English Podcast - Improve your English language skills by listening to conversations about Australian culture

World Languages Podcasting
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  • LANGUAGE LEARNING

World Languages Podcasting provides a podcast series in various languages for the intermediate to advanced language student to help improve language skills and knowledge of Australian culture. Each conversation is complemented with a full transcript and a page of language exercises that may be downloaded from the website www.worldlanguagespodcasting.com.

Episodes

  1. 08/19/2007

    Podcast in English #9 - Australian films (continued)

    Glen and Lynne continue their discussion about the Australian films that are culturally significant to the Australian people.

    13 min

  2. 06/18/2007

    Podcast in English #8 - Australian films

    Glen and Lynne discuss a selection of Australian films that are generally considered to be culturally significant to the Australian people.

    15 min

  3. 05/28/2007

    Podcast in English #7 - Christmas in Australia

    Lynne and Glen discuss the nature of Christmas in Australia and how it contrasts to the Christmas experienced overseas.

    11 min

  4. 05/06/2007

    Podcast in English #6 - Iconic Australian People

    Nicole Kidman. Steve Irwin. Colleen McCullough. Ned Kelly. Lynne and Glen ponder a number of individuals that could be quite easily categorised as iconic Australian people.

    21 min

  5. 04/17/2007

    Podcast in English #5 - Australian Cultural Icons

    In this podcast, Glen talks with his friend Lynne about locations that are undoubtedly considered as Australian cultural icons.

    16 min

  6. 03/24/2007

    Podcast in English #4 - The Australian secondary school experience

    Glen speaks to Ben, an Australian secondary student, about his impressions of life at a secondary school in Melbourne. Ben also draws on his experience of his exchange student experience to Germany and his family home stay.

    17 min

  7. 03/03/2007

    Podcast in English #3 - Studying in Australia

    How does Australian society structure its system of education? How expensive is an Australian education? Which avenues of study are open to both international students and Australian citizens?

    25 min

  8. 02/09/2007

    Podcast in English #2 - Australian People

    Who are the Australian people? Rozenn and Glen discuss the multicultural and multifaceted society that is Australia.

    17 min

  9. 01/19/2007

    Podcast in English #1 - Australian Slang

    Rozenn and Glen discuss some of the slang words and expressions that are used in every day language in Australia.

    14 min
  • 9 Episodes

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World Languages Podcasting provides a podcast series in various languages for the intermediate to advanced language student to help improve language skills and knowledge of Australian culture. Each conversation is complemented with a full transcript and a page of language exercises that may be downloaded from the website www.worldlanguagespodcasting.com.

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