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KGRE Reading Class Sets Here are some examples of activities contained in
KGRE Reading Class Sets. If you think they may be useful for your
English language students then please contact KGRE and order the sets.
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ANDIEN In September Kevin visited a sound studio in South Jakarta to meet with an ______ young Indonesian singer. Her name is Andien. Andien and the Twilight Orchestra were there preparing for a performance the following night. Kevin spoke with her before she began her rehearsal. Dressed in jeans, a _____ jumper and with her hair tied back, Andien talked about her ______ music, her career, her future and her English language studies. You can hear more from Andien on KGRE radio in Series 37 in ______ 2003. She was born on the 25th of August 1985 in Jakarta. Her mother is from West Java and her father is from East Java. Andien is currently attending senior ______ school in Jakarta and finds that she really has a lot of study to do. She plans to study _____ and wants to make sure that she is well prepared. At this stage her plans include studying Business Marketing, possibly at Monash University in Melbourne. Andien loves jazz, bosanova, pop and the ______ trend of 'jungle music'. On both of her albums she has recorded ______ English language songs including music standards such as 'My Funny Valentine' and 'The Boy From Ipanema' Andien sings English language songs because she really enjoys them. They help her with grammar and pronunciation and are a fun way to use and learn English. As for advice about learning English from Andien? Andien reads a lot of books and watches TV movies - without the Indonesian subtitles. Andien admits that she probably isn't the______ person to give advice about learning English but finished the interview with this comment. 'Well, all I know is you have to perhaps practice it all the time, _____ day. And then music and songs are _____ ways to practice your English'.
They have been popular in _________ for over 10 years. They have released 10 CDs and have sold millions of cassettes and CDs all over the country. Their faces are easily recognised where ever they go and yet the members of _____ are down to earth guys who really love their music. They also love to use English, as Kevin (I) found out when he (I) met them in ______ last June. Kevin (I) met Armand, Budhy, Dewa Budjana and Thomas in their Jakarta office and was lucky enough to spend a good hour with them talking about their careers, their hobbies, their education and their plans for the future. Here are some interesting facts that came out of the interview.
This can also be a great listening
activity for your class if you have the KGRE Audio Tape which is included
in the Reading Class Set. Listen to GIGI during late 2003 and early 2004 on KG radio.
You will definitely enjoy listening to GIGI talk about many different
topics AND all in English. You can check your answers
IASTP II The purpose of IASTP II is to provide customised training that will contribute to community development, good governance, and agency capacity building. It is a A$___ million project that began in August ____ and is due to finish in December this year. As of ____ June _____, there have been _______ participants involved in the IASTP II program. During the past ____ years IASTP II has provided ______ training courses, including _____ courses conducted in Australia. This training involves the transfer of specialised knowledge and the development of specialised skills to targeted beneficiaries in the public and private sectors (including NGOs). IASTP II training is delivered in Australia and Indonesia in areas of development priority, as determined by the governments of Indonesia and Australia. Before leaving for Australia, participants follow specially designed English language courses (usually _____ weeks) at IALF Jakarta. Language training often continues after arrival in Australia as well. Five groups left for Australia in April _____ and returned in June _____. Their fields of study included Small and Medium Business Development, Drug Surveillance and Social Research, Human Rights, District and Provincial Planning and Business Journalism. In September ____ more groups are going to Australia to study Drug Surveillance and Social Research, and TV Programming. Choose from these numbers 54 9 - 13 1998 30 2003 2 69 15.868 2003 2003 796 The Answers? Click Here
Unjumble the sentences marked in bold
print. We are now back in Bairnsdale and back at work at Paynesville
Primary school. It is good to be home but we just loved our brief visit
to Indonesia. We why to tell you want. (1) It was the first time
we had ever been to Indonesia. We have been to other countries before
but Indonesia is now on the top of our list and we plan to be back there
by the end of 2003. We paddies were absolutely by the rice blown away.
(2) We just loved to see the green rice paddies so carefully scooped
out of the very steep hills. And to see the people working away, often
well above their knees in deep mud and pushing their machinery in bare
feet. We before had anything like never seen it. (3) We were bowled
over and totally amazed by the traffic. People seem to drive quite differently
from here. For example, in Australia we would wait to enter traffic but
in Bali if we waited we would never move. Oh yeah, we certainly don't
have nearly as many motorbikes. (4) The number thousands and of was
over the top really - thousands motorbikes of them. At pedestrian crossings
in Australia there are always flashing lights and the car drivers know
that as soon as the person steps out on to the crossing the cars must
stop and allow the pedestrian to cross first. Many Indonesian people were
able to speak to us in English and that made us feel embarrassed 'cos
we couldn't talk to them in Bahasa Indonesia. When prepared
we we will be return more on that issue. (5) So see you all soon and
selamat everything!
Put sentences into a new order. Then listen to the audio tape to see if your order is the same as the audio tape and/or in the magazine.
Answers? Click Here
Look at these questions on the left. The sentences on the right are a part of the answers to these questions. Which sentences belong to which questions?
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