Talk About English (learn English)

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Improve your English vocabulary, grammar, and listening skills with the BBC. Our weekly 20 minute chat show includes features and interviews to help you practise and develop your English. We cover a range of topics using everyday informal English, highlighting useful words and expressions. Talk about English is presented every Thursday by the team from BBC Learning English including Callum Robertson, William Kremer and Jackie Dalton. (Author: BBC World Service)
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Recent episodes from Talk About English (learn English)

  • Tae: Who On Earth Are We? Part 8 19 Jun 08
    Published: Jun 19, 08
    Following on from last week's programme - more on individual and collective based cultures.
     
  • Tae: Who On Earth Are We? Part 7 12 Jun 08
    Published: Jun 12, 08
    Individual and collective based cultures: The individual / collective distinction is very important in the study of culture. This programme begins a detailed look at this issue.
     
  • Tae: Who On Earth Are We? Part 6 05 Jun 08
    Published: Jun 5, 08
    Culture and time and space: A less obvious way in which cultures differ is in their attitudes to time and space. In the programme Marc Beeby looks at this subject and learns about Indian standard Time and how the idea of personal space is different around the world.
     
  • Tae: Who On Earth Are We? Part 5 29 May 08
    Published: May 29, 08
    Culture and non-verbal communication: People from different cultures not only speak different languages, they also use non-verbal communication in different ways. When people use non-verbal communication in a way that is different from what we're used to, there can be problems. Join Marc Beeby as he looks at this feature of communication.
     
  • Tae: Who On Earth Are We? Part 4 22 May 08
    Published: May 22, 08
    Communication and culture: Communication's done so naturally by all of us that we take it for granted and we don't think very much about what happens when we communicate we just think, well we're all human and we all communicate therefore communication must be easy and it must be universal. But in fact communication isn't a simple process at all as Marc Beeby finds out.
     
  • Tae: Who On Earth Are We? Part 3 15 May 08
    Published: May 15, 08
    Language and culture: Marc Beeby looks at langauge as one of the building blocks of culture and discovers that we don't all describe the world in the same way.
     
  • Tae: Who On Earth Are We? Part 2 08 May 08
    Published: May 8, 08
    What is culture and why is it so difficult to define? These are some of the questions Marc Beeby tries to answer in this week's programme.
     
  • Tae: Who On Earth Are We? Part 1 01 May 08
    Published: May 1, 08
    A new series about culture and inter-cultural communication. How does our culture influence the way we see the world? Join Marc Beeby to explore this topic.
     
  • Tae: Better Speaking 12 24 April 08
    Published: Apr 24, 08
    In this final episode of Better Speaking, Callum and Richard look back at the previous programmes and discuss some of the main ways you can improve your English speaking.
     
  • Tae: Better Speaking 11 17 April 08
    Published: Apr 17, 08
    Steffi Graf is one of the most successful tennis players ever, but is she a successful speaker of English? Callum and Richard listen to an interview with the star.
     
  • Tae: Better Speaking 10 10 April 08
    Published: Apr 10, 08
    Callum and Richard listen to an interview with the pop band ABBA, and discuss ways you can be vague in English.
     
  • Tae: Better Speaking 9 03 April 08
    Published: Apr 3, 08
    This week, Callum and Richard discuss how we can use phrases like 'I think' and 'I feel' to give our opinion. They also talk about natural ways of agreeing or disagreeing in a conversation.
     
  • Tae: Better Speaking Episode 3 21 Feb 08
    Published: Feb 21, 08
    Callum and Richard hear a clip from the former Secretary-General of the United Nations, Kofi Annan. They also discuss different ways you can practise and improve your English pronunciation.
     
  • Tae: Better Speaking Episode 2 14 Feb 08
    Published: Feb 14, 08
    Episode 2 of 'Better Speaking'. Callum Robertson and speech trainer Richard Hallows hear a clip from Korean football manager Pak Han Suk, and discuss ways you can improve your fluency in English.
     
  • Tae: Better Speaking Episode 1 07 Feb 08
    Published: Feb 7, 08
    This week on Talk About English we hear the first episode of 'Better Speaking'. Callum Robertson talks to speech trainer Richard Hallows about techniques you can use to improve your fluency.