Mohammad
Aussie Language and its difficulties for me!
I immigrated to Sydney, Australia, an amazing and beautiful city with smily people.
But my problem in the first days of entrance is their language as its too hard for me to understand their meaning. Generally I have a good English with Toefl 102. I also talked with many native English speakers except Aussies (Australian Citizens) through skype and didnt have any difficulties. But in Australia its a bit strange for me the way of their pronounciation.
Can you please tell me ( especially native speakers) what should I do to come up with this problem in order to easilly communicate with Australian native speakers?
Thanks.
8 de jun. de 2019 20:39
Comentarios · 4
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Watch "Home and Away" and "Neighbours". You can find old episodes on youtube.
The problem with most language lessons is that the teacher will often modify their language to match the students level so It pays to be exposed to authentic content.
There are a lot of contractions you'll need to get used to e.g. Brecky = Breakfast, Maccas= McDonalds. Googling "Aussie slang" will help.
Also searcing the terms Wogs vs Aussies, bogans, Lebs vs Aussies, skips, housos, Fat Pizza, Kath and Kim. These will provide you with some particularly Australian expressions.
You will know you have made it when you can understand this https://youtu.be/vmL72sgVdAQ
9 de junio de 2019
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If you immigrated to Sydney I think maybe you just have to be patient to get used to the accent. But you could try speeding it up by practicing the Aussie accent yourself. You could look on Google maybe for how to speak English like an Australian for pronunciation tips. Otherwise maybe watching Aussie TV with English subtitles on might help too. Good luck.
8 de junio de 2019
Many thank to all of your comments, especially @Glenn for his valuable references and hints!
10 de junio de 2019
I think that both Australians and New Zealanders tend to talk fast and therefore words tend to blur together. It might just be a matter of asking people to speak more slowly. I'd also recommend watching Australian TV shows - Netflix has plenty of good subtitled shows.
8 de junio de 2019
Mohammad
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Inglés, Persa (farsi)
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Inglés
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