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Changes in a decade
30 December 2009
Santa Claus
23 December 2009
Almost famous
17 December 2009
Mr Smith or John?
10 December 2009
Dear diary...
3 December 2009
Synesthesia
26 November 2009
E-wars
19 November 2009
Spiral museum at fifty

12 November 2009
eBooks
5 November 2009
Laughter yoga
29 October 2009
Quieter London
22 October 2009
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Shopaholics
15 October 2009
Spider Invasion
8 October 2009
Pigeon vs. web

1 October 2009
The Digital Divide

24 September 2009
Dutch girl's sailing dream dashed

17 September 2009
Chinglish in Shanghai
10 September 2009
Bangladesh snake bites

3 September 2009
Ginger whingers
27 August 2009
Beekeeping
20 August 2009
Clouds
13 August 2009
Tribal protest over Indian mine

6 August 2009
Moon landing
30 July 2009
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Couch surfing
23 July 2009
Tanning
16 July 2009
Aussie town gets own money

9 July 2009
Gold vending machine

2 July 2009
Lonely bug
25 June 2009
Going gliding
18 June 2009
Dancing into old age

11 June 2009
House swap
4 June 2009
Workaholism
28 May 2009
Fighting poor sanitation

21 May 2009
Spring cleaning
14 May 2009
Horoscopes
7 May 2009
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Smells & memories

30 April 2009
St George's Day
23 April 2009
Staycations
16 April 2009
Happiness
9 April 2009
April Fool's Day

2 April 2009
A good night's rest

26 March 2009
Keeping in touch
19 March 2009
Disappearing words
12 March 2009
Cutting down, eating up

5 March 2009
Love Drug
26 February 2009
Barbie's 50th anniversary!

18 February 2009
Mr Smith or John?
11 February 2009
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Private Fostering
4 February 2009
Obama inauguration party

28 January 2009
School for ex soldiers

21 January 2009
Story at the ready?

14 January 2009
Academic to Activist
7 January 2009

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Families
30 December 2010
The World Wide Web turns 20

23 December 2010
Farming in Africa
16 December 2010
Drinking Tea in the UK

9 December 2010
London English: Cockney

2 December 2010
The London Tube
25 November 2010
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Estate Agents
18 November 2010
Men and health

11 November 2010
Media Blackout
4 November 2010
Dress codes
28 October 2010
Black History Month

21 October 2010
Classic books
14 October 2010
Seeds
7 October 2010
Alien contact
30 September 2010
Top international universities

23 September 2010
Ageing population
16 September 2010
Self-help books
9 September 2010
New words
2 September 2010
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Women-only train carriages

26 August 2010
The Boomerang Generation

19 August 2010
Stand up straight!
12 August 2010
What would they write about you?

5 August 2010
Good and bad smiles

29 July 2010
Hen and stag parties

22 July 2010
Elizabethan banquet
15 July 2010
Collecting football stickers

8 July 2010
Quarter-life crisis
1 July 2010
Tiny monsters of the Highlands

24 June 2010
Science seals
17 June 2010
Journey to Mars
10 June 2010
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Learning to drive
3 June 2010
Movie science
27 May 2010
Robin Hood
20 May 2010
Loch Ness Monster

13 May 2010
Sign of the times

6 May 2010
Rainforest secrets
29 April 2010
Cycling for food

22 April 2010
Punk
15 April 2010
Parkour
8 April 2010
Marathon running
1 April 2010
Lying
18 March 2010
Tree climbing 2
11 March 2010
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Tree climbing 1
4 March 2010
Prison restaurants
25 February 2010
Plastic pollution
18 February 2010
Credit cards
11 February 2010
Retirement
4 February 2010
100 objects
28 January 2010
Burns Night
21 January 2010
Larks and owls

14 January 2010
New Year's resolutions

7 January 2010

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Witches
22 December 2011
Robots
15 December 2011
Online shopping
8 December 2011
Volcano
1 December 2011
TV addicts
24 November 2011
Night skies
17 November 2011
Gaffes
10 November 2011
Succession
3 November 2011
Aboriginal bones
27 October 2011
Handwriting for the modern age

20 October 2011
Stress in the workplace

13 October 2011
Plastic carrier bags

6 October 2011
A smart invention
29 September 2011
Blood doping
22 September 2011
Soldier teachers
15 September 2011
Swimming
8 September 2011
Shopping centres
1 September 2011
Shopping
25 August 2011
World Wide Web

18 August 2011
Bird superstitions
11 Aug 2011
Pulling a sickie
4 Aug 2011
Theatre seats
28 July 2011
Complaining
21 July 2011
Ebooks
14 July 2011
NASA's last shuttle flight

7 July 2011
Poverty and Education

30 June 2011
Botnets
23 June 2011
Posh People
16 June 2011
James Bond
8 June 2011
Booking holidays online

2 June 2011
Social Network
26 May 2011
Pretty in pink?
19 May 2011
Centenarians
12 May 2011
King Cyrus' Cylinder

5 May 2011
British republicans
28 April 2011
Sham weddings
21 April 2011
Social Mobility
14 April 2011
Philanthropy
7 April 2011
Watt's workshop
31 March 2011
Sat Nav Systems

24 March 2011
Football Rivalries
17 March 2011
Citizen Journalism
10 March 2011
A New Lease of Life

3 March 2011
Sleepwalking
24 February 2011
Love letters
14 February 2011
Shark's fin soup

10 February 2011
Scam mail
3 February 2011
Population explosion
27 January 2011
How musical are you?

20 January 2011
Dentist's Drill
12 January 2011
Brains and politics

6 January 2011

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Warm hands, warm heart?

31 December 2008
Jargon
24 December 2008
Aboriginal cricketer
10 December 2008
Blind Masseurs
3 December 2008
BFM International Film Festival

26 November 2008
Nuclear script
19 December 2008
Poetry
12 November 2008
Adult children
29 October 2008
The wisdom of keeping quiet

29 October 2008
Asteroid mission
22 October 2008
Problem pronunciation
15 October 2008
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Big hills and small mountains

8 October 2008
Dhaka traffic
1 October 2008
Living abroad
24 September 2008
Day trip with a difference

17 September 2008
Cryptozoology
10 September 2008
Credit crunch
20 August 2008
Cost of living
13 August 2008
Drinking laws
6 August 2008
Stress at work
30 July 2008
Pygmy hippo
25 June 2008
Ghost writers
18 June 2008
Dieting
11 June 2008
Mobile phones
4 June 2008
Social business
30 April 2008
Why save worms?

23 April 2008
Manager
16 April 2008
Six-word stories
9 April 2008
Are you intelligent?

2 April 2008
Cyber crime
26 March 2008
Mosquitoes and teenagers

19 March 2008
Air travel
12 March 2008
Academic Listening
Part 12
Exams.
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Part 11
Seminars and tutorials.

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Part 10
More on academic writing.

Part 9
Academic writing.

Part 8
Using the library.

Part 7
Academic reading.

Part 6
Lectures: the conclusion.
Part 5
Lectures: marker phrases.

Part 4
Lectures: the introduction.

Part 3
How lectures are organised.

Part 2
Lectures: this programme takes a look at a range of techniques to make listening to lectures easier.

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Part 1
Introduction to English for Academic Purposes, or EAP.

TALK ABOUT ENGLISH
English Makeover
Part 8
Patricia Pereira (We apologise for some minor variations in the sound of this archive material.)

Part 7
Mohammed Ibrahim (We apologise for some minor variations in the sound of this archive material.)

Part 6
Metaraja Anburasan

Part 5
Adela Taleb (We apologise for some minor variations in the sound of this archive material.)

Part 4
Joao Lourenco

Part 3
Hawo Shafat

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Part 2
Amanda But

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Part 1
Sora Hong

Private Lives Private Lives is a simple feature series in which ordinary people talk about themselves and how they experience everyday life in Britain. The series - first broadcast in 1997 was produced by Amber Barnfather and presented by Sue Waldram. Part 9 In this last programme of Private Lives meet Richard Harvey, a pub landlord.

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Update as of January 2009: Richard is now married to Joanne. They no longer live above the pub though, as he sold the Ducks Don't Float pub and now owns a pub and a taxi company in Stratford-upon-Avon. He and Martyn are still friends.
Part 8 Meet Matthew Nicholls, a computer science student at Cardiff University.

Update as of January 2009: It wasn't mentioned in the programme but throughout his teenage years, every summer, Matthew's parents sent him to Italy to work in leather workshops and tanneries. After completing his degree in computer science he studied for a Masters in Leather Science. He lived in Vincenza in Italy for a year, learnt to speak Italian fluently, came back to the UK - to the North to work for a leather company.
Part 7 We meet Alan Gowans, the manager of a large supermarket.

Update as of January 2009: Alan's role has changed three times since 1997 but he is still with Sainsbury's, where he now works as a regional manager. Alan enjoys cycling and often takes part in charity bike rides - the latest one he completed went from Bristol to London.
Part 6 Meet Frances Homan, a Schools Officer at The National Gallery in London.

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Update as of January 2009: A year after the programme was broadcast, Frances left the National Gallery and moved to San Francisco where she married an architect. They now have 7-year-old twin boys who are half English and half Chinese-American. Frances works for a company called Antenna Audio, who produce museum audio and multimedia tours all over the world. She researches and writes scripts for them, for museums such the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the National Gallery and Tate Britain in London, and the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam.
Part 5 In this edition, meet Anna, a schoolgirl.

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Update as of December 2008: Having completed her GCSEs and A-levels, Anna went on to gain a First Class degree in Sound Arts & Design from University of the Arts, London. Music has remained her passion: she has worked as a music journalist, as well as pursued her own songwriting. She now sings in and writes songs for an up-andcoming indie band and they are releasing their first single and video in early 2009.
Part 4 We meet Angela Simpson, a police officer with special responsibility for recruiting young people from ethnic minorities who are interested in a career in the police service.

Try this quiz about the police:

Update as of December 2008: Angela has worked in many places in England as a front line officer, also as a trainer, teaching Law and Police Procedure. Now she is back with the Force as Community Engagement Officer. She lives with her partner in a small village outside of the West Yorkshire area but regularly visits her family who still live in Leeds. And she's been to Jamaica - in her own words, 'the most beautiful country I have visited - but I guess I am biased'.
Part 3 Meet the British Army Officer Lawrence Kerr.

Try this quiz about serving in the Army:

Update as of December 2008: Since the programme was recorded, Lawrence Kerr has been promoted several times and served in Kenya, Italy (with NATO) and Germany. In 2004 he was honoured by HM Queen in the New Year's honours list and awarded the MBE. At present Lawrence is working as the career manager for the whole of the Household Division managing the careers of all soldiers in the Guards.
Part 2 We meet Debbie Davies, a reporter. We'll hear about Debbie's life, her interests, and how she combines a successful career as a journalist with being a mother.
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Update as of November 2008: Eleven years on, Debbie's children have flown the nest and she now lives in Ely, Cambridgeshire, working as the Editor of "The Ely Standard".
Part 1 In this first episode of Private lives we meet Mo Crow, a show manager at the Royal Albert Hall in London. We apologise for some minor variations in the sound of this archive material.

Try this quiz about the Royal Albert Hall, one of London's most famous attractions:

Update as of November 2008: Mo and Adrian now live together. They have two children. But, contrary to Mo's own prediction of eleven years ago, they haven't moved to live in the countryside; Mo still works at the Royal Albert Hall, but part-time.
Links to other Talk about English series Talk About English: Academic Listening Talk About English: Business Language To Go Talk About English: Insight plus Talk About English: Who on Earth are we? Talk About English: Better Speaking Talk About English discussion programmes
The Reading Group English Makeover
First Sight, Second Thoughts Academic Listening Business Language to go Private Lives Insight Plus Who on Earth are we? Better Speaking Webcasts 2008 Webcasts 2007 Webcasts 2006
Business Language to go
Part 12
Business socialising: some useful expressions for making business contacts when you're outside the office.

Part 11
Training and away days: learn some useful language and related phrases.

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Part 10
Difficult clients: we'll provide you with some useful language for dealing with dissatisfied customers and clients.

Part 9
Dealing with difficult work situations and asking for a pay rise.
Part 8
Delegating: we'll give you some useful language for this essential business skill.

Part 7
Telephoning II: find out some more telephone related language to use when making arrangements.

Part 6
Telephoning in a foreign language can be surprisingly difficult. Get some help with telephone related language with this programme.

Part 5
Appraisals: find out more about these meetings where a manager reviews your recent performance - and how to make the most of them.

Part 4
Presentations: they can be scary, even if you're just doing them in front of colleagues. But - we'll try to reassure you: they don't have to be a huge ordeal!

Part 3
Meetings: well provide you with some language for running a meeting and also some expressions that you can use when youre taking part in one.

Part 2
Induction: how do you introduce someone to the new work place?

Part 1
In this first episode of Business Language To Go: Job Interviews.

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First Sight, Second Thoughts

Part 9
Going Home

Part 8
Proudest Achievements

Part 7
Cultural Differences

Part 6
Leisure

Part 5
Working life

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Part 4
Housing

Part 3
Early days

Part 2
Coming to terms with English

Part 1
First impressions

The Reading Group

Part 10
In this, the last programme in the series, we learn about a scheme to bring books to Africa, we discover a learner's favourite book and Martin Parrott discusses how to find English language magazines.

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Part 9
A learner from Afghanistan talks about her reading habits, Martin Parrott talks about using the internet to read English and we drop into a popular bookshop in Mumbai. Please note: the script for this programme is not currently available.

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Part 8
We discuss the appeal of a classic French book beloved by adults and children - The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery. Arundhati Roy talks about her internationally best-selling novel, The God of Small Things.

Part 7
A Reading Group member visits The British Library to find out about the poetry and tragic life of Sylvia Plath. We also discuss the advantages of using 'simplified readers.'

Part 6
We discover the history behind one of the most famous places for reading in the world the Reading Room of The British Museum in London. Author Jenny Hartley talks about reading groups around the world.

Part 5
In this programme, we join a group of book lovers at their meeting with award-winning, Nigerian author Ben Okri. Writer Susan Osborne offers advice on how to set up your own reading group.

Part 4
We look at one of the classic romantic novels of English literature, Jane Eyre. A Reading Group member visits the British Library to find out more about the prolific Bronte sisters.

Part 3
How can we read books from other cultures more effectively? We discuss Zadie Smith's bestseller The White Teeth and talk to the editor of the first 'cultural dictionary'.

Part 2
We discuss ways to improve your vocabulary by reading in English, and we visit the home of the famous lexicographer, Samuel Johnson.

Part 1
In today's programme we discuss some of the difficulties of reading in a different language, and we also visit an English language club in Russia.

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English for Journalists

Introduction
The BBC College of Journalism is a training department of the BBC which provides courses for journalists. The courses help to ensure consistency, quality and accuracy in BBC broadcasting. One of the key areas of training is in the use of language. The language training helps non-native speakers of English who work as journalists within the BBC develop their English language skills in the field of journalism. On this page you can find links to three of the modules which have vocabulary development activities.
Modules
These three modules are the first to be launched on the BBC Learning English website. This is an exciting collaboration that allows the BBC World Service training team to share the benefits of their experience in training BBC journalists with you.
Modules designed by Mark Shea These modules open in a pop-up window and require the free Flash-player plug-in for your browser. BBC Learning English is not responsible for the content of these modules. Vocabulary of Conflict: Part 1 This module looks at the vocabulary associated with conflict Vocabulary of Conflict: Part 2 This module looks at some more language connected with conflict Elections This module focusses on the language of reporting elections End of Section
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Module 1: Vocabulary of Conflict Part 1 (3.3 MB) Module 2: Vocabulary of Conflict Part 2 (3.3 MB) Module 3: Vocabulary of Elections (4.8 MB)
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Programmes from 2009

Spiral museum at fifty

Pigeon vs. web

The Digital Divide

Dutch girl's sailing dream dashed

Bangladesh snake bites

Tribal protest over Indian mine

Aussie town gets own money

Gold vending machine

Dancing into old age

Fighting poor sanitation

Smells & memories

April Fool's Day

A good night's rest

Cutting down, eating up

Barbie's 50th anniversary!

Obama inauguration party

School for ex soldiers

Story at the ready?

Programmes from 2010

The World Wide Web turns 20

Drinking Tea in the UK

London English: Cockney

The London Tube

Men and health

Black History Month

Top international universities

Women-only train carriages

The Boomerang Generation

What would they write about you?

Good and bad smiles

Hen and stag parties

Collecting football stickers

Tiny monsters of the Highlands

Loch Ness Monster

Sign of the times

Cycling for food

Larks and owls

New Year's resolutions

Programmes from 2011

Handwriting for the modern age

Stress in the workplace

Plastic carrier bags

World Wide Web

NASA's last shuttle flight

Poverty and Education

Booking holidays online

King Cyrus' Cylinder

Sat Nav Systems

A New Lease of Life

Shark's fin soup

How musical are you?

Brains and politics

Programmes from 2008

Warm hands, warm heart?

BFM International Film Festival

The wisdom of keeping quiet

Big hills and small mountains

Day trip with a difference

Why save worms?

Are you intelligent?