Radio and English learning

 podcasts can improve your listening skill

For listening practice, nothing compares to English radio programs. Today, thanks to the Internet, English learners can have easy access to high quality podcasts instead of listening to the actual radio. Here are four recommended places where you can listen to English radio programs.

1.BBCLearningEnglish.com

This is the oldest English learning radio (70 years old, to be precise) on the planet! They produce radio programmes accessible for free in the form of podcasts. You can find a great deal of listening material from BBC Learning English.

2. Voice of America

As an American broadcasting institution, VOA produces news, human interest, and short fiction in Special English which is spoken more slowly and with a smaller vocabulary than regular programming, so it is easier for intermediate learners to understand. Here are two samples:

3. ABC Radio National

IELTS consists of different English accents. Three of them are more common than the others: British, American, and Australian. Do you have difficulty understanding Australian speakers? Then don’t miss this radio channel and its podcasts. Here’s a sample: