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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 09

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 09

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 09 Support Pack (pdf file - 351 KB) [Help]
To use the online exercises, click on the 'Online' links below.

CONTENTS – LEARNENGLISH ELEMENTARY PODCAST 09
Learn more about the different sections of the podcasts

1: LISTEN TO THE ENTIRE PODCAST

Section 0 - While you listen
This section starts: 00mins.19secs 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.19secs into the podcast (immediately after the introduction)
“A weekend away” – talking about short breaks

Practice materials (in Support Pack or online):
Learn how to talk about/Practise talking about what you're going to do on the weekend.

Section 2 - I’d like to meet
This section starts: 02mins.36secs into the podcast
Listen to Sean talking about why he would like to meet Matt Groening, the creator of 'The Simpson'.

Practice materials (in Support Pack or online):
Write about a cartoon or animation (a TV series or a film).

Section 3 - Quiz
This section starts: 07mins.00secs into the podcast
Listen to Abby and Ethan playing a quiz about phrases that we use with the verb ‘make’.

Practice materials (in Support Pack or online):
Practise phrases that we use with different verbs.

Section 4 - Our person in ...
This section starts: 09mins.58secs into the podcast
Listen to Bridget talking about the film industry in India.

Practice materials (in Support Pack or online):
Write about films and cinema in your country.

Section 5 - Your turn
This section starts: 12mins.45secs into the podcast
In ‘Your Turn’, you hear 5 people answer the question "What’s your perfect holiday?"

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

Section 6 - Carolina
This section starts: 15mins.12secs into the podcast
Carolina has some friends over to her place for dinner.

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

Section 7: The joke
This section starts: 19mins.58secs into the podcast
Hear about a magician, a parrot, and a sinking ship ...

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

Section 8 - Tom the teacher
This section starts: 22mins.15secs into the podcast
Looks at the verbs 'make' and 'do'.

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. 09

Download the transcript – this is what the people say on the podcast
Download Podcast 09 Transcript (pdf file -150 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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