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The LearnEnglish Elementary Podcast is like a radio magazine programme. There are seven or eight different parts or articles in each programme.

With each programme, you can:

Listen to the podcast
Practise your English
Read the transcript - see what they say

LearnEnglish Elementary Podcasts are for learners at Elementary level or who are who are trying reach CEF Level A2 (Council of Europe Framework of Reference). For this trial period, we will publish a new podcast every month.

1: Listen to LearnEnglish Elementary podcast 02

You can find a link to the podcast at the bottom of this page.

You can

listen to it on your computer now,
or save it to listen to later or to transfer to your mp3 player,
or subscribe to the podcast where future podcasts are saved automatically

Don't understand these options? Read our Podcast help page.

We recommend that you save the file so that you can:

listen to the entire podcast once, and then
listen to the various sections when you have the time to practise.

2: Practise your English with Elementary podcast 02

You can practise your English either on paper (via our 'Support Pack') or online.

To use the Support Pack, you have to download it, save it to your computer, and then print it off. The Support Pack is approximately 16 pages, and has exercises and answers for all the sections.
Download Podcast 02 Support Pack (pdf 400 k) [Help]
To use the online exercises, click on the 'Online' links below.

CONTENTS – LEARNENGLISH ELEMENTARY PODCAST 02
Learn more about the different sections of the podcasts

1: LISTEN TO THE ENTIRE PODCAST

Section 0 - While you listen
This section starts: 00mins.20secs into the podcast (immediately after the introduction)
Listen to the whole Podcast.

Practice materials (in Support Pack or online):
While you listen, read and answer the questions

2: PRACTISE YOUR ENGLISH SECTION-BY-SECTION

Section 1 - Conversations in English:
This section starts: 00mins.20secs into the podcast (immediately after the introduction)
“Where did you go?” – a weekend away
We often speak to friends about what they've done since we last saw them – at work, about the weekend, for example. But we don't only ask questions - we also make comments about what they say to show interest and keep the conversation going.

Practice materials (in Support Pack or online):
Learn how to speak/practise speaking about what people have done since you last saw them

Section 2 - I’d like to meet
This section starts: 02mins.00secs into the podcast
Listen to Yasmin talking about why she would like to meet Shakira.

Practice materials (in Support Pack or online):
Write about a famous singer that you’d like to meet

Section 3 - Quiz
This section starts: 06mins.00secs into the podcast
In the quiz, Ben and Poppy play Hot Seat, where one person explains words and the other person tries to guess what they are.

Practice materials (in Support Pack or online):
Match words and phrases to make clues, and clues to make answers.

Section 4 - Our person in ...
This section starts: 08mins.06secs into the podcast
Listen to Rachel talking about tango dancing in Buenos Aires.

Practice materials (in Support Pack or online):
Write about a dance from your country or another place.

Section 5 - Your turn
This section starts: 10mins.30secs into the podcast
In ‘Your Turn’, you hear 5 people answer the question "Which do you prefer – songs in English or songs in your language?"

Practice materials (in Support Pack or online):
Write and tell us what you think

Section 6 - Carolina
This section starts: 13mins.45secs into the podcast
Carolina has some trouble at the airport – when her luggage doesn't arrive!

Practice materials (in Support Pack or online):
Practise what you would say in the same situation

Section 7: The joke
This section starts: 16mins.25secs into the podcast
Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson are on a camping trip ...

Practice materials (in Support Pack or online):
See if you can tell the same joke!

Section 8 - Tom the teacher
This section starts: 18mins.10secs into the podcast
Looks at direct and indirect questions, and ‘anything’, 'anyone' and ‘anywhere’

Practice materials (in Support Pack or online):
Exercises and quizzes to check your English

For more information on our Support Packs, click on these links:
How to use the LearnEnglish Elementary Podcast Support Pack
Other ways to use our support packs

3: Read the transcript of Elementary podcast magazine No. 02

Download the transcript – this is what the people say on the podcast
Download Podcast 02 Transcript (pdf 125 k) [Help]

* In some sections we invite you to write texts and send them to us. You should follow the links on our website to do this. Sometimes it is best to write on the computer, and then copy and paste your text into the message area on the page on our website. If there is no space, send it to us via email.

Note: if you send texts to us, you are giving us the right to publish your writing or audio/video files on British Council websites and other teaching and learning materials – this will help other people to learn. We cannot correct texts to return to you. Unless you tell us not to, we will publish your name but not your e-mail address. We may edit or make some changes to your text if it is difficult to understand.

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