English Podcast - Improve your English language skills by listening to conversations about Australian culture
Language Learning Podcasts
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.
Location:
United States
Description:
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.
Language:
English
Episodes
Podcast in English #9 - Australian films (continued)
8/19/2007
Glen and Lynne continue their discussion about the Australian films that are culturally significant to the Australian people.
Duration:00:13:02
Podcast in English #8 - Australian films
6/18/2007
Glen and Lynne discuss a selection of Australian films that are generally considered to be culturally significant to the Australian people.
Duration:00:14:31
Podcast in English #7 - Christmas in Australia
5/28/2007
Lynne and Glen discuss the nature of Christmas in Australia and how it contrasts to the Christmas experienced overseas.
Duration:00:10:59
Podcast in English #6 - Iconic Australian People
5/6/2007
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.
Duration:00:21:14
Podcast in English #5 - Australian Cultural Icons
4/17/2007
In this podcast, Glen talks with his friend Lynne about locations that are undoubtedly considered as Australian cultural icons.
Duration:00:15:48
Podcast in English #4 - The Australian secondary school experience
3/24/2007
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.
Duration:00:17:28
Podcast in English #3 - Studying in Australia
3/3/2007
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?
Duration:00:25:19
Podcast in English #2 - Australian People
2/9/2007
Who are the Australian people? Rozenn and Glen discuss the multicultural and multifaceted society that is Australia.
Duration:00:17:20
Podcast in English #1 - Australian Slang
1/19/2007
Rozenn and Glen discuss some of the slang words and expressions that are used in every day language in Australia.
Duration:00:14:26