BBC Learning English

BBC Learning English is a department of the BBC World Service devoted to English language teaching.

The service provides free resources and activities for teachers and students, primarily through its website. It also produces radio programmes which go out on some of the BBC World Service's language services and partner stations. It has won numerous awards, including two Eltons from the British Council and an English Speaking Union award for innovation in English language teaching.

The department has been established in 1943.^[1] Since then, it changed name multiple times,^[2] for example "English by Radio" (or ExR), "English by Radio and Television" and "BBC English", before arriving at "BBC Learning English" as it is known today. BBC World Service started broadcasting English language teaching programmes in 1945. There were programmes for beginners, for intermediate and advanced learners, for adult learners and children. There were number of series for teaching language comprehension with a help of song lyrics, such as Pop Words. It was usual for the major broadcasters in the 1950s to have a programme teaching the language of the country the broadcaster served.^[3]

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BBC World Service

Presenters	Ros Atkins Matthew Bannister Nikki Bedi Owen Bennett-Jones James Coomarasamy Dan Damon Evan Davis Peter Day Lyse Doucet Tim Franks Harriett Gilbert Claudia Hammond Roger Hearing Paul Henley Razia Iqbal Lee James Bridget Kendall Julian Marshall Lerato Mbele Nuala McGovern James Menendez Gareth Mitchell Fergus Nicoll Andrew Peach Max Pearson Justin Rowlatt Stephen Sackur Valerie Sanderson Julian Worricker

Former Presenters	Audrey Carville Komla Dumor Paddy Feeny Russell Fuller Charlie Gillett Edward Greenfield Bob Holness Robin Lustig Seva Novgorodsev John Tidmarsh Dave Lee Travis

Announcers and newsreaders	Kathy Clugston Zoe Diamond Jim Lee Neil Nunes Iain Purdon Tom Sandars

Programmes	The Bottom Line Business Daily Click The Forum From Our Own Correspondent HARDtalk Newsday Newshour Outlook Outside Source Reith Lectures Science in Action Sportsworld Stumped World Briefing World Business Report World Have Your Say World Update World Book Club

Former Programmes	Caribbean Voices Culture Shock Europe Today The World Today The Strand The Word World Briefing Westway A History of the World in 100 Objects

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Related articles	BBC News BBC Arabic Television BBC Persian Television BBC World News BBC Radio 4 BBC Monitoring BBC Learning English BBC World Service Television

Transmitter Sites	British East Mediterranean Relay Station Orfordness Woofferton

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