-ready stories for kids,at
http://storynory.com/
Also available through i-tunes music store, Podcasts, Education, storynory: free Audio Stories for Kids

Student Response(Pets & Animals) -Tomoko/Chie (click here)

Special thanks to
Tomoko and Chie
YMCA International College for hosting the student response

Music: Hold on, Girl & Boys, by "Good Charlotte"