6 Minute English
BBC Radio
Learn and practise useful English language for everyday situations.
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Episodes
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Sep 15, 2022 • 6min
Man vs beast: Who is more efficient?
We discuss the advantages of the design of the human body, and teach you vocabulary too.
8 snips
Sep 8, 2022 • 6min
Are you following your dreams?
Hear about two people who dared to follow their dreams and are happy to have done so.
10 snips
Sep 1, 2022 • 6min
Do emojis make language better?
Are emojis turning us into lazy writers?
4 snips
Aug 25, 2022 • 6min
Being a beauty influencer
Hear about women who are using social media to change attitudes to beauty
13 snips
Aug 18, 2022 • 6min
Women in the workplace
Hear about the career-killing tasks that are holding women back in the workplace
6 snips
Aug 11, 2022 • 6min
Connecting remote communities
How do you connect the unconnected?
Aug 4, 2022 • 6min
How pandemics end
Covid-19, The Black Death ... We discuss what happens when deadly diseases go global.
Jul 28, 2022 • 6min
Confused by modern idioms?
We talk about some new expressions that have been introduced to English through the media
Jul 21, 2022 • 6min
Which are more dangerous: Sharks or humans?
From monster killers of the sea to endangered species - we talk sharks and vocabulary.
Jul 14, 2022 • 6min
Climate change and evolution
We discuss the impact of climate change on today's wildlife.
