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 the expression,Listen to real dialogue examples of the expression in use,Go through a pronunciation exercise, an...
Apr 18, 2021•26 min•Ep. 919
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 level#2 - Look Inwards - practice meditation#3 - Positive Mindset - make light of your mistakes!#4 - Ge...
Apr 17, 2021•19 min•Ep. 917
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 speaking like a native English speaker!
Apr 16, 2021•3 min•Ep. 916
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 camera out and took photos!Students share this very common concern with me: I am not improving anymore. It is import...
Apr 15, 2021•22 min•Ep. 918
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 schools! Where did all that money go?Improve your listening skills today - listen, play & pause this episode - ...
Apr 13, 2021•25 min•Ep. 915
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.Find content that has multiple speakers.Focus on the message, NOT the individual words.Use content with di...
Apr 11, 2021•13 min•Ep. 914
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 start speaking like a native English speaker!
Apr 09, 2021•4 min•Ep. 913
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 country too? Let me know in the comments below!Improve your listening skills today - listen, play & p...
Apr 06, 2021•48 min•Ep. 912
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 expressionsLearn how to use them in sentencesDiscover what each expression meansListen to examples of the expressions in u...
Apr 04, 2021•8 min•Ep. 910
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 listening skills today - listen, play & pause this episode - and start speaking like a native English speak...
Apr 03, 2021•14 min•Ep. 909
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 start speaking like a native English speaker!
Apr 02, 2021•3 min•Ep. 908
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.My main reason for posting this is to spread awareness about male health. Guys- Check yourself on a regular basis. - B...
Mar 31, 2021•9 min•Ep. 911
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 supposed to take what you want and put your payment in the jar - honesty store! But some sneaky folks don't reall...
Mar 30, 2021•32 min•Ep. 907
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 expression,Listen to real dialogue examples of the expression in use,Go through a pronunciation exercise, andI talk ...
Mar 28, 2021•19 min•Ep. 906
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 -- thank you, Mohsen!In this episode, I talk about several things that you need to know about learning any l...
Mar 27, 2021•29 min•Ep. 905
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 like a native English speaker!
Mar 26, 2021•4 min•Ep. 904
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 that you might want to consider like the housing developers, or how far the location is to your workpla...
Mar 23, 2021•27 min•Ep. 903
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 expression,Listen to real dialogue examples of the expression in use,Go through a pronunciation exercise, andA quick ...
Mar 21, 2021•21 min•Ep. 902
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 out that she is small. She's finally arrived into our lives and we are nothing but overjoyed.Thank you fo...
Mar 20, 2021•50 min•Ep. 901
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!
Mar 19, 2021•3 min•Ep. 900
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 centenarian has seen in his life. Born in 1910, he lived through World War 1, the Great Depression, World War...
Mar 16, 2021•15 min•Ep. 898
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 who is in his terrible twos. He's driving me and Kel nuts but that's being a parent for you. Also, my...
Mar 14, 2021•22 min•Ep. 899
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 of Peter, the baby's legal name would be simply Pete. And this because they wouldn't want to bother ...
Mar 13, 2021•16 min•Ep. 896
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 speaker!
Mar 12, 2021•3 min•Ep. 895
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 listening skills today - listen, play & pause this episode - and start speaking like a native English speaker!...
Mar 11, 2021•7 min•Ep. 897
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 an unexpected result of Covid that's leaving people homeless in Australia. See, with all the changes in everyone's work or business, we realize that people have had to move out in a hurry. And with the exorbitant prices of real estate in Australia, this puts ...
Mar 09, 2021•30 min•Ep. 894
Send us Fan Mail Learn Australian English by watching this special episode where I answer one of my followers' question: How can I improve my grammar in conversations?Thanks to Azalia who sent me this awesome question via Instagram! In this episode, I share to you 5 great tips on how you can be comfortable in everyday English conversations.This is a value-packed episode where you:- learn why you don't have to follow English grammar rules all the time- learn the difference between formal and info...
Mar 08, 2021•22 min•Ep. 893
Send us Fan Mail Learn Australian English in this awesome interview episode with Paulina Bravo!In this episode, I chat with the amazing Paulina who migrated from Mexico to Australia. Wanting to grow more, she felt the need to move out. Funnily, she studied English as a Second Language successfully and was even put in an advanced group. To her surprise, she could not understand anyone when she landed in Australia!Listen to her wonderful first-hand advice about the best way to learn English.Improv...
Mar 06, 2021•1 hr 27 min•Ep. 892
Send us Fan Mail Learn Australian English in this episode of the Aussie Slang series where I teach you about expressions like a fair dinkum Australian!In this episode, we talk about the expression "always in the shit" - 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 speaker!
Mar 05, 2021•4 min•Ep. 891
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 citizen science and how it is saving platypus and echidnas around Australia.Improve your listening skills today - listen, play & pause this episode - and start speaking like a native English speaker!...
Mar 02, 2021•24 min•Ep. 890
