|
ESL Forum:
Techniques and methods
in Language Teaching
Games, activities
and teaching ideas
Grammar and
Linguistics
Teaching material
Concerning
worksheets
Concerning
powerpoints
Concerning online
exercises
Make suggestions,
report errors
Ask for help
Message board
|
ESL forum >
Ask for help > Is Australia in your news?
Is Australia in your news?
|
Jayho
|
Is Australia in your news?
|
|
Hi everyone
Further to my post here (and thank you everyone who replied to the post and by PM), could you tell me if Australia is currently featuring in your news for anything at the moment?
I�m thinking of focusing the international stories on the effect/impact of Ozzies overseas, whether it be people like Julian Assange (wiki leaks), topics such as Australia being a leader in climate change, Australian drug dealers in overseas prisons (Schapelle Corby, The Bali 9 + more), Australian military on overseas operations (Afghanistan), etc. These are all current and controversial here but I don�t know if Australia gets much of a mention in other countries.
Interested to see responses.
Thanks and cheers
Jayho. |
24 Aug 2012
|
|
|
|
|
|
Zora
|
Hey there again :)
I am afraid to say that aside from Mr. Wikileaks, there isn �t that much international news about Australia at the moment. (I �m guessing the same goes for Canada or even the UK elsewhere).
Believe it or not, we only hear about Australian wildfires, cute koala stories, some immigration scandals in the past or maybe Mark Webber from F1. Kinda sad actually.. and btw, I didn �t even realize Mr. Wikileaks was Australian!!
So much info technology - yet so little information on the world around us. I think that 40 years ago people knew what was going on in the world better than they do now. Only the scandals hit the news - and even then, if it �s not a some white dude caught with a child prostitute in Singapore or a mass killing of students somewhere, then it isn �t news.
I do wish that the media would publish more interesting human interest stories and cheerful, optimistic stuff than all the doom and gloom and negativity.
|
24 Aug 2012
|
|
|
roberta55
|
|
Hello, Here, in Portugal, Australia isn �t often in the news. It seems yours is a very peaceful country and so it doesn �t call the attention of the media. Perhaps if there was a little more blood, disasters and guns ( just kidding!!!!!!) we would have more news about you. However, we tell about your country to our students mainly when we �re talking about multicultural societies. we often say Australia is great because of its diversity and the people are very tolerant. Cheers |
24 Aug 2012
|
|
|
ueslteacher
|
|
@Lynda: look at one of our news service �s website here
BTW did you know that Australia was nominated the happiest country by the OECD? Sophia |
24 Aug 2012
|
|
|
cunliffe
|
|
There �s not much at the moment in England and when there is, it �s usually in relation to sport or the Queen. The papers made a big deal when the Brits got more Olympic medals than the Aussies. This story got a lot of coverage
http://mailonline.newspaperdirect.com/epaper/viewer.aspx I �ll let you know if anything comes up.
edit - I think you might have to register to access that Daily Mail link. The story is about a bet between Kate Lundy (Australian sports minister) and an MP here. This is an interview. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-19178004
edit 2. Oh, and we all love Rolf Harris, particularly me. Don�t suppose he does much for teenagers, though.  Oh, and Clive James (famous broadcaster/TV personality) is in the news at the moment. He has come home to his wife in Oxford, to die - he is seriously ill. He had a long standing affair with a really fabulous looking blond woman. His wife won�t forgive him and let him back into the marital home. People have been debating about what she should do. I�ll keep an eye out for stuff, Jayho.
|
24 Aug 2012
|
|
|
Jayho
|
|
Thanks for your help everyone
|
27 Aug 2012
|
|
|
