For the love of foreign languages

Do you prefer healthy, homemade snacks... or modern, packaged goodies?Find a full transcript, worksheet and interactive quiz for this episode at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/6-minute-english_2025/ep-250821SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER: ✔️ https://www.bbc. ... Show More

What was your favourite toy as a child? And would you consider playing with it as an adult...? It's not just kids who like to play with toys – many adults like to buy kids' toys for themselves! Phil and Beth discuss this and teach you some new vocabulary.Find a full transcript, w ... Show More

Many of us are familiar with wellbeing, but have you heard about flourishing?Find a full transcript, worksheet and interactive quiz for this episode at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/6-minute-english_2025/ep-250807SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER: ✔️ https://w ... Show More

Do you study Korean language as a hobby? 

Whether you’re a passionate polyglot, or you have to learn several languages out of necessity, you might have wondered if learning more than one language can harm your progress in English. In today’s episode, I’ll share my thoughts, and what steps you can take if you are learning ... Show More

Many students tell me that learning English is very difficult but is it more difficult than other languages? 

When I start a new language, I sometimes know a related language and that helps. This is a video of me starting two languages that are not related to languages I know, Finnish and Indonesian. 

On entend souvent que les enfants apprennent les langues plus facilement que les adultes. C’est d’ailleurs une excuse très pratique pour certains :  « J’aimerais bien apprendre l’espagnol mais c’est trop tard, je suis trop vieux pour ça. » D’un autre côté, beaucoup de personnes r ... Show More

Sappiamo tutti che imparare una lingua è faticoso. E allora perché farlo? Quali sono i motivi che ci spingono a studiare una lingua straniera? Oggi condivido con te i miei motivi per iniziare l’anno con la carica giusta! Trovi le trascrizioni su www.piccolomondoitaliano.com