Practise and improve your listening skills for your studies or for work. There are videos and audio with activities for different levels.

Starting Out

Watch our video series about Julia and Sammy and learn useful words and phrases.
Starting Out - Episode 01
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Episode 01 - They meet

Julia and Sammy meet in a cycling accident! Then they want the same taxi. Will they get on?
Starting Out Episode 02
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Episode 02 - Tom's party

Sammy chats up Julia at Tom's party. What does he get from her?
LearnEnglish Podcasts

Learn everyday English by listening to podcasts. There are interactive exercises to help you practise and improve your level of English.
Elementary Podcasts
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Series 04 Episode 20

It's the end of Series 4! Carolina tells Emily she’s going to miss her while she studies in France. But will she be missing Jamie too? What’s Jamie going to do? Jo and Adam look at different ways of speaking about the future. It’s goodbye until the next series!
Tess & Ravi
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Series 04 Episode 19

Tess and Ravi finish up Series 4 talking about myths about British people, while Jo and Adam speak about false friends and how to use the word 'actually' to give true information about something.
Big City Small World

Listen to our audio fiction series about a group of young people from around the world who are living in London.
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Series 3 Episode 12 - Popping the Question

Harry is going to ask a very important question and Carlos has a piece of good news to share. Is it going to be a happy ending? Written by Chris Rose.
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Series 3 Episode 11 - Time Is Money

Business-minded Johnny is busy as always, while Harry has an important question in mind. What is it? Written by Chris Rose.
Word on the Street

Improve your language level and learn about the UK and its culture by watching our Word on the Street video series.
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History Scene 1

Ashlie and Stephen take Tristan and his friend Jay Marie on a bus tour of London. Who is the better tour guide?
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History Scene 1 - Language Focus

Rob and Stephen talk about American English and some uses of passive verb forms.
Britain is GREAT

Learn about what makes Britain GREAT in these videos. Do the exercises to learn about the UK and improve your language.
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English is GREAT - Part 1

The story of English starts more than a thousand years ago. Richard goes to the British Library to hear – and see – how the language has changed over the years.
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English is GREAT - Part 2

Richard finds out about all the different kinds of English and talks to some of the hundreds of thousands of students who come to Great Britain to learn English every year.
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