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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 03

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 03

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 03 Support Pack (pdf file - 454 KB) [Help]
To use the online exercises, click on the 'Online' links below.

CONTENTS – LEARNENGLISH ELEMENTARY PODCAST 03
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)
"Is that a new shirt?" – Making comments on a friend's clothes
In the UK, it is common for friends to comment on each other's clothes ... but only if you are friends.

Practice materials (in Support Pack or online):
Learn how to speak/practise speaking about the clothes that people are wearing

Section 2 - I’d like to meet
This section starts: 02 mins.15secs into the podcast
Listen to Martin talking about why he would like to meet famous designer Jonathan Ive.

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

Section 3 - Quiz
This section starts: 06mins.20secs into the podcast
In the quiz, Marina and Ricky have 10 seconds to think of as many yellow things as they can.

Practice materials (in Support Pack or online):
Group the names of things depending on which colour they are.

Section 4 - Our person in ...
This section starts: 09mins.00secs into the podcast
Listen to Bob talking about the vuvuzuela – a strange musical instrument that people play at football matches in South Africa.

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

Section 5 - Your turn
This section starts: 11mins.55secs into the podcast
In ‘Your Turn’, you hear 5 people answer the question "Why don’t more people watch women’s football?"

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

Section 6 - Carolina
This section starts: 15mins.45secs into the podcast
Carolina finds her luggage but then has to find out how the London Underground works!

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

Section 7: The joke
This section starts: 19mins.15secs into the podcast
A man buys a parrot and then tries to get it to talk ...

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

Section 8 - Tom the teacher
This section starts: 21mins.24secs into the podcast
Looks at silent letters, and prepositions that go with the word ‘look’.

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. 03

Download the transcript – this is what the people say on the podcast
Download Podcast 03 Transcript (pdf file -144 KB) [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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