Last day of course!

Hi all,

Today we come to the end of our time together learning English, sharing ideas, interviewing each other (I didn't want to be in it, but you cleverly made me participate!) and even getting emotional a couple of times.

Yesterday we had our end of the course party. Thanks so much for your beautiful food. I thought Lina's cake would make a good goodbye picture.

But there is still work to do, so let's start.

• Publish the recipe of your party dish, as promised
• Publish a couple photos with a recount of what we did OR
  
• Make a movie with Photo Story 3 or Windows Movie Maker
• Fill in your blog portfolio checklist with as many ticks as possible and give it to me
• Print this blog evaluation table. Read it carefully and highlight the level you think you have achieved. This will help you assess your progress and give you goals for your future English learning.
• Finally, as today is the last lesson of our course, I would like to ask you to complete a survey about how the course was delivered and what you think about it, Click here to take the course evaluation survey. Answer the questions on line. You don't have to write your name (it's anonymous). It will help us, teachers, design better classes for next year.

For the holidays:

• Check our podcasting blogs for your radio programs and Michael's interview about his father the Town Crier
• Read each other's blogs and write comments to every one
• Keep publishing posts about your holidays, opinions, etc
• Check all the ESL links
• Listen to the news (BTN, for example)
• Listen to podcasts (eg Let's Talk, Splendid Speaking)
  
• Watch videos in English
• Go out and discover new places in Sydney
• Catch a train and go to the Blue Mountains
• Drive with your family to a National Park or a beautiful beach down the south coast or north coast
• Have fun!

Instructions

Hi again,

First of all, congratulations on your sticky notes on last week's wallwisher. Take time to read them all and listen/watch the links that your classmates left there about Learning English.

Visit your classmates' blogs. I think Keya has already put a picture of a keya (flower from Banglades). Write a comment on everyone's blog.

We have been learning about the language of instructions. This is an instructional class blog. Your teacher (me, Rosa) tells you what to do to practise your English online. So if you read my posts, you can follow my instructions, which often are expressed with the imperative verb form.

• Count the number of imperatives in last week's post. There is one answer in comments, but it's not correct. You can try to write the answer in comments. The helpdesk has told me the filter has been lifted. If not, write it on your notebook and check with me.


• Visit your classmates' blogs. I think Keya has already put a picture of a keya (flower from Bangladesh).


• Write a comment on everyone's blog.


• I thought you may be interested in watching this video about How to grill the perfect steak. Do you know how to cook? What's your favourite dish? Write a recipe in your blog.


• I will call you individually to record your voice in our World Map.


• Ask for help if you still learning how to add links and pictures to your blog.


• Go to Time4English, Intermediate, 7 LIVING IN AUSTRALIA 1. Do 7A (a vocabulary exercise on Insurance) and 7B, reading about types of car insurance.
• Finally, tell us in comments what you think about today's picture