Sydney's People Podcast

Luciano: Pioneer Interpreter

vsicari@bigpond.net.au (Rosa) — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 21:05:00 -0800

Luciano Ginori was one of the first teachers of interpreting and translating in Sydney, both at universities and TAFE colleges. He was also at the foundation of AUSIT, helping establish community interpreting and translating as a valued profession in the Australian multicultural society. Luciano became AUSIT's first president.

He has been a teacher at our Interpreting and Translating section in Petersham TAFE for a long time and he has just decided to retire and let us continue the job of training interpreters without his valued presence. Nevertheless his influence will always be with us, as he has shared his knowledge and skills with all the teaching staff and the many students he has taught.
Enjoy the interview and, as usual, you can use it as a note taking exercise for consecutive interpreting.

music by Tresena

Sydney's People Podcast has moved

vsicari@bigpond.net.au (Rosa) — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 18:30:00 -0700

Sydney's People Podcast has a parallel podcast home in Let's Talk-St George ESOL
Visit us there!

Karen: Social Work

vsicari@bigpond.net.au (Rosa) — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 01:19:00 -0700

Karen Heycox, a Senior Lecturer at the University of New South Wales, talks about what Social Work means, the areas it covers and the people it reaches. She also comments on the role of interpreters, specifically in the field of health.

Karen, who along with Mark Hughes (from the University of Queensland) has authored a book, Older People, Ageing and Social Work- Knowledge for Practice, talks about the importance of social workers in this growing area.

You can print this worksheet before listening. Check you answers here.

Katie: Immigration Lawyer

vsicari@bigpond.net.au (Rosa) — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 17:49:00 -0700

Katie Malyon, judged one of the top Immigration lawyers in Australia, talks about some of the issues she discusses with clients. She also addresses the need for interpreters to assist some of those clients.
Listen to the interview and check the exercises on the worksheet.

Rania: Law

vsicari@bigpond.net.au (Rosa) — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 17:48:00 -0700

This week we have started to deal with legal topics. Listen to my interview with Rania Jones, a student of law in her final year.
Check this worksheet to support your listening and extend your learning. As usual you can practise by listening and pausing the mp3 file to interpret, practise your pronunciation and your memory skills.

music by Traxsmiths

Sydney: Building

vsicari@bigpond.net.au (Rosa) — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 17:46:00 -0700

Today I interview Vincent Sicari, heritage architect. He tells me the steps to be taken before building or renovating a house.
You can use this worksheet, the Building Process, to make the most out of the interview.

VinceFinal
music by Hato de Foces

Miguel: Type 1 Diabetes

vsicari@bigpond.net.au (Rosa) — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 16:41:00 -0800

We are studying topics related to Health. Listen to this interview with a young Sydenysider, Miguel, talking about Type 1 diabetes.

Tasks:
Listen to it once, to get the general gist of the conversation
Then listen to it in chunks, stop the file and repeat his sentences (without taking notes) as close as possible to the original
Listen and record yourself. Then compare both recordings
Listen to the whole conversation and take notes
Repeat the conversation from your notes. Record yourself doing it
Listen to chunks and translate into your TL (target language)
You can do this at home by yourself or with a classmate. To record yourself, you can use any of the recording applications found in any standard computer or download Audacity (free) & lame. this will allow you to create mp3 files, which you can download into your ipod or mp3 player to practise anywhere anytime!

Listen to it here

vsicari@bigpond.net.au (Rosa) — Sun, 6 Dec 2009 03:57:00 -0800

Michael Keating, a teacher from the English section at our college, visited our class last week and told us about his father, Graham Keating, who is a Town Crier.
Listen to our conversation to find out more about Town Criers, Michael and his dad.

(1.4MB) music by Hato de Foces

You can also watch this video where Graham Keating introduces the new Town Crier for Liverpool Council.

Sculpture by the Sea

vsicari@bigpond.net.au (Rosa) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:25:00 -0800

A group of AMEP students and their teachers went to Sculpture by the Sea on Tuesday 10th November, 2009. Listen to a couple of interviews with 4 visitors to this amazing exhibition.
You can also hear the interviews published with the movie below.

Music by Tresena

Luke: ultimate stylist

vsicari@bigpond.net.au (Rosa) — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 06:06:00 -0700

Many people have to leave everything behind and start anew. Listen to my chat with Luke Kara, a hairdresser from Turkey who, not knowing the language, not knowing the language, came to Australia and in a very short time had established a very successful and professional hairdressing business.

After you listen to the interview, write an article for your blog. Write about migrants settling into a new country. Difficulties they may encounter and examples, like Luke's of people who have achieved their dream or are still working on achieving it.

music by Mig

Christina: Architecture

vsicari@bigpond.net.au (Rosa) — Sat, 4 Jul 2009 00:06:00 -0700

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

Listen to our conversation.

music by Tresena

Christina: Green Architect

vsicari@bigpond.net.au (Rosa) — Sat, 4 Jul 2009 00:02:00 -0700

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.

music by Tresena

Health Expo 09: Coast Walks

vsicari@bigpond.net.au (Rosa) — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 00:46:00 -0700

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

Music by Tresena

Health Expo 2009: Environment

vsicari@bigpond.net.au (Rosa) — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 19:55:00 -0700

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.
music Tresena

Trevor Pearce: Composer

vsicari@bigpond.net.au (Rosa) — Sun, 10 May 2009 06:32:00 -0700

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.

Make a Smilebox postcard

(1.42 MB-0:06:13) music by Trevor Pearce

Wendy & Gihan: Coffee Break

vsicari@bigpond.net.au (Rosa) — Sun, 3 May 2009 17:23:00 -0700

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.

WendyGihanBarbie

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Click here if you can't get the worksheet on scribd

Four Sydney Women: International Women's Day

vsicari@bigpond.net.au (Rosa) — Sun, 8 Mar 2009 17:52:00 -0700

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 worksheet to get help with the listening.

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

music by my brothers’ group Tresena

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Annette: Barista

vsicari@bigpond.net.au (Rosa) — Sun, 8 Mar 2009 17:17:00 -0700

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

Our Class 2008

vsicari@bigpond.net.au (Rosa) — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 02:45:00 -0700

Get your own Poll!

Cathy: Rozelle Markets

vsicari@bigpond.net.au (Rosa) — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 04:50:00 -0700

Every Saturday and Sunday there are markets held in many suburbs around Sydney. Rozelle is amongst my favourite ones. There I interview Cathy, who has had a stall for quite a number of years. Listen to our conversation and You’ll find out more about her. Don’t forget to look at the worksheet. It will help you understand better.

Download the MP3 file (889KB, o:03:47)
music by my brothers’ group Hato de Foces

New FT Students

vsicari@bigpond.net.au (Rosa) — Wed, 6 Aug 2008 23:34:00 -0700

Hi everyone, I posted your introductory recording to our podcast, Lets talk!. Click this link to check it out: New Students FT Semester 2 - rosa

John: Global Citizen

vsicari@bigpond.net.au (Rosa) — Wed, 28 May 2008 00:28:00 -0700

Some people live in one country all their lifes, but more and more often we find individuals who hop from one country to another and manage to settle perfectly well, blending in with the locals and learning as much as they can from their experience. One such person is John, academic and citizen of the world. Listen to our conversation, but download this worksheet before. It will help you with the listening.

Download the MP3 file (2.44 MB, o:10:41)
music by bill matthews

Stress

vsicari@bigpond.net.au (Rosa) — Mon, 12 May 2008 00:38:00 -0700

Our very first podcast for 2008 is a casual conversation amongst four teachers (Andrew, Jenny J, Rose-Marie and Rosa) about stress and how it affects different age groups. Can you write down the topics we talked about? Also take note of the language used to change topic or to relate one topic to another. How is feedback given? This worksheet will help you understand the podcast much better: Stress Worksheet.

Listen to it and tell us what you think:
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Tessa: Theatre & Other Creative Endeavours

vsicari@bigpond.net.au (Rosa) — Wed, 5 Dec 2007 01:15:00 -0800

Meet Tessa, a girl I met recently at a workshop we both took with a community college. Can you guess what type of workshop it was by looking at the picture on the left? Maybe the slide show will give you more clues.

Visit our teacher's website, Barbara Ryman. She's got amazing works of art!

Print this worksheet and then listen to our conversation, which took place in the Strand Arcade, a beautiful building in the heart of Sydney.

Download the MP3 file (1.32 MB )(Duration 00:05:47)
Music by my brothers'group Hato de Foces

Padmini: A Bridge Between Cultures

vsicari@bigpond.net.au (Rosa) — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 22:11:00 -0800

Two weeks ago Iwent to a conference, e-learning 2007, where I met colleagues from other colleges. One of them, Padmini, I hadn't seen for a while, so it was great to catch upl. She is passionate about elearning and about her job. Listen to our conversation and answer the questions in this worksheet.
Download the MP3 file (MB, 0:06.19 )(Duration 00:09:01)
Music by my brothers'group Hato de Foces