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Learn and practise useful English with clips from programmes around the BBC.

Each week, we talk about an interesting topic and learn helpful words and phrases used in natural spoken English - all in 6 minutes!

Practise your listening and hear natural spoken English.

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Thursday · 6 min
Is rejection good for us?
How would you feel about going up to a stranger and asking them for a cheeky favour?
September 10 · 6 min
Can apps teach you a language?
What's better for learning languages – an app or a class?
September 3 · 6 min
Climate change and extreme weather
Every year we see damage. Is climate change making the weather worse?
August 27 · 6 min
How do we describe smells?
How are smell adjectives different? Neil and Georgie discuss this.
August 20 · 6 min
Sharing the road with driverless cars
Would you feel safe around driverless cars?
August 13 · 6 min
Who does the housework?
When you were growing up, did your mum or dad do more household chores?
August 6 · 6 min
How do climate scientists make predictions?
How big will climate change be and what kinds of change will occur?
July 30 · 6 min
The Enhanced Games
What would the world of athletics look like if athletes were allowed to take drugs?
July 23 · 6 min
Children in warzones
How does war affect children?
July 16 · 6 min
What's in a footballer's brain?
How do footballers cope with high pressure scenarios like penalties and corners?
July 9 · 6 min
Should we cycle more?
Learn about a new scheme to spread the benefits of cycling. Neil and Becca discuss.
July 2 · 6 min
Rude emails
Have you ever received an uncivil email? Phil and Becca discuss
June 25 · 6 min
Stress-free family meals
What foods did you dislike when you were growing up?
June 18 · 6 min
Limiting screen time for children
Many parents worry that their children spend too much time on screens.
June 11 · 6 min
How advertisers make us spend money
Advertisers are constantly trying to influence our behaviour. Pippa and Phil discuss.
June 4 · 6 min
The power of poetry
Learn about the positive impacts of poetry and practise your listening skills
May 28 · 6 min
Living with debt
Have you ever borrowed money to buy something?
May 21 · 6 min
Making cities feel quieter
How loud is it where you live? Would you prefer to live somewhere quiet?
May 14 · 6 min
How reading shapes your brain
Scientific research has shown that learning to read changes how our brains work.
May 7 · 6 min
Searching for life on another planet
Does life on another planet exist? Neil and Becca hear from experts about another planet.

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