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Learning English Vocabulary

BBC Radio•www.bbc.co.uk
Education
Language Learning

Build your English vocabulary with these short programmes.

Each week we explore a new topic to improve your English vocabulary. Learn words for the weather, how to talk about people’s jobs, adjective order, and so much more.

Plus, in our English in a Minute episodes, give your vocabulary a boost in under a minute.

Find more at bbclearningenglish.com

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Episodes

New words

What do the words selfie, photobomb and trolling mean? Help us update your language!

Mar 14, 2022•6 min

Weather words

Rainy, snowy, windy, sunny. Learn how to describe the weather.

Mar 07, 2022•6 min

Homophones

Mail and male... Learn about words that sound the same but have different spellings.

Jan 31, 2022•6 min

Compound nouns

Do you like ice cream? Do you use a keyboard? Words like are compound nouns.

Jan 24, 2022•6 min

Job suffixes

What's the connection between a teacher, a driver and a presenter? We explain.

Jan 17, 2022•6 min

Similar words

Explore the similarities and differences in words like 'big' and 'large'.

Jan 10, 2022•6 min

Adjective order

Do you know how to put adjectives in the right order? We can help.

Dec 31, 2021•6 min

Contractions

To sound fluent and natural when you speak you might want to learn about contractions.

Dec 27, 2021•6 min

Job suffixes

What's the connection between a teacher, a driver and a presenter? We explain.

Dec 20, 2021•6 min

Word stress

Do you know how to pronounce the words photographer and photograph? We can help you.

Dec 13, 2021•6 min

Compound adjectives

Learn how to use compound adjectives (e.g. low-fat yoghurt, high-quality carbohydrates).

Dec 06, 2021•6 min

Lexical sets

Finn and Catherine give you some tips on how to remember new words.

Nov 22, 2021•6 min

-ing and -ed adjectives

Boring or bored? Interested or interesting? We'll tell you the right adjective to use.

Nov 08, 2021•6 min

Binomials

Learn how to use these short English phrases made of two words that go together.

Nov 01, 2021•6 min

Chunks of language

Find out how you can sound much more natural by learning and using chunks of language.

Oct 25, 2021•6 min

Prefixes

Learn how to add prefixes to the beginning of some words to change their meanings.

Oct 18, 2021•6 min

Suffixes

Finn and Alice look at a very important part of word building – suffixes.

Oct 04, 2021•6 min

Academic Vocabulary

Do you have to write academic texts and essays? Finn and Neil give you some tips.

Sep 27, 2021•6 min

Talk like Shakespeare

Learn some idioms from 'the Bard' which are in common use today.

Sep 20, 2021•6 min

Irregular verbs 2

Break, broke, broken... We look at verbs that don't behave themselves.

Sep 13, 2021•6 min

Adjectives from names

Freudian, Dickensian, Orwellian... learn about adjectives that come from names.

Aug 30, 2021•6 min

Large numbers

How many stars are there in the universe? Learn how to say big numbers in English.

Aug 23, 2021•6 min

Suffixes -sion -tion -tian

"I have a confession to make. My ambition is to meet a Martian!" - We teach you suffixes.

Aug 16, 2021•6 min

Synonyms

Learn about synonyms - words that have the same or similar meaning.

Aug 09, 2021•6 min

Linking words

Rob and Catherine talk about words and short phrases used to connect ideas.

Jul 12, 2021•6 min
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