Tess and Ravi talk about a very famous British family and Adam passes on your kind words to Carolina. Listen here!

Find out all about our new competition with great prizes for the winners, including a trip to the UK.

This week on Premier Skills English, the featured club is Chelsea.

James, our resident video blogger has made a prediction video about Chelsea. He tells a story about when he went to Chelsea's training ground.

Check out our learner resources based around the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games on our new section English for the Games.

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Khusnudin
Indonesia

I know the secret now :D


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liamon
Indonesia

thank you british  council :)


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harry park
Korea (South)

Hi, Christina. My name is Junghwan Park.
I'm from Korea.
I'm looking forward...
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