Tag: English

The changes are said to be among the most significant in the Adult Migrant English Program’s history.

The changes to the citizenship tests aren’t wholesale, but they have raised the bar for an English speaking skills-set.

Sadly, I fall into the category of typical Aussie who speaks no other languages. So my first tour of Europe was certainly an eye (and ear) opener...

I am not saying the Brits do not drink beer. There are still some true believers left.

The Department of Immigration and Border Protection announced that more options for English language proficiency testing will soon be available to visa applicants.

HONEYMOONING NOMAD | “I haven’t been everywhere, but it’s on my list”

SUBCULTURE SLEUTH | Brick Lane — tourist trap or vibrant urban heartland of Bangladeshi cuisine and culture? Our sleuth investigates.

HONEYMOONING NOMAD | Impressing UK colleagues with a taste of home on Office Bake Day proves a little more difficult than anticipated for our honeymooning nomad.

SUBCULTURE SLEUTH | Despite the disturbing football hooliganism of a few, our sleuth discovers a club still deserving of support in Millwall.

HONEYMOONING NOMAD | Surviving the London winter is much easier when you’re the one Australian who doesn’t tan.

HONEYMOONING NOMAD | Facing a first wedding anniversary, our Honeymooning Nomad comes up with her own take on the traditional gift of paper.

SUBCULTURE SLEUTH | This week our sleuth practices the London art of patience when faced with a swarming mass of tourists.

SUBCULTURE SLEUTH | In an attempt to understand the almost religious fevour with which football is followed in our adopted homeland, our sleuth dons the red and white and tries to go incognito at the ‘North London derby’.

SUBCULTURE SLEUTH | A rivalry as old as time, the London cross-city divide, takes on a whole new dimension when you add Australians to the mix.

SUBCULTURE SLEUTH | Whether you are chav or posh boy, hipster or hooligan, Australian or Brit, there is one thing that men across the world have in common — image is everything, especially in a cultural melting pot like London.

SUBCULTURE SLEUTH | This week our Sleuth jumps to the defence of a newly discovered UK crush — Tulisa.

SUBCULTURE SLEUTH | Aussie men may think they have perfected the art of male bonding with their footy match getaways, but it has nothing on the British lad’s weekend for shared shame and debaucherous glory.

GO HARD OR GO HOME | I refuse to give in to the taunts. I’ll continue to talk the Australian way, because calling White Out 'Tipp-Ex' is just not cricket.