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Taronga Zoo

Look, there is a koala over there!

Visitors can enjoy meeting exotic wildlife and wonderful views of the Sydney skyline at Taronga Zoo. Some of the most important highlights include the Lemur Adventure Park, Koala Encounter, and Seal Show.

From Sydney, buses to the zoo depart from Wynyard Railway Station. Visitors can also hop aboard a ferry at Circular Quay. The zoo's lively events calendar includes "Roar and Snore", overnight stays at the zoo and some summer concerts.

At the end of the session, you will have:

  • visited Taronga Zoo in Sydney. 
  • known the difference in pronunciation between /u/ - /u:/ 
  • drawn the route of different landmarks at the Sydney google map.

Visit its official website and browse all the different sections of the zoo and look at all the information it contains. After that, answer the following questions:

  • How much does a group of eight teenagers (14 years old) save if they buy all their tickets online?  (Visit Hours & Rates section) 
  • Can you spend a night at the zoo? What types of accommodation can you find? (Visit Accommodation section) 
  • What does the Taronga's Wild Australia Experience include? What the video for more details (Visit Wild Australia Experience section) 

Answer these questions in your learning diary. The title of the post has to be: "Look, there's a koala over there!".

After the visit, continue with your posts on Twitter (#taskpodcast and #EDIAsydney). Do you think that this place is worth the visit? Would you recommend it to your friends and relatives? Send a tweet with the hashtag from this project with the positive action you have liked the most from the zoo website to protect our environment. 

Remember that Taronga Zoo in Sydney must be part of the route at your Google Sites map.

Don't put your foot in the food!!

Phonetics is really important in English in order to pronounce words correctly. In this project, we are going to take a look at how to pronounce correctly the following phonemes: /u/ - /u:/ 

/u/or /u:/.

Click on the following link to practise the difference between these two sounds: minimal pair.

These phonemes are part of the phonetic chart that is used to describe the sounds of many languages. They have been established by the International Phonetic Association (IPA). For more information about the IPA and their work visit: IPA's official web page.

If you need further practice with these two sounds, watch this video:

Lean English Pronunciation. British English Pronunciation - Vowel Sounds /ʊ/ & /u:/ - Connected Speech/Linking/Weak Forms (Licencia estándar de YouTube)

Apart from this, you can record yourselves practising these words in English. You have to pronounce them correctly, record a podcast with them and share it in your blog.

In order to do this exercise as adequately as possible, you can also take a look to the 'Rubric to assess a podcast'.

Your Challenge: Sydney at the Google Site

Challenge Step 3: Organizing the Sydney entry at your Google Site 

At this step, you have to start organizing all the information you have gathered in order to add an entry at the site that you had previously opened.

Each group ( 2 / 3 people) has to organize the information you have searched about Sydney at your Google Site. Creativity in the distribution of the contents is very important. 

At this step, you have to include the following information at your Google Sites: the map of the city from Google maps with the route of the ten steps we have in our tour of the city. 

You have extra information on how to do this route visiting the How to..? section at the didactic guidelines page.

Learning diary

Learning Diary. Step 3: Posting the result of your research in your blog

It's time to continue with your Learning Diary. Remember it helps you reflect on what you are learning and most important: what the best way for learning is. In this step, you have to post the links and other resources that you have found in your research, at your "Learning Diary" and answer the questions that you have below.

Remember to share the link of your learning diary through Twitter using the hashtag: #taskpodcast and #EDIAsydney

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