Australian

Retired, but not dead (yet)

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Australia

 

Australia, Australian, Australians is a tour of the whole continent. You will see it, hear it and be able to taste it!

 

No question will go unanswered - including:

 

- Who are the Australians?

 

- How do they speak and write?

 

- What is the Australian dialect?

 

- How did the dialect and distinctive accent develop?

 

- Where is Australian going and where is it leading us?

 

Find out about:

 

- Life in Australia

 

- The Australian cultural identity and how it affects the language

 

- Australian literature, poetry and song

 

- Australia’s colourful history.

 

- Australian food

 

There are visits to significant places in Australia including:

 

- Captain Cook’s Australia

 

- The birth place of QANTAS and Waltzing Matilda - the true

 

story behind Australia’s ‘other national anthem’

 

- A Town Like Alice

 

- Alice

 

- Crocodile Dundee’s outback (and the real Australia too)

 

- The home of The Flying Doctors - in fact and fiction

 

Oh, and Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth, Brisbane, Hobart and Darwin and Kalgoorlie and Coober Pedy and Broome and Mt Isa and Cairns and ... many more places.

 

Course material

 

Everything you wanted to know. Up-to-date facts and figures, notes and hundreds of photos that you can use in your teaching is on a CD that is all ready and waiting for you.

 

The course is now retired. It is still available by special order. You provide the audience, I'll deliver it.

 

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Retired courses

 

Click on the course name in the menu on the left for details

 

101 English lessons*

 

Effective English Teaching*

 

e-English

 

The style guide

 

Literary Britain

 

Australian

 

American

 

Words

 

Different Englishes

 

Trending

 

MIF or TIF

 

True blue and red herrings

 

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