Understanding Everyday Australian has been designed for students who have reached an intermediate level of Australian language proficiency. As a guide to Australian language as it is spoken in everyday situations throughout mainstream Australian society, it will be beneficial to anyone interested in Australian English and Austrlaian expressions.
| UNIT 1 |
STARTING SOMETHING NEW Focus on Spoken Language: Contracted speech; Telephone Language |
| UNIT 2 |
TALKING ABOUT THE FAMILY Focus on Spoken Language: Using Question Tags |
| UNIT 3 |
TALKING ABOUT THE NEIGHBOURS
Focus on Spoken Language: Changing the Topic of Conversation;
Giving an opinion
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LANGUAGE REVIEW ONE |
| UNIT 4 |
TALKING ABOUT SHOPPING Focus on Spoken Language: Revision: Units 1 - 3 |
| UNIT 5 |
VISITING THE DOCTOR Focus on Spoken Language: Stages in a Medical Consultation |
| UNIT 6 |
WORRYING ABOUT MONEY Focus on Spoken Language: Giving Feedback; Justifying Opinions |
LANGUAGE REVIEW TWO |
| UNIT 7 |
TALKING ABOUT HOLIDAYS Focus on Spoken Language: Intonation; Sentence Stress |
| UNIT 8 |
PHONING A TRADESPERSON
Focus on Spoken Language: Stages in a Phone Request for Service;
Checking meaning; Using Polite Language when Requesting Service.
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| UNIT 9 |
SOCIALISING AT A BARBECUE
Focus on Spoken Language: Making Small Talk
Informal introductions; Turn Taking in Conversation
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LANGUAGE REVIEW THREE ANSWERS TO EXERCISES AND CROSSWORDS REFERENCE LISTS |
| GLOSSARY OF LANGUAGE TERMS |
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| UNIT 1 |
A TELEPHONE ENQUIRY Focus on Spoken Language:
Telephoning strategies: Giving a reason for the call; Making polite requests.
Pronunciation: Unstressed syllables; Word linking.
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4 |
| UNIT 2 |
TALKING ABOUT STUDY PROBLEMS Focus on Spoken Language: Making suggestions; Giving Reasons
Pronunciation: /I/ and /i:/; Using a Dictionary Pronunciation Key.
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14 |
| UNIT 3 |
TALKING ABOUT EMPLOYMENT Focus on Spoken Language: Use of articles (a, an, the)
Pronunciation: unstressed articles - listening practice
Present perfect/ past simple tense
Interview strategies: Giving informative answers.
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24 |
LANGUAGE REVIEW ONE
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34 |
| UNIT 4 |
TECHNOLOGY AND BUSINESS Pronunciation: Hearing & Pronouncing Syllables; Syllable stress.
Focus on Spoken Language: Discourse markers
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36 |
| UNIT 5 |
POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT Focus on Spoken Language: Conversation Strategies: Disagreeing politely.
Use of Pronouns; Pronunciation/spelling of they're/their; we're/were, etc.
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48 |
| UNIT 6 |
A NEW VENTURE - MAKING DECISIONS
Focus on Spoken Language: 'it' & 'one' as noun substitutes.
Giving advice: 'If I were you, I'd…; Revision: Syllable stress
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58 |
LANGUAGE REVIEW TWO
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68 |
| UNIT 7 |
TALKING ABOUT THE PAST
Focus on Spoken Language: used to/would (for past habits).
Pronunciation: 'ed' ending on words; the sounds /I/, /e/.
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70 |
| UNIT 8 |
ASKING FOR DIRECTIONS
Focus on Spoken Language: Giving instructions/imperatives.
Pronunciation: the sound /aI/; Words beginning with the letter 'u'.
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80 |
| UNIT 9 |
FUTURE PLANS AND POSSIBILITIES
Focus on Spoken Language: Future tenses: will/going to…
Present continuous for future arrangements.
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90 |
| UNIT 10 |
HAVING DINNER WITH FRIENDS
Focus on Spoken Language: Pronunciation: different sounds of the letter 'o'.
'Me neither'/Me too; Ways of using of the verb 'have'.
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100 |
| UNIT 10 |
HAVING DINNER WITH FRIENDS
Focus on Spoken Language: Pronunciation: different sounds of the letter 'o'.
'Me neither'/Me too; Ways of using of the verb 'have'.
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100 |
LANGUAGE REVIEW THREE
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110 |
ANSWERS TO EXERCISES AND CROSSWORDS
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112 |
VERB LIST
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124 |
A LIST OF AUSSIE WORDS ENDING IN 'ie' & 'y'
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125 |
REFERENCE LISTS
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126 |
PHONEMIC CHART
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136 |