#aplng

-use the web to provide real speech examples

-notice native speaker practices (cultural functions, intonation patterns, etc.)

-discuss concept of language registers

using mobile devices for mobile blogging and action-oriented language learning that combine:

-narrated tour and digital storytelling

-ethnographic review

-service learning

multi-facted assessment

-multiple choice etc. for theory

-self-assessment inventories (journals, portfolios)

-Reports or feedback from third parties

-interviews

-scores on summative assessments

-reflective writing

meaningful dialogue should challenge your world view

-sample topic: school violence

New Zealand telecom Kordia secured a $94 million voice and data communications contract to provide a wireless network for Australia Pacific LNG (APLNG) at its Queensland, Australia coal seam gas site.

In what is expected to be a two-year project, Kordia will install a wireless communication and control infrastructure at APLNG's 100,000 square km location. The C&C infrastructure will include voice, data and control networks.

Kordia personnel will further provide network design, engineering, procurement and construction for wireless and fixed services, and other network-relevant services.

In addition, Kordia will also be installing a private network with a microwave backbone serving to backhaul its processes. The private network will provide mobile voice, broadband wireless, PABXs, radio telemetry, and LAN and WAN services to APNLG personnel.

Korida will initially manage the APLNG Queensland project from its Brisbane office. The New Zealand telecom aims to offer its extensive experience in telecommunications infrastructure to the resources industry.