Websites and Blogs
Websites and Blogs
- All Down Under - cool site with all things traditionally Aussie. Look in the 'Uniquely Australian' section to find resources on events, slang, food, and style. Quizzes and history also available.
- English Oz lessons on Jason Renshaw’s (@englishraven) blog
- Brisbanism – another good site…I’m assuming there’s a Melbournism and Sydneyism…not sure about Canberraism and Perthism (@elkysmith)
- Tiny Texts: Read, listen & learn a little English - interesting news items with reading texts and audio, plus a gap fill worksheet, and usually an accompanying video and links to related articles. Building a nice collection of texts from Australia and New Zealand:
- Australian stories (with audio with Australian accents):
- New Zealand stories (with audio with NZ accents):
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- Refugees' Australian Stories - a celebration of refugees positive contributions to Australia. Read and or listen to the stories of a group of refugees who have all made a big impact on some sector of Australian society. Inspiration for this page came from Karen MacNamara, and Mike Smith from Brisbane.
- Australia Network - a great site for learning about Australia as well as learning English. You'll find a ten-part series on life in Australia but there are plenty of other things for students to do here. This could also be filed under culture and lifestyle!
- Celebrate the Australian Year - for the Australian teacher-librarian, teacher or parent who wants to add some more celebrations to children's lives.-
- Classroom Canberra - using the Canberra region as your classroom for authentic learning.