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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.
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.
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 04 Support Pack (pdf
file - 368 KB) [Help]
- To use the online exercises, click on the 'Online' links below.
CONTENTS
– LEARNENGLISH ELEMENTARY PODCAST 04
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)
“How are
you feeling?” – being sympathetic
In the UK, if we want to know if someone is ill,
we ask “How are you feeling?”.
Practice materials (in Support Pack or
online):
Learn what to say/practise what to say if you or someone
else is well or feeling ill
Section 2 - I’d like to meet
This
section starts: 01mins.43secs
into the podcast
Listen to Marcus talking about why he would like to meet reggae
musician Bob Marley.
Practice materials (in Support Pack or online):
Write
about a male musician that you’d like to meet
Section 3 - Quiz
This
section starts: 05mins.36secs
into the podcast
In the quiz, Max and Hannah 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):
Explain words by using other words.
Section 4 - Our person in ...
This
section starts: 08mins.15secs
into the podcast
Listen to Robert talking about the Bun Festival in Cheung Chau.
Practice
materials (in Support Pack or online):
Write about a festival from
your country or another place.
Section 5 - Your turn
This section
starts: 10mins.40secs
into the podcast
In ‘Your Turn’, you hear 5 people answer the question “Which
do you prefer – the book or the film?"
Practice
materials (in Support Pack or online):
Write and tell us what you
think
Section 6 - Carolina
This section
starts: 13mins.03secs
into the podcast
Carolina catches the train to Newcastle and meets a new friend.
Practice
materials (in Support Pack or online):
Practise what you would say
in the same situation
Section 7: The joke
This section
starts: 18mins.08secs
into the podcast
A man takes his dog to the cinema ...
Practice
materials (in Support Pack or online):
See if you can tell the same
joke!
Section 8 - Tom the teacher
This
section starts: 20mins.10secs
into the podcast
Looks at British money and prices, and the word ‘stuff’.
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
Download the transcript – this is what the people say on the podcast
Download
Podcast 04 Transcript (pdf file -145
KB) [Help]
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