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Links to audio material either produced for ESL students or suitable for adaptation have been indexed under the following language points.

grammar

question tags
Grammar Challenge - question tags 

BBC world service learning english
 
 
wish - present
Three wishes 

BBC Express English
 
 

functions

arguing
BBC Talking Business: meetings 

BBC Learning English Talking Business
 
 
opinions
BBC Talking Business: meetings 

BBC Learning English Talking Business
 
 
telephoning
BBC Talking Business: telephoning 

BBC Talking Business
 
 

vocabulary

idioms
Food idioms: treading on eggshells 

BBC Learning English - The English We Speak
 
 
Food idioms: use your loaf 

BBC Learning English - The English We Speak
 
 
Food idioms: full of beans 

BBC Learning English - The English We Speak
 
 
Food idioms: nosh 

BBC Learning English - The English We Speak
 
 
Food idioms: beef 

BBC Learning English - The English We Speak
 
 
Food idioms: to put all your eggs in one basket 

BBC Learning English - The English We Speak
 
 
Food idioms: cut the mustard 

BBC Learning English - The English We Speak
 
 
Food idioms: to know your onions 

BBC Learning English - The English We Speak
 
 
Food idioms: to take with a pinch of salt 

BBC Learning English - The English We Speak
 
 
Food idioms: cheesy 

BBC Learning English - The English We Speak
 
 
Food idioms: good egg 

BBC Learning English - The English We Speak
 
 
Food idioms: a finger in every pie 

BBC Learning English - The English We Speak
 
 
Food idioms: wake up and smell the coffee 

BBC Learning English - The English We Speak
 
 
Food idioms: have your cake and eat it 

BBC Learning English - The English We Speak
 
 
Food idioms: cook the books 

BBC Learning English - The English We Speak
 
 

skills

achievements
Life goals 

Elllo.org
 
 
age
When does adulthood start? 

BBC Six minute English
 
 
ambitions
Life goals 

Elllo.org
 
 
anecdotes
Embarrassment 

BBC Express English
 
 
anger
Angry people 

BBC Six minute English
 
 
art
The colour blue 

BBC Express English
 
 
The colour white 

BBC Express English
 
 
The colour red 

BBC Express English
 
 
The colour red 

BBC Express English
 
 
babies
Royal baby talk 

BBC Six minute English
 
 
Learning in the womb 

BBC Six minute English
 
 
business
Entrepreneurs 

BBC Express English
 
 
cars / driving
What do you love and what do you hate about driving? 

BBC Express English
 
 
charity
Suspended coffee 

BBC Six minute English
 
 
Christmas
Swiss Santa 

Elllo.org
 
 
Canadian Santa 

Elllo.org
 
 
Christmas gifts 

BBC Express English
 
 
complaints
Business English: Customer complaints 

BBC Six minute English
 
 
Complaining 

BBC Six minute English
 
 
Returning goods to a shop 

British Council
 
 
computer games
Computer games 

BBC Express English
 
 
countries
National stereotypes 

BBC Express English
 
 
crime
Cyber crime 

BBC Six minute English
 
 
Prison restaurants 

BBC Six minute English
 
 
Sherlock Holmes in Simple English: A Scandal in Bohemia 

EnglishReaders.org
 
 
dieting
Interview: healthy drinks 

Elllo.org
 
 
Dieting 

BBC Six minute English
 
 
dreams
Three wishes 

BBC Express English
 
 
drinking
Drinking around the world 

BBC Six minute English
 
 
eating out / restaurants
Interview: eating in restaurants 

Elllo.org
 
 
Restaurant dialogue 

Elllo.org
 
 
eccentricity
Eccentric 

BBC Express English
 
 
education
Learning in the womb 

BBC Six minute English
 
 
entrepreneurs
Entrepreneurs 

BBC Express English
 
 
environment
Air travel and the environment 

BBC Six minute English
 
 
exercise and fitness
Fitness 

BBC Express English
 
 
family
Is it better to have a big or small family? 

Elllo.org
 
 
fashion
What to wear? 

BBC Learning English - News about Britain
 
 
What's in at the moment? 

BBC Express English
 
 
feelings / emotions
Crying men 

BBC Six minute English
 
 
Jealousy 

BBC Express English
 
 
Happiness 

BBC Express English
 
 
Embarrassment 

BBC Express English
 
 
Short story - A Serious Case 

British Council
 
 
festivals
New Year's resolutions 

BBC Express English
 
 
food and drink
Interview: a former chef 

Elllo.org
 
 
Interview: types of sushi 

Elllo.org
 
 
Interview: a Brit on British food 

Elllo.org
 
 
Interview: food for skiiers in Canada 

Elllo.org
 
 
Interview: lunch 

Elllo.org
 
 
Interview: healthy drinks 

Elllo.org
 
 
Interview: Italian food 

Elllo.org
 
 
Interview: a former baker talks 

Elllo.org
 
 
Interview: New Zealand food 

Elllo.org
 
 
Planning a meal 

Elllo.org
 
 
Sweet or savoury? 

BBC Express English
 
 
Coffee or tea? 

BBC Express English
 
 
friends
Social networking 

BBC Express English
 
 
Your best friend 

BBC Express English
 
 
gender
Are you intelligent? 

BBC Six minute English
 
 
The extinction of men 

BBC Six minute English
 
 
Women-only train carriages 

BBC Six minute English
 
 
Crying men 

BBC Six minute English
 
 
Being a woman 

BBC Express English
 
 
Being a man 

BBC Express English
 
 
growing up
Short story - Scarlett 

British Council
 
 
health - physical
Interview: healthy drinks 

Elllo.org
 
 
Jeff talks about leading a healthy lifestyle 

Elllo.org
 
 
heroes
Heroes 

BBC Express English
 
 
homes
A room to rent 

Elllo.org
 
 
Home 

BBC Express English
 
 
humour / comedy
Embarrassment 

BBC Express English
 
 
identity
Short story - Scarlett 

British Council
 
 
image and self-image
Do you worry about your appearance? 

Elllo.org
 
 
information technology
Cyber crime 

BBC Six minute English
 
 
Mobile phones 

BBC Six minute English
 
 
Jeff talks about technology 

Elllo.org
 
 
Phil talks about gadgets 

Elllo.org
 
 
Computer glasses 

BBC Six minute English
 
 
The death of the landline 

BBC Six minute English
 
 
Social networking 

BBC Express English
 
 
intelligence (mental ability)
Are you intelligent? 

BBC Six minute English
 
 
Internet
Social networking 

BBC Express English
 
 
investment
Entrepreneurs 

BBC Express English
 
 
language learning
Learning in the womb 

BBC Six minute English
 
 
Speak any language instantly 

BBC Six minute English
 
 
languages
Short story - Scarlett 

British Council
 
 
law
Crazy laws 

BBC Learning English
 
 
leisure activities
Spare time 

BBC Express English
 
 
lifestyle
New Year's resolutions 

BBC Express English
 
 
marriage / weddings
Why do people get married? 

Elllo.org
 
 
International marriage 

Elllo.org
 
 
Wedding vows 

BBC Express English
 
 
meetings
BBC Talking Business: meetings 

BBC Learning English Talking Business
 
 
memory
Smells and memories 

BBC Six minute English
 
 
money
What do you waste money on? 

Elllo.org
 
 
Are you good at saving money? 

Elllo.org
 
 
Cash or credit? 

Elllo.org
 
 
morality
Honesty 

BBC Express English
 
 
mysteries
The Loch Ness Monster 

BBC Six minute English
 
 
nationality/ nationalism
Feeling good about your country 

BBC Six minute English
 
 
National stereotypes 

BBC Express English
 
 
news
Words in the News (index) 

BBC world service learning english
 
 
RTHK News index (Hong Kong) 

RTHK (Hong Kong)
 
 
Good news 

BBC Six minute English
 
 
personal behaviour
Self-restraint 

BBC Express English
 
 
New Year's resolutions 

BBC Express English
 
 
Christmas gifts 

BBC Express English
 
 
Social networking 

BBC Express English
 
 
personality
Happiness 

BBC Express English
 
 
personalization - general
New Year's resolutions 

BBC Express English
 
 
Happiness 

BBC Express English
 
 
Embarrassment 

BBC Express English
 
 
phobias
Phobias 

BBC Express English
 
 
Fear 

BBC Express English
 
 
Short story - A Serious Case 

British Council
 
 
presents
Christmas gifts 

BBC Express English
 
 
psychology
The colour blue 

BBC Express English
 
 
The colour white 

BBC Express English
 
 
recycling
Restart parties 

BBC Six minute English
 
 
relaxing / stress
Stress 

BBC Express English
 
 
romance / relationships
Chance encounter 

Elllo.org
 
 
Bad boys 

Elllo.org
 
 
What's your ideal date 

BBC Express English
 
 
Romance 

BBC Express English
 
 
Relationships 

BBC Express English
 
 
royal family
Royal baby talk 

BBC Six minute English
 
 
rubbish
Global waste: food for thought 

BBC Six minute English
 
 
Plastic pollution 

BBC Six minute English
 
 
sexual attraction
Bad boys 

Elllo.org
 
 
shopping
Bargain shopping 

Elllo.org
 
 
social networking
Social networking 

BBC Express English
 
 
space travel
Moon landing 

BBC Six minute English
 
 
sports
BBC Talking sport 

BBC Talking sports
 
 
Boxing 

BBC Express English
 
 
Marathon running 

BBC Six minute English
 
 
stories
American Stories for English Learners 

manythings.org
 
 
tastes and preferences
The colour blue 

BBC Express English
 
 
The colour white 

BBC Express English
 
 
The colour red 

BBC Express English
 
 
television
TV addicts 

BBC Six minute English
 
 
Television 

BBC Express English
 
 
tourism
China is the biggest source of tourists 

BBC Learning English - Words in the News
 
 
travel / holidays
Day trip with a difference (i.e. space trips) 

BBC Six minute English
 
 
Backpackers 

Elllo.org
 
 
Travel preferences 

Elllo.org
 
 
Your Ideal Trip 

BBC Express English
 
 
wildlife
Tweet of the day 

BBC Six minute English
 
 
Secrets of the rainforest 

BBC Six minute English
 
 
Short story - A Serious Case 

British Council
 
 
work
Interview: a former chef 

Elllo.org
 
 
Interview: a former baker talks 

Elllo.org
 
 
Management 

BBC Six minute English
 
 
Workaholism 

BBC Six minute English
 
 

pronunciation

-ed - endings
Radio programme about ed endings 

BBC Grammar Challaenge
 
 
sounds
The Sounds of English 

BBC world service learning english
 
 
vowel sounds - single
Similar vowel sounds: Key and Pin 

BBC Learning English - Pronunciation Tips
 
 
Similar vowel sounds: Book and Do 

BBC Learning English - Pronunciation Tips
 
 
Similar vowel sounds: Door and Coat 

BBC Learning English - Pronunciation Tips
 
 
Similar vowel sounds: Egg, Cat and Cup 

BBC Learning English - Pronunciation Tips
 
 
Similar vowel sounds: Sock and Coat 

BBC Learning English - Pronunciation Tips
 
 
word and name pronunciation
Forvo.com 

Forvo.com