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BBC Radio Online Gives Free Six (6) Minute English Podcast to Learn and Practise Useful English Language for Everyday Situations

Summary

BBC Radio's 6 Minute English Podcast is great for weekly doses of useful English for practical situations. It is one of many podcasts from the BBC.

From BBC Website

Learn and practise useful English language for everyday situations with the BBC. Your weekly instruction manual for saying or doing something in English is published every Wednesday. Each programme is six minutes long and contains examples and explanations to help you improve your knowledge of the English language across a wide range of topics.

Visit BBC Radio's 6 Minute English Podcast.

6min: Population: 27 Jan 2011

This week Alice and Finn talk about population growth and the effect this might have on the world.

Posted Fri, 2011-01-28 11:00

6min: How musical are you?: 21 Jan 2011

In this programme, Yvonne and Rob talk about musicality and how BBC Radio 3 and scientists from Goldsmith's College are doing research to find out what makes people musical.

Posted Fri, 2011-01-21 12:03

6min: Dentist's drill: 14 Jan 2011

Alice and Stephen talk about a very common phobia – a fear of the dentist – and a possible new treatment.

Posted Fri, 2011-01-14 12:00

6min: Brains and politics: 7 Jan 2011

In this programme, Alice and Rob talk about the structure of the brain and how it could be related to our political beliefs.

Posted Fri, 2011-01-07 17:30

People in the UK usually visit their families around Christmas and the New Year. In this week's programme, Rob and Yvonne talk about families and hear what BBC radio listeners in the UK think about their families.

Posted Fri, 2010-12-31 12:00