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BBC Learning English Course Information
BBC Learning English
Welcome to our new BETA site. We hope you enjoy the site and find the new features useful. The site is currently in BETA - this means that we are still developing it. We will be adding new types of material and new features over the coming months.
Currently we have two courses and a selection of feature items available. Over the next few years we are planning to create additional full and short courses at all levels of English.
We are interested to hear what you think about the site and the types of materials that you would be interested in. Please feel free to contact us using our contact form.
Lower Intermediate Course
If your level of English is lower intermediate or thereabouts, this course is for you.The course is broken up into weekly units and each unit is made of 5 sessions. A new session is published every day from Monday to Friday, so there is new material every weekday for you to study and enjoy.
Each week, there are regular features like our two new podcasts, 6 Minute Grammar and 6 Minute Vocabulary, a drama and a news report. The course makes use of BBC audio and video and also materials created specifically for you by our in-house team of language experts.
The course is designed to work on mobiles, tablets and desktop computers - so wherever you are, you will be able to enjoy studying English with the BBC Learning English team.
Over the next few months we plan to add new types of materials and new functionality to the website. There will be more details soon.
We hope you like it.
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Features
This section of the website is mainly for our higher level learners. You'll find our most popular intermediate level programmes, 6 Minute English, The English We Speak and our video news product Words in the News.
In the Features area, you can also find our pronunciation section. This is for anyone interested in improving their pronunciation. It has a range of videos and we will be adding to these materials over the next twelve months.
English My Way
The Learning Circles are a chance for you to help your family and friends learn English. You are the group leader. Follow the links in each session to download the different materials. They will take your group through the everyday English they need to survive in the UK.
There is a Trainer’s Guide that will tell you how to run a Learning Circle and twelve fun sessions. With each one, you can learn new words with flashcards, watch and discuss videos about everyday life, discuss how to solve problems, learn some useful everyday phrases and play some games to practise what you have learnt. Have a great time!
In this first session you will find a video guide for group leaders on how to run a learning circle. This will explain what to do at each stage of the Leader's Session Plan.
Learning Circles are part of English My Way. If you would like to find out more or recommend classes to a friend or member of your family, visit this site.