AE 1143 - Interview: English Teacher to Car Mechanic in Japan with David Rajaraman - Part 1
Send us a text Welcome to another awesome chin-wagging episode here on the Aussie English podcast!Today's guest is David Rajaraman! During our last conversation, we talked about how he went from India to Brunei, to Australia, and ultimately to Japan in just about 30 years.In the first part of this two part series, we're going to chat to David about how he went from an English teacher to working as a car mechanic in Japan, what it's like working as a foreigner in Japan. What it's like working ...
11 Maj 202249min
AE 1142 - Expression: Make a Fool Out of Yourself
Send us a text It’s another expression-filled Sunday here on the Aussie English podcast!In today’s episode, I will teach you all about the expression “make a fool out of yourself”.As always, I will break down the meaning of the words in the expression together with example sentences so you can use them in your daily conversations.I will also be answering a question from Daniel who asks “Is it correct to say ‘Nobody changes nobody’?” - let's talk about double negatives, too!And lastly, pull ou...
8 Maj 202225min
AE 1141 - The Goss: Answering your Questions about the 2022 Federal Election
Send us a text Welcome to another Goss episode here on the Aussie English podcast!Guess what's coming up in Australia in a couple of weeks?It's the 2022 Australian Federal Elections!Yes, Australians are coming out May 21st Saturday and elect members of the 47th Parliament of Australia.In today's episode, we talk about how Australians vote during elections. In our area, there would be about 8,000 voters that will be voting in only 3 local government schools (the venue). In one day. Go figure.W...
6 Maj 202227min
AE 1140 - The Goss: The 2022 Federal Election. Who Will We Vote For?
Send us a text Welcome to another Goss episode here on the Aussie English podcast!Guess what's coming up in Australia in a couple of weeks?It's the 2022 Australian Federal Elections!Yes, Australians are coming out May 21st Saturday and elect members of the 47th Parliament of Australia.In today's episode, we give you an explanation of how parliamentary government officials get elected. There's also some talk about popular pollies in and out of Australia.We answer Simon's question about the pro...
4 Maj 202253min
AE 1139 - 5 Expressions To Sound Fluent in English | Part 8
Send us a text Welcome back to the Aussie English podcast!I think it's been a month that I've not been making YouTube videos for the Aussie English channel but yeah, I'm back on YT today starting with this lesson on English Expressions.In today's video, let's recap the past 5 English Expressions here on the podcast:Get Out of Someone's Hair - https://aussieenglish.com.au/1122Get the Drift - https://aussieenglish.com.au/1126Knock Yourself Out - https://aussieenglish.com.au/1128A Drop in The Oc...
1 Maj 202212min
AE 1138 - Interview: Escaping Ukraine Before the Russian Invasion with Justin Hammond - Part 2
Send us a text Here's another round of interviews for you here on the Aussie English podcast!Do you remember Justin Hammond of episode AE 475? Yep, this mate's a language learner like me and has been doing travels around Russia and Ukraine.In today's episode, we talk about his experiences living in Ukraine and Russia and the cultural relationship between the two countries. How he left Ukraine just before the Russian invasion and escaped to Georgia. He then shared his thoughts on the ramp...
27 Apr 202229min
AE 1137 - Interview: Going From Beginner to Near-Native in Russian with Justin Hammond - Part 1
Send us a text Here's another round of interviews for you here on the Aussie English podcast!Do you remember Justin Hammond of episode AE 475? Yep, this mate's a language learner like me and has been doing travels around Russia and Ukraine.In this first episode, we catch up on his language learning experiences, learning French, Mandarin Chinese and then Russian later at university. We talk about why he ended up settling on Russian as a language to take through university and beyond the diffic...
24 Apr 202231min
AE 1136 - The Goss: Aussie Kids Ditch Smartphones for 'Dumbphones'
Send us a text Welcome to another Goss episode here on the Aussie English podcast!I bet you’ve owned a dumbphone before!Well, back in the days, they weren’t really called ‘dumbphones’, were they? We see them as sophisticated gadgets before; you were so cool in school if you got a cellular phone, right?With the advancement of technology, mobile phones that can’t connect to the Internet are now referred to as dumbphones.But with all the sh*t going on all over social media, and a lot of other di...
21 Apr 202241min
