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. Find more at
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Jun 9, 2022 • 6min
The technology of translation
What is the relationship between translation, technology and the human brain?
Jun 1, 2022 • 6min
What is the Platinum Jubilee?
We talk about a very British tradition involving Queen Elizabeth II
May 26, 2022 • 6min
People who can taste words
Can you imagine being able to ‘taste’ every word that you hear?
May 20, 2022 • 6min
Finding your way in space
What’s up and what’s down for astronauts who are floating in zero gravity?
6 snips
May 12, 2022 • 6min
Can VR treat fears and phobias?
VR is helping people overcome phobias and even tackling more serious problems.
May 5, 2022 • 6min
Life in the modern office
Great or awful? How do people rate office working? We talk about it and teach vocabulary.
4 snips
Apr 28, 2022 • 6min
Remembering Desmond Tutu
Deep convictions and a sense of humour - we talk about a man who helped end apartheid.
Apr 21, 2022 • 6min
Discoveries of the Deep Sea
We talk about an extreme environment, and teach you vocabulary along the way.
Apr 14, 2022 • 6min
Rhetoric: How persuasive are you?
We talk about an art that started with ancient Greek philosophers
Apr 7, 2022 • 6min
Britain's love affair with coffee
It's not all about tea - Britons like coffee too. Learn vocabulary to talk about it.
