Sep 1

Doing stressful things

What's more stressful? Learning to drive or learning a new language? Listen to Pippa and Phil talking about stressful things and grammar guru Georgie explaining how to make comparative and superlative sentences.As always, get your free worksheet, quiz and transcript for this epis ... Show More

9m 36s

Aug 25

What have you been up to?

Why has Phil been doing lots of washing this week? Neil and Beth tell us what they've been up to recently, and our grammar guru Georgie teaches us about the present perfect simple and present perfect continuous tenses.Find a full transcript for this episode and a worksheet: ✔️ ht ... Show More

7m 28s

Aug 21

Using services

Sometimes we need people to do things for us. Beth and Neil talk about mechanics, hairdressers, doctors and opticians and grammar guru Georgie explains the causative.TRANSCRIPT AND WORKSHEET: Find a full transcript for this episode and a worksheet ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learnin ... Show More

7m 24s

Mar 2021

Time expressions

Neil and Catherine look at time expressions with 'in', 'at' and 'on'.

6m 21s

Mar 2021

Harry and Meghan's Interview

Neil and Catherine have the vocabulary you need to talk about this story.

10m 39s

Jan 2021

Russian Navalny Protests

Catherine and Neil have the vocabulary you need to talk about this story.

11m 50s

Aug 2020

Coronavirus: UN warns of new diseases

Neil and Catherine have the vocabulary you need to talk about this story.

10m 51s

Sep 2019

Teenager blinded by chips and junk food diet

Dan and Catherine teach you the language being used to discuss this story.

11m 5s

Mar 2025

Real Easy English: Talking about tastes

Neil and Georgie have a real conversation in easy English about food and tastes. Learn to talk about the different flavours people like and don't like. TRANSCRIPT You can read along with this podcast and find important vocabulary here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/englis ... Show More

6m 24s

Dec 2020

Diego Maradona: Doctor’s house searched

Catherine and Neil have the vocabulary you need to talk about this story.

11m 43s

Jul 2018

Neymar admits exaggerating

Neil and Catherine discuss the key language from this story.

9m 29s

Feb 2021

Kim Kardashian and Kanye West to divorce

Neil and Catherine have the vocabulary you need to talk about this story.

10m 59s

Jan 2020

Ep. 6 - “Y tú, ¿qué comes?”

Catriona and Héctor talk about food and drinks while practicing verb conjugations. We’d love to get your feedback, suggestions or learn about your own language learning journey. The email is podcasting@babbel.com. If you’d like to read along, you can find the transcript for this ... Show More

17m 13s

Present Perfect and Past Simple