KGRE would like you to look at the photographs on the Kakadu Page of the April 2005 magazine. There are 5 photographs. The KGCC Competition for this POUCH is to describe, in writing or on tape, these five photographs. This activity will involve a lot of vocabulary study and practising descriptions. Be sure to help each other and involve ALL club members. The members of the club could be divided into 5 groups each with a different photograph. The members of each group could work together on their project. When they finish talking about the photographs, checking necessary vocabulary and general presentation of the descriptions they could present their descriptions to the other groups. The other groups could give advice and help to make all 5 descriptions even better. When eveyone is happy with the descriptions (250 words maximum or 3 minutes of audio) then send them to KGRE. Send them to KGRE before the end of June, 2005. Prizes will be announced later but they will be good ones, believe us!

Phonemic Symbols - do you know about these?

Have you ever seen something like this in an english book or dictionary? /bæg/ or /la:f/ Those are actually the words bag and laugh but written in phonemic symbols. These symbols are used to help learners to pronounce English words. You can use the symbols to practise even if you have never heard the words before. Do some research and see if club members know anything about these phonemic symbols. Do you have dictionaries where these symbols are given immediately after the word?

KGRE Radio Highlights for May-June 2005

Radio Program 4606 Idioms Inggris – drives me bananas or nuts, life is a bowl of cherries Mystery Indonesian Music Artist Competition ASEAN Australia Development Cooperation Program		Radio Program 4609 AusAID’s Community Development activities in Indonesia Mystery Indonesian Music Artist Competition ‘A Slice of Life’ – the Aussie BBQ
Radio Program 4607 Idioms Inggris – all walks of life, to walk on eggshells Oz Indo Connection Parts 1 and 2 with the Australian Ambassador to Indonesia, Mr. David Ritchie Water, water, water!		Radio Program 4610 - Best Of KGRE Indonesian Music - Shanty featuring her English language song - ‘Di Belahan Langit Hati’ AusAID in Indonesia – History of KGRE
Radio Program 4608 Eka - Winner of KGRE’s 2004 Writing Competition KGRE Writing Competition 2005 AusAID in Indonesia - Robin Davies, AusAID Country Director for Indonesia		Radio Program 4611 Listeners’ Letters Radio Program 4612 Life In Australia – indigenous Australians ‘A Slice of Life’ – Aaron and Indigenous Art in Australia Part 1and AusAID – WSLIC in Sumatra

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