Aussie English

Send us a textLearn Australian English in this Expression episode of the Aussie English Podcast.These episodes aim to teach you common English expressions as well as give you a fair dinkum true-blue dose of Aussie culture, history, and news and current affairs.In today's episode, I teach you all about the English expression "scaredy cat".Listen in and watch as I tell you the origin of the expression, give examples on how to use the expression, and run by a pronunciation exercise.Also, learn the story of a lost Maremmano-Abruzzese Sheepdog or Maremma.And lastly, I give you cat facts about Australia!Improve your listening skills today - listen, play & pause this episode - and start speaking like a native English speaker!

Send us a textLearn Australian English in this episode of the Aussie English podcast!I am going to reveal to you my results from the Australia Talks survey!It's nice to know that a majority of Australians, despite the Covid pandemic going on, feel better about their lives.Also, a lot of Aussies would want lying politicians should resign - I think any citizen of any country would want that, don't you think?And survey results say we're a happy bunch here down under! At 76%, Australians say that they are happy. Improve your listening skills today - listen, play & pause this episode - and start speaking like a native English speaker!

Send us a textLearn Australian English in this episode of the Aussie Slang series where I teach you how to use Australian slang - like a fair dinkum Australian!In this episode, I am going to teach you the Aussie slang phrase "out the back of bourke". Learn what it means and how you can use it in your daily conversations.Improve your listening skills today - listen, play & pause this episode - and start speaking like a native English speaker!

Send us a textLearn Australian English by listening to this episode of The Goss! These are conversations with my old man Ian Smissen for you to learn more about Australian culture, news, and current affairs.In this episode, we get to talk about cattle farmers in Botswana who have been drawing 'eyes' on the bums of their cows to prevent lion attacks - and it's working!In a project they aptly named the "I-Cow Project", they have come up with this idea to prevent large predators from attacking their cattle.Improve your listening skills today - listen, play & pause this episode - and start speaking like a native English speaker!

Send us a textLearn Australian English in each of these episodes of the Aussie English Podcast.I had a great time chin-wagging with these two adorable mates from Melbourne, Australia!Meet Bec and Penny, the content creators of Language Lovers Australia and the Language Chats podcast.They initially got me on their podcast to talk about Aussie English. We now turn the tables as I got to interview them about how we Australians learn different languages.We talked about the differences between learning languages in a community environment - like language meet ups, versus learning it properly in a classroom setting - like uni.We also talked about what it takes to really discipline yourself in learning a foreign language; sticking to your schedule and making sure you always have progress.Improve your listening skills today - listen, play & pause this episode - and start speaking like a native English speaker!

Send us a textLearn Australian English by listening to this special episode of the Aussie English podcast!The Australian news network ABC Australia recently surveyed 60,000 Australians on various topics.I thought it'd be nice for me to take the actual survey and let you guys know what the buzz is all about.The 2021 Australia Talks national survey aims to find out 'where you fit as an Australian' by asking you a bunch of questions - from your opinion about the Australian constitution, to awkward stuff like if you'd like to donate your body organs when you die.Improve your listening skills today - listen, play & pause this episode - and start speaking like a native English speaker!

Send us a textLearn Australian English in this episode of the Aussie Slang series where I teach you how to use Australian slang - like a fair dinkum Australian!In this episode, I teach you the Aussie slang phrase "bad news". Learn what it means and how you can use it in your daily conversations.Improve your listening skills today - listen, play & pause this episode - and start speaking like a native English speaker!

Send us a textLearn Australian English by listening to this episode of The Goss! These are conversations with my old man Ian Smissen for you to learn more about Australian culture, news, and current affairs.In this episode, we talk about the hard physical contact sport that is Australian football - or footy! This is the kind of sport that, if things go really wrong on any given moment, will give you CTE. CTE stands for chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a fatal brain disease found common in footy players. You can check out Will Smith's movie Concussion, it's about the chilling discovery of CTE.Improve your listening skills today - listen, play & pause this episode - and start speaking like a native English speaker!

Send us a textLearn Australian English in this expression episode of the Aussie English Podcast.These episodes aim to teach you common English expressions as well as give you a fair dinkum true-blue dose of Aussie culture, history, and news and current affairs.In today's episode, I teach you how to use the expression "make your skin crawl", the origin of the expression, and what is funny about a bumblebee.We also talk about Angelina Jolie getting covered with bees for National Geographic. Lastly, I tell you what is a "myriapod".Improve your listening skills today – listen, play, & pause this episode – and start speaking like a native English speaker!

Send us a textLearn Australian English in each of these episodes of the Aussie English Podcast!In today's episode, I teach you 80+ commonly used Contractions in the English language.A contraction is 2 words that are combined to create a new word with a new meaning.These contractions are helpful when conversing to native English speakers.Learn what these contractions are so you can use them in your daily conversations.Improve your listening skills today – listen, play, & pause this episode – and start speaking like a native English speaker!