Aussie English

Send us Fan Mail Learn Australian English in this English Expression episode of the Aussie English Podcast. These are weekly episodes where I teach you how to use English expressions like a fair dinkum Australian! For this episode, we talk about the expression "a hard nut to crack".Breakdown the meaning of the words in this expression,Discover what the expression means,Learn how to use t...

Send us Fan Mail Learn Australian English in this special collaboration episode of the Aussie English podcast! Meet my fellow ESL podcast buddy Charlie Baxter of www.thebritishenglishpodcast.com -- and today, we are going to give you 6 tips on how you can boost your confidence when speaking in English. Here are the top tips:#1 - Preparation - speaking & listening skills should be at the same l...

Send us Fan Mail Learn 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, we talk about the Aussie slang term "arvo". 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 speak...

Send us Fan Mail Learn Australian English in this special 900th episode of the Aussie English podcast! It's a glorious day today and in this episode, I am going to show you around the bay area township of Portarlington, Victoria. Just dropped off Noah at day care, Joana's consistently filling up, and I get to appreciate eucalyptus trees. It's a truly stunning day that I even got my...

Send us Fan Mail Learn 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 "funding wars" between private and public schools in Australia. We are talking to the tune of $27B worth of under funding for 4 years in public scho...

Send us Fan Mail Learn Australian English in this special collaboration episode of the Aussie English podcast! Hey guys, meet my fellow ESL podcast buddy Charlie Baxter of www.thebritishenglishpodcast.com -- and today, we are going to give you the top tips on how you can improve your English listening skills.00:00Choose content that is at your level. Use a 5-Step Method when consuming content. Fin...

Send us Fan Mail Learn 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, we talk about the Aussie slang term "arse around". 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 star...

Send us Fan Mail Learn 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 my ancestors story of migrating to Australia. I truly wonder about a lot of you - do you know your own ancestry? Did your ancestors migrate to a far away coun...

Send us Fan Mail Learn Australian English by listening to this weekly episode where I teach you all how to use English expressions like an Australian. In today's episode we recap the last 5 English expressions:1. Take someone's word for it2. Born with a silver spoon 3. A smart cookie4. Packed like sardines5. A bad appleWe will again:Breakdown the meaning of the words in these expressions...

Send us Fan Mail Learn Australian English in this episode of the Aussie English podcast! I got a request from one of my followers who seem to love my pun-ny Dad jokes. So here it is! A collection of my Australian-ish English jokes for you to share. Remember, telling jokes is part of effective communication skills. Feel free to tell these to anyone, and don't forget to laugh! Improve your list...

Send us Fan Mail Learn 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, we talk about the Aussie slang term "an ankle biter". 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 s...

Send us Fan Mail Today's a more serious episode of Aussie English where I decided to talk about my recent health scare. Before going to bed the other night I discovered a lump that I'd never noticed before in one of my testicles. I was terrified it could be testicular cancer like anyone who finds a sudden change down there. Here's what I did next and what the result ended up being....

Send us Fan Mail Learn 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 honesty system roadside stalls in Tasmania. Farmers have set up boxes of extra produce right next to the road with a money jar next to it. You're suppose...

Send us Fan Mail Learn Australian English in this English Expression episode of the Aussie English Podcast. These are weekly episodes where I teach you how to use English expressions like a fair dinkum Australian! For this episode, we talk about the expression "buy a lemon".Breakdown the meaning of the words in this expression,Discover what the expression means,Learn how to use the expre...

Send us Fan Mail Learn Australian English in this special episode of the Aussie English podcast! So, do you wish you have a larger vocabulary in English? Or you want to have more English expressions at the tip of your tongue for daily conversations? But do you easily forget them as soon as you have learnt them? I received this interesting question from Mohsen, one of my followers on Instagram -- t...

Send us Fan Mail Learn 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, we talk about the Aussie slang term “a bad trot”. 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...

Send us Fan Mail Learn 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 current state of housing in Australia. If you are considering migrating to Australia and staying permanently, this episode is for you. There are points th...

Send us Fan Mail Learn Australian English in this English Expression episode of the Aussie English Podcast. These are weekly episode where I teach you how to use English expressions like a fair dinkum Australian! For this episode, we talk about the expression "a bad apple".Breakdown the meaning of the words in this expression,Discover what the expression means,Learn how to use the expres...

Send us Fan Mail Learn Australian English by listening to this episode of Pete & Kel Talks! These are conversations with my beautiful wife Raquel (or Kel) as we talk about our kids, life as a bicultural family, and the simple joys in between. In this episode, we talk about the birth of our daughter Joana! Over the past couple of episodes, we've been sharing the scary experience of finding...

Send us Fan Mail Learn Australian English in this episode of the Aussie Slang series where I teach you how to use the word "ambo" like a fair dinkum Australian! Improve your listening skills today - listen, play & pause this episode - and start speaking like a native English speaker!

Send us Fan Mail Learn 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 Dexter Kruger who is Australia's oldest person! He is recently turned 111 years old and resides in Roma, Queensland. Imagine how much this incredible cen...

Send us Fan Mail Learn Australian English in this Walking With Pete episode where I tell you the latest on me, my growing family, and the Aussie English podcast. In this episode, I am truly grateful for growing up and living here in Australia. Not that I am griping, but I would sincerely love to be closer to nature - no forest here in Curlewis, sigh. Anyway, I give you today the latest about Noah...

Send us Fan Mail Learn Australian English in this episode where I read out an online article for you! This read-along activity helps you pick up natural-sounding word pronunciations. While reading, I will also be explaining key phrases to help you understand its meaning and usage. In this episode, we talk about this new trend among Australian parents of giving nicknames as baby names. Like instead...

Send us Fan Mail Learn Australian English in this episode of the Aussie Slang series where I teach you how to use "amber fluid" like a fair dinkum Australian! In this episode, we talk about the expression “amber fluid” - learn what it means and how you can use it. Improve your listening skills today - listen, play & pause this episode - and start speaking like a native English speake...

Send us Fan Mail Learn Australian English by listening to this fun episode I created - impromptu! In this episode, I teach you mob, once and for all, how to eat vegemite. Vegemite is Australia's #1 spread. Salty, bitter, and packed with vitamins, Vegemite is an all-Australian symbol of a power breakfast. Watch and learn - and let me know if you've tried it yourself. Improve your listenin...