American vs Australian English | Interview with Stefanie the English Coach

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Today, I interview Stefanie the English Coach about learning English ini 2019 and the differences between American English and Australian English.
I often get asked questions like:
- What's the difference between American vs Australian English?
- How should I learn Australian English or American English?
- Is it important to learn Australian English vs American English?
- What's the best way to learn English online?
In this interview, Stef and I have an informal and natural English conversation about her experiences learning foreign languages, her philosophy for teaching English and how ESL students should learn English, as well as how American and Australian English differ.
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Hello Guys, I've been watching your videos since I've decided to move to Australia. It really feels comfortable and warm while watching your videos, It's like having a conversation with someone giving information about what you really want to learn. So It's been my routine to watch Aussie English and "The English Coach ( Stefanie's channel ) everyday at least 30mins. I've just wanted to thank you for this. Congrats! Keep up the good work!

[@santiagoocampogomez4885]

Are you already Down Under ?

[@VoteforAndrewYang-rn5mw]

Wow, the skin of you guys` is so white

[@eduardohorta5784]

Awesome video! What a great interview man! I got your video from Stefanie’s site, and it was so great that I subscribed right away. I’ve been following her for a few weeks now and I find her material not only excellent from the language point of view, but inspiring and aplicable to many aspects of life. By the way, I’ve always been fascinated with Australia, so want a great interview combo! Cheers from Arizona.

[@SuperPranav25]

One can clearly state the difference between 2 accents but i am always up for Oz accent anytime :)

[@SuperPranav25]

@@AussieEnglishPodcast No second thought Do accent have ANY connection with the great history of this land ?

[@carolinaparente5808]

I love australian English accent. Sounds very pretty!!

[@helena1151]

Carolina Parente trust me not all. Some sound nice. Most of others sound deadly annoying I live in Aus huh. 😂

[@carolinaparente5808]

@@helena1151 I even love the Indian accent Haha, I find it cute. I'm able to love all Australian accents Haha, at least the one from Melbourne is so lovely 🙊

[@helena1151]

Carolina Parente sounds cute girl! Why not :P

[@Muleslover]

@@carolinaparente5808 hi mam

[@gabrielmoreirabr]

MEU DEUS QUE ENCONTRO!!!!!!!! GOSTO DOS DOIS 👏🏼👏🏼

[@dominikpayton5777]

dunno if anyone gives a shit but if you guys are stoned like me during the covid times you can stream pretty much all of the latest movies and series on instaflixxer. Been streaming with my girlfriend recently =)

[@setyomukti6699]

Saya senang mengikuti pembelajaran English Listening dari anda dengan teks Untuk itu lanjutkan program anda ini Dari saya : Pak Setyo di Surabaya

[@Pathyparra]

I always struggle with past participle ...omg...I had no ideia that u also make that kind of mistake...lol

[@harrytran1874]

Afro American ( African American ) speaking English we call it hood speak or speaking. The word fag to the Britishs ( Brits ) is slang for a cigarette but, mean different to the American. Also, the word gay means happy in the 50s, and 60s but, is different in the current time. The word Jap like the n word to the Japanese \ Japanese American. The American English uses different countries like France, Italy, Greece, Mexico, etc. Also, the spelling is different than British English.

[@adventurestoothercountrys6524]

الوضوع لايحتاج الى بحث هذه ميزه يهبها الله لمن يشإ

[@ryanctliu]

One of the most beautiful English teacher on KZbin!

[@ryanctliu]

Aussie English I will say you are the most handsome teacher on KZbin channels 👍

[@igorcatalao]

I totally agree!

[@adventurestoothercountrys6524]

رجو عرم النقاش في الموضوع لنه فوق اي محاوله لفهم ذلك

[@leandroxavante4848]

Hi

[@jorgeromera3861]

Superb interview, guys. There are things I don't agree with and others I do agree with, of course, but I've enjoyed the 51 minutes. Good job!

[@greenworld5379]

Hello Pete.....plz let me know that is it right to say ?-(I have a heart to eat chocolate) Do native people use this sentence..?

[@VoteforAndrewYang-rn5mw]

Don't cry for me, Argentina.

[@LucynaAustralia]

I totally agree with her when she says about learning like the way children do, because I've studied English for many years (traditional way) and comparing to how I have leaned French (like a child) was much better. I could have a conversation or watch an entire movie in French without captions, while in English took me years to do it. Also struggle with all grammar structure in my mind before speaking... A question to think: do u teach grammar to a child when they are learning their native language? That's why I don't think grammar is really necessary at the beginning.

[@bolivardjeanmiteaud5537]

Wow, you speak french that's awsome. Need some one to practive french. Can we get in touch to practive french??

[@adventurestoothercountrys6524]

لدي من بي مالم يكن مع غيري في العالم الحمدلله

[@adventurestoothercountrys6524]

الوضوع فوق طاقتك يابيه

[@vulongwindydragon4367]

Wow, what a surprise. I found out about her channel like half a year ago

[@jxjhe8656]

Sooo happy to see you here in the same video！！！I followed both of you on KZbin last year. Great English teachers and always cheer me up：）

[@Frankflores111]

Wooooooooooow I didn't know about this crossover!! omg you guys are amazing!

[@ballisticpug6764]

I lost a little bit of respect for the American once she bashed video games...

[@barbaraaraojo504]

I love Steffanie! The way she speak the way she teach us, it's incredible! Thanks! ❤❤❤

[@raaufabdalhkhwajh81]

Hi! stephanie I love you I like the way you speak so much.

[@adventurestoothercountrys6524]

اهلا صديقدبقي

[@moodmusic12343]

Stefanie speaks faster than the normal, in her KZbin channel she speaks a little bit more slow and I understand a little bit more.

[@moodmusic12343]

@@AussieEnglishPodcast I think so too, and I enjoyed it. thank for shared it.

[@maksimtarasov4820]

It was amazing I understood everything))))

[@marianoscotti8899]

👏👏👏👏👏👏 A great lesson ! Muy buena lección, che ! 😀 Un abrazo para los dos, from Olivos, Buenos Aires, Argentina

[@helenc.5195]

Great video! GOD BLESS PRESIDENT TRUMP.

[@LesEXO2012]

Lmao Please smh

[@sokhengtang36]

Hello you are both speaking so fast.

[@honzahonza6126]

Hi Peter,What can u say,in the beginning of the discussion Stephannie said"there is lots of activities"is it correct?.or my be it should be"there are"what u think?

[@meSNakeIce]

How different yours pronunciations are... Well, what I noticed is: better/betta, water/wata, KZbin/YouChube, point/poin. Thanks for the collaboration guys.

[@sabasultan-aliyeva]

Hi join. If you can to teach me American! accent. It will prove your coaching ability. That is all.

[@sabasultan-aliyeva]

Teach

[@impresarioe6824]

I don't know if you know the term, but most of us African Americans are taught to "code switch." Outside of our households and the community, we speak 'properly' or professionally. If you look up videos of Obama with black people, he spoke in a more relaxed state than when he gave a state address. Within our circle we too are more relaxed and slip back into ebonics or, in my case, a more southern, Tidewater accent.

[@dcf93]

This is the best video ever about language itself

[@paulohmolnar]

Interesting comment about Obama's accent being more neutral, which I totally agree. On the other hand, I watched the Michele Obama Netflix documentary this week and I noticed that her afro-American accent was much stronger than his, despite both being extraordinarily well educated. Maybe because of neighborhood where they grew up?

[@carlosalfredozelaya3225]

Nice video guys, I am from Centro America, Nicaragua. My first language is spanish and I study english and I was able to understand 80% that you said, in my country is difficult to learn english because we are not visited to native english speakers frequently.

[@laknirala8248]

You guys are doing good jobs. We the non-native English speaker can learn a lot from you guys about pronunciation and modulation

[@Powerofinvestings]

Wow! What an informative vlog! Agree totally with the way grammar is given emphasis when we (Indian) try to learn English and that really hold us back for what we are looking for. Thanks to both of you. Please keep it up!

[@charybdisgreydragon1302]

Listening to the discussion on how important grammar is or isn't in learning a language brings me back to something I learned in a college linguistics course -- the difference between "grammar" and "usage." And despite the terms, their respective meanings are almost counterintuitive. "Usage" is the term for the actual "official," textbook rules for a language. It covers saying things like "Please hand me something with which to write." And while this is technically correct, the natural way to say that sentence (at least in American English) is "Please hand me something to write with." Saying (or writing things) the way people actually understand them and use them is "grammar." So, when the average person (the nonlinguist) mentions correct "grammar" what they actually mean is correct "usage." If the average person "knows what you mean" and would "say it the same way" the "grammar" is correct, even if the "usage" is not. This is often true, as you and Stefanie have mentioned when language is in transition. For example, commonly people in America will say things like, "Everyone turned in their homework." when the correct usage would be "Everyone turned in his or her homework." This is a natural evolution due to working towards non-gender-biased language without using awkward sentence construction. So, in linguistic terms, the word "they" is in the process of changing from a plural word to an undefined word. In college, one of my professors told me that using "they" in this way would probably become correct usage within 20 years. While it has not completely done so in that time frame, that rule is definitely changing over time, and I suspect will become the norm a generation or so.

[@wasiahmed4308]

Wow inspiring 🤩😍👏💕😍💗. You guys are real eunterpuners👍

[@charybdisgreydragon1302]

As another odd stray thought, as an ELAR classroom teacher of native speakers, I often tell my students that my job is to teach them "standard edited American English" which is a foreign language, but that luckily, it is closely related to the English that they speak at home. Therefore, all I have to teach them is the differences between the two languages. That often helps when I have to teach them the "rules" of English, even though they might argue, "No one really says that."

[@juanalberto9731]

Estaba viendo el del caza serpientes ayer y hoy este, y neta que pedo jajajaja le entiendo muy bien a este par jeje

[@yanantong2489]

I like your conversation

[@meSNakeIce]

Haha, great collaboration, I didn't know that it exist.:)

[@thomascool1335]

Could you please talk with ‘English with Lucy’?

[@kelasbebas8742]

nice

[@natalyacarvalho3735]

Por que você não deixa o link do seu outro canal no box de informação?

[@nazarmustafa5155]

hi

[@fatemehghafari3426]

Actually she impressed me She mentioned some good points.

[@Pathyparra]

I found out very hard to understand some words from the aussie, but in context, it was ok for to understand everything.

Awesome! That "oxente" behind you made me laugh my ass off!

[@quranicsoulswhispers]

Please add subtitles in your videos I really don't understand fast speaking

[@sisayasfaw6197]

Amazing and best must know conversation I give it 5 star

[@barbaraaraojo504]

at 2:00 I realized he's gay.. 😂❤

[@joseantoniogonzalesguzman6846]

My 2 favorites teacher! Love you!💙

[@LucynaAustralia]

Love u both. Learn a lot with you! 🇧🇷🇦🇺🇺🇸

[@LucynaAustralia]

Baiano fala oxente! (No quadro). Pesquise a origem dessa palavra... Vem da palavra "shit" 🙄 (diz a lenda)

[@heitoralmeidaa]

Lucy in the sky É uma das teorias. Outra teoria famosa é que vem de "ó gente". Como baiano, acredito que tenha mais a ver com "ó gente". Curiosidade: A origem da palavra "forró" é a atribuída à combinação inglesa "for all", este referindo que a festa seria para todos (for all).

[@sisayasfaw6197]

Amazing and best must know conversation I give it 5 star

[@lilnn]

Sweet surprise... Thanks, mate! Another great idea! Good job! :)

[@lilnn]

Aussie English, Hey, mate. I'm from Bulgaria, Europe. If you find this as a good idea, will be interesting for me(personally), if you make a video - how to talk about your day/week in English. This is something that it happens to me often with friends, and it's confusing (sometimes) how to explain a situation that has happened, or a plans for the day, or just ideas for tomorrow... How will you structure your conversation, normally. I hope that makes sense. Thanks, and cheers, mate! :) Great, video!

[@igorcatalao]

Thanks for this nice video (except that part of anti-cultivated English speech, against Shakespeare and so on). The only question I've got is: why do I understand everything of your natural conversation whereas I'm unable to understand a TV series of film properly? It feels like my cerebro follows you easily and naturally and gets stuck in people's conversations in films. It's so frustrating! 😭

[@jorgeromera3861]

It's the same with me, Igor. Watching (and understanding) TedTalks is, usually, not a problem for me, but movies… that's another question! I reckon actors don't think "I'm going to speak so that foreign students can understand me" when they are acting. They just want to win an Oscar! (It's enough that Members of the Academy understand them)

[@igorcatalao]

@@jorgeromera3861 Perhaps you're right and the reason it's frustrating for me is that films and TV series conversations are very close to people's natural daily speaking. But I'm behind you in this, because even TED talks are not always quite easy to understand. For me it depends mostly on the subject being discussed.

[@jorgeromera3861]

@@igorcatalao maybe I'm not that good at understanding TED Talks. As a matter of fact I often use subtitles (in English), it depends on how the speaker speaks. But I always try to choose a topic I'm interested in. Don't give up!

[@fatemehghafari3426]

Fascinating interview.

[@camyxx]

She's amazing!

[@raquelsoares2539]

Great work, guys!

[@barbaraaraojo504]

Is he Australian?

[@timmy3441]

Yep! Hence why his channel is called "Aussie English" lol

[@VoteforAndrewYang-rn5mw]

Beautiful

[@Obeshalkin25]

👏👏👏

[@VoteforAndrewYang-rn5mw]

Video games, gym and BJJ