Australian girl in Japan to learn sumo
Australian girl gets sumo training in Japan
Australia in the news – July 15th, 2009
Two items of news about Australia that I saw today: Australia warns China on spy case Missing backpacker is found alive
Research in English #11: July 3, 2009
Image via Wikipedia Poster presentation Check the meaning of the following: idol idolize romantic romanticize discover invade conquer Watch this short scene from Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark. What does this tell you about cultures? Discuss your homework with a partner: why did various people emigrate to Australia? What do you think [...]
Aborigines in the news
Image by Rusty Stewart via Flickr The BBC writes that a report has come out in Australia about Aboriginal social and economic trends. The report is not good: The report measured 50 key indicators of disadvantage, and found that there has been no improvement in 80% of them. There have been no gains, for instance, [...]
Australia beats Japan at soccer
Autralia beats Japan 2-1 in the World Cup soccer tournament. Read the story here on the Mainichi Daily News, or on the Yomiuri Online.
Research in English #9: June 19th, 2009
Image by nim via Flickr Poster presentations 12 people gave presentations today. Everyone who did NOT give a presentation today must do it next week. Some general comments about the presentations: These are YOUR presentations, so I think it is better if I say nothing about the presentation styles. Students should reflect （反省）on their own [...]
Australian movie reports
Image by Getty Images via Daylife Here are the reports on Australian movies that students have emailed me. In future, perhaps students can make their own blogs and put their reports on their own blogs. Would you like that? All the movie reports make this blog entry very long, so I have cut it short. [...]
More than 1,200 people have contracted swine flu in Australia
More than 1,200 people have contracted swine flu in Australia – although no-one has died from it yet. Read the whole report from the BBC. The large numbers of people infected with the virus may mean the WHO will label the infection a pandemic. What does pandemic mean? It means “global”. The origin of the [...]
A young Japanese in Australia
Legend of Bacteria is the blog of a young Japanese man who has been in Australia for over a year, ever since graduating from university. I know him quite well, but I will respect his privacy and only refer to his handle name. You can read his blog, in both Japanese and English, here: Legend [...]
Research in English Session #7: June 5th, 2009
Image via Wikipedia Movie reports: 6 students reported on Australian movies they have watched. Anyone who has not yet given a report can do it next week, but that will be the last chance. Show & Tell: 19 (out of 24) students gave a “Show & Tell” presentation on some aspect of Australia. Anyone who [...]
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