Pete Smissen

Aussie English

Education EN ↓ 1387 episodes

G’day and welcome to the Aussie English podcast. I’m Pete Smissen and my objective here is to teach you guys the English spoken down under. Whether you plan to travel, to work or to live in Australia or you just have an interest in our culture, history and spoken dialect of English. You have come to the right place. And whether you aim to speak English like a true blue Aussie or you just want to be able to understand “what the flippin’ hell we’re on about when we’re havin’ a yarn”. You have come to the right place. If you listen to this podcast you will learn: •A ton of Aussie slang and vocabu...

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Pete Smissen

Episodes

AE 772: 15 Most Common English Pronunciation Errors Portuguese Speakers Make 15.11.2020 26:46

Send us Fan Mail Learn Australian English in this pronunciation episode where I cover the 15 most common English pronunciation errors Portuguese speakers make.

AE 771 - Minisode: Does Intonation Matter In English? 13.11.2020 15:29

Send us Fan Mail Learn Australian English by listening as I interview Simon Roper, a British polyglot with a fascination for Old English languages. In this episode, we talk about intonation and Middle English words.

AE 770 - The Goss: Why Australians Are Obsessed With American Politics 11.11.2020 32:19

Send us Fan Mail Learn Australian English by listening to this episode of The Goss! These are conversations with my old man Ian Smissen and today we talk about why Australians are obsessed with US politics.

AE 769 - Minisode: What Is A Bin Chicken In Australia 09.11.2020 6:35

Send us Fan Mail Learn Australian English by listening as I ask Sean Dooley of BirdLife Australia about the infamous bin chicken.

AE 768 - WWP: How to Get a Job in Australia 07.11.2020 17:46

Send us Fan Mail Learn Australian English in this episode of Walking With Pete where I sit down and talk to you about how to get a job in Australia.

AE 767 - Minisode: How Do Adults Learn English As A Second Language 06.11.2020 11:20

Send us Fan Mail Learn Australian English by listening as I interview Lamont of Days of French N Swedish, who learns Swedish without having to leave Australia. In this episode, we talk about how adults learn English as a second language.

AE 766 - The Goss: How To Clone A Dinosaur 04.11.2020 25:06

Send us Fan Mail Learn Australian English by listening to conversations between me and my dad Ian Smissen here in The Goss as we talk about how to clone dinosaurs.

AE 765 - Minisode: How Brown Snakes Became Australia's Deadliest Snake 02.11.2020 3:56

Send us Fan Mail Learn Australian English in this interview with reptile photographer Ross McGibbon on why brown snakes are the deadliest in Australia.

AE 764 - Expression: Clear as Mud 01.11.2020 24:06

Send us Fan Mail Learn Australian English in this episode of The Aussie English Podcast where Pete Smissen teaches you how to use the expression AS CLEAR AS MUD.

AE 763 - Interview: Giving Migrant and Refugee Women a Fair Go Down Under with Tracey Cave 30.10.2020 56:06

Send us Fan Mail Learn Australian English by listening to an interview with Tracey Cave who helps migrant and refugee women adapt to living in Australia.

AE 762 - The Goss: Rude Parrots 28.10.2020 10:30

Send us Fan Mail Learn Australian English by listening to conversations between me & my dad Ian Smissen in The Goss as we talk about rude parrots from a zoo.

AE 761 - Minisode: How To Photograph Australia's Deadliest Animals 26.10.2020 24:18

Send us Fan Mail Learn Australian English in this interview with reptile photographer Ross McGibbon as we talk about taking photos of snakes and reptiles.

AE 760 - Expression: Call it a Day/Night 25.10.2020 23:55

Send us Fan Mail Learn Australian English in this episode of Aussie English where I teach you how to use the expression CALL IT A DAY or CALL IT A NIGHT in English.

AE 759 - Interview: From No English and No Money to Successful Career with Juliana Gomes 23.10.2020 51:22

Send us Fan Mail Learn Australian English in this interview episode with real estate agency owner Juliana Gomes where we talk about her inspiring story of migrating to Australia and becoming a successful real estate agency owner.

AE 758 - The Goss: Will Australia Become a Cashless Society? 21.10.2020 19:01

Send us Fan Mail Learn Australian English in this episode of the Goss where I chat with my dad Ian Smissen about Will Australia Become a Cashless Society?

AE 757 - Expression: The Calm Before the Storm 18.10.2020 22:07

Send us Fan Mail Learn Australian English in this episode of Aussie English where I teach you to use the expression THE CALM BEFORE THE STORM naturally in English.

AE 756 - Interview: How an Aussie Polyglot Learns Languages with Lina Vásquez 16.10.2020 1:36:19

Send us Fan Mail Learn Australian English today with Australian polyglot Lina Vásquez about how polyglots learn languages as Lina speaks 8 foreign languages!

AE 755 - The Goss: Alpine Dingoes & Tasmanian Devils Brought to the Mainland of Australia 15.10.2020 13:39

Send us Fan Mail Learn Australian English in the Goss where I chat with my dad about Alpine Dingoes and Tasmanian Devils on the Australian mainland.

AE 754 - Reaction: Is Bogart the Explorer Australian? | Aussie English Pronunciation Lesson 12.10.2020 24:24

Send us Fan Mail Learn Australian English as I react to some of Bogart the Explorer’s videos and answer the question ‘Is Bogart the Explorer Australian?’.

AE 753 - Expression: Food For Thought 11.10.2020 20:43

Send us Fan Mail Learn Australian English in this episode of the Aussie English where I teach you how to use FOOD FOR THOUGHT and about the history of Australian food!

AE 752 – Interview: Australia’s Deadliest Snakes Debunked with Ross McGibbon 09.10.2020 1:22:51

Send us Fan Mail Learn Australian English in this interview with reptile photographer Ross McGibbon where we chat about Australia’s deadliest snakes debunked!

AE 751 - Minisode: The Origins of the Aussie Bin Chicken with Sean Dooley 07.10.2020 6:12

Send us Fan Mail Learn Australian English in this minisode episode of Aussie English where I chat with Sean Dooley about the origins of the Australian bin chicken.

AE 750: 20 Spanish Words Used in Australian English Every Day! 05.10.2020 12:14

Send us Fan Mail Learn Australian English in this episode of the Aussie English Podcast where I teach you 20 Spanish words used in Australian English every day!

AE 749 - Expression: Not Your Cup of Tea 04.10.2020 18:12

Send us Fan Mail Learn Australian English in this expression episode of Aussie English where I teach you how to use NOT YOUR CUP OF TEA like a native English speaker.

AE 748 - Interview: How Vietnamese Aussie Uyen Ha Became a Professional MMA Fighter 02.10.2020 49:12

Send us Fan Mail Learn Australian English in this interview with Vietnamese Aussie Uyen Ha about how she became a professional MMA fighter and her family’s immigration story.