Learning English Vocabulary
BBC Radio
Build your English vocabulary with these short programmes. Each episode explores a new topic to improve your English.Find more at bbclearningenglish.comFollow us at
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Episodes
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May 29, 2023 • 6min
Male and female job words
How words change depending on whether a man or a woman is doing the job.
May 22, 2023 • 6min
New words
Rob and Catherine are here to help you update your language!
May 15, 2023 • 6min
Weather words
British people love to talk about weather! Learn some useful vocabulary about it here.
May 9, 2023 • 6min
Homophones
Learn about words that sound the same but have different meanings
May 2, 2023 • 6min
Compound nouns
Ice cream, popcorn... Learn about nouns made up of a combination of two words.
Apr 24, 2023 • 6min
Adjective order
We explain the order you put adjectives in when describing a dog!
Apr 17, 2023 • 6min
Contractions
Finn and Feifei help you learn this important part of speaking and writing, in English.
Apr 3, 2023 • 6min
Job suffixes
What's the connection between a teacher, a driver or a presenter?
Mar 27, 2023 • 6min
Word stress
Do you know how to pronounce the words photographer and photograph? We can help you.
Mar 20, 2023 • 6min
Compound adjectives
Learn how to use compound adjectives (e.g. low-fat yoghurt, high-quality carbohydrates).
