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I am from a VERY cold climate (-40C in winter is not unusual) and I hate it. It is, truthfully, one of the reasons I moved overseas!
The best piece of advice I can give you is to drink lots of warm fluids -- but you\'re probably doing this already1 In the winter here in Hanoi (yes, it does get cold) and in Canada I always end up drinking gallons and gallons of tea (herbal and real stuff) and cocoa. And at night, wear something on your head -- it helps immensely.
Good luck -- and I hope it doesn\'t last much longer. I know several Aussie teachers here who never look forward to our northern hemisphere "summer" holidays in int\'l schools because they go home and it\'s winter! But yes, I do tend to think, "It\'s not really winter..." ;)" ); document.write( " " ); document.write( "
What is called a BBQ in OZ is equivalent to what is called a ‘Grill’.
BTW BBQ in North America is the SLOW cooking of food for several hours, but some call grilling BBQ over here.
Not necessarily true, both these statements. Not sure where you are from, Dave, but where I am from (Western Canada, Alberta and B.C.) we have never used a BBQ for slow cooking of food for several hours (well perhaps people do, but it can\'t be common). To a Canadian from my parts, a BBQ is the same thing that my Aussie friends call a barbie. (@Gnoll - I\'m not American - eek! subtle but impt difference!) I had never heard the term "grill" used to describe what I\'d call a barbeque (or BBQ!) until I visited the southern US (OK and TX). To me a grill was the same thing you meant, Gnoll.
@Talia - I have seen some of the strangest toppings on pizza everywhere from Texas to Toronto, and in the UK too (including squid, barbequed chicken, peanut butter, and lettuce). What do Aussies put on their pizzas? I thought the pineapple thing was originally American -- at least in Canada a ham & pineapple pizza is typically called a Hawaiian pizza (which is, ultimately, American).
And I didn\'t realize the beetroot on a hamburger was an Aussie thing! First time I had that was in the UK and so I assumed it was from there (whoops!). Since then I\'ve seen it at several pubs here in VN, but I guess now that\'s the Oz influence. Matters not -- it\'s yummy!
I knew about lamingtons and pavs being from Oz, but I thought Peach melba was another dessert from the UK? I guess that\'s cuz it was invented there, but I had no idea it was after a famous Aussie.
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I think the key is to use the lessons from the text as part of your scaffolding, so that your end goal is that the teachers you are mentoring do not think that the Oxford UP textbook IS the curriculum and IS the ONLY way to plan a lesson. If it is well structured, great. But no textbook I have ever come across (and there are some damn good ones out there) is good enough to know what is best for my students. Especially one that has been published in the UK, using UK standards, while I am teaching students from Vietnam, Korea, Finland, Australia, Denmark, Papua New Guinea, Taiwan, and Pakistan -- all in the same classroom. You get my drift. I would advise using some caution as you begin with the textbook as lesson planner. After your teachers get the hang of it, pull the scaffolding away, bit by bit (i.e., pull the textbook away) and see if they can still "get it" to plan a lesson with content that has nothing to do with a textbook whatsoever." ); document.write( " " ); document.write( "