Leigh – Pre-Intermediate General English teacher Shannan: How long have you been teaching at BROWNS? Leigh: About a year. Shannan: You have an interesting history – you weren’t born in Australia? Leigh: No, I was born in Bangalore, India and moved to New Zealand when I was really young. I still like curry though. Shannan: […]
As part of the BROWNS curriculum and a week on ‘Cultural Studies’, specifically learning how culture and tradition is passed down through stories, music, and art, students at BROWNS visited the Gold Coast Arts Centre. Currently showing at the Arts centre is an exhibition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art. The Gold Coast […]
They are simple things. The period, or full stop (.) The Question mark (?) And the Exclamation mark (!) 3 small little marks – yet they can completely change the meaning of our sentences. Think about the meaning, and how you would say the following three sentences. Shannan is an amazing teacher. Or Shannan is […]
Names are important Nearly every culture believes names are extremely important. The reasons for giving babies particular names can be family tradition, culture, religion or a combination of all these factors. As people grow up, the first thing they learn to say and write are their names and the names of people they love. In […]