6 Minute English

BBC Radio

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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334 episodes
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Episodes334

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Aug 6, 2020 · 6 min
No more bosses
Can companies operate better without managers? We talk about it and teach you vocabulary.
Jul 30, 2020 · 6 min
The medicine of coronavirus
Neil and Georgina talk about Covid-19 and teach you related vocabulary.
Jul 23, 2020 · 6 min
Food made in space
Find out how growing plants in space might help develop better crops.
Jul 16, 2020 · 6 min
Sport against poverty
Neil and Sam discuss how sport is giving hope to young people leading the toughest lives.
Jul 9, 2020 · 6 min
Covid-19: The office after lockdown
Companies are rushing to install technology to make offices safer. Neil and Sam discuss.
Jul 2, 2020 · 6 min
Should we wear a face mask?
Can wearing masks in public help prevent the spread of coronavirus? Rob and Sam discuss.
Jun 25, 2020 · 6 min
Millennials and business
Rob and Sam discuss the new generation's desire to make the world a better place.
Jun 18, 2020 · 6 min
Is being thrifty a virtue?
Neil and Sam talk about being a saver in a consumer culture and teach you vocabulary.
Jun 11, 2020 · 6 min
The food delivery revolution
Takeaway apps are changing food culture. We talk about it and teach you vocabulary.
Jun 4, 2020 · 6 min
What difference has #MeToo made?
Sam and Georgina talk about the movement and teach you related vocabulary.
May 28, 2020 · 6 min
Is the recycling system broken?
We talk about the over-reliance on recycling rather than reducing the use of plastics
May 21, 2020 · 6 min
The soothing power of books
How can books help us relax and feel more alive during troubled times?
May 14, 2020 · 6 min
Shocking facts about electricity
Neil and Georgina talk about how electrical systems differ from country to country.
Apr 26, 2018 · 6 min
Internet - good or bad?
Rob and Neil discuss some of the advantages and drawbacks of going online

6 Minute English

No more bosses

The medicine of coronavirus

Food made in space

Sport against poverty

Covid-19: The office after lockdown

Should we wear a face mask?

Millennials and business

Is being thrifty a virtue?

The food delivery revolution

What difference has #MeToo made?

Is the recycling system broken?

The soothing power of books

Shocking facts about electricity

Internet - good or bad?