Learning English Vocabulary

Learning English Vocabulary

Build your English vocabulary with these short programmes. Each week we explore a new topic to improve your English vocabulary.

Learning English Vocabulary

Episodes (390 available)

Learning English Vocabulary, Prefixes: dys- de- dis-

Do you suffer from DYSpepsia? Could a DEtox diet help? Neil and Finn talk about prefixes

13 Apr 2026

6 mins

Learning English Vocabulary, English in a Minute: Phrases with 'money'

Learn phrases with the word 'money'

9 Apr 2026

1 min

Learning English Vocabulary, Ordinal numbers

What's the date today? Do you know how to say it? Listen to the programme to find out.

7 Apr 2026

6 mins

Learning English Vocabulary, English in a Minute: Phrases with 'thing'

Learn four phrases that use the word 'thing'

1 Apr 2026

1 min

Learning English Vocabulary, Short spoken forms

Gonna, wanna, dunno, whatcha… are these really English words? Who uses them and why?

30 Mar 2026

6 mins

Learning English Vocabulary, English in a Minute: Phrases with 'hand'

Learn four phrases that use the word 'hand'

25 Mar 2026

1 min

Learning English Vocabulary, Uncountable nouns

Can you count knowledge, money or happiness? How to deal with uncountable nouns.

23 Mar 2026

6 mins

Learning English Vocabulary, English in a Minute: Phrases with 'eye'

Learn phrases that commonly contain 'eye'

18 Mar 2026

1 min

Learning English Vocabulary, Time expressions

Neil and Catherine look at time expressions with 'in', 'at' and 'on'.

16 Mar 2026

6 mins

Learning English Vocabulary, English in a Minute: Phrases with 'water'

Learn four phrases that use the word 'water'

11 Mar 2026

1 min

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