VOA Learning English Podcast - VOA Learning English
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Learning English programs use a limited vocabulary and short sentences. They are read at a slower pace than VOA's other English broadcasts. Our broadcasts were formerly known as Special English.
Location:
Washington, DC
Networks:
VOA
Description:
Learning English programs use a limited vocabulary and short sentences. They are read at a slower pace than VOA's other English broadcasts. Our broadcasts were formerly known as Special English.
Twitter:
@VOALearnEnglish
Language:
English
Contact:
2022034984
Email:
jrobbins@voanews.com
Episodes
Learning English Podcast - October 05, 2023
10/4/2023
On today’s podcast, quantum dots wins the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for three scientists; a training program in Pakistan helps Afghan women; study: AI tools help but also hurt worker performance followed by a discussion about what the good and bad of AI; on Lesson of the Day, ‘good news, bad news’.
Duration:00:29:59
Learning English Podcast - October 04, 2023
10/3/2023
On today’s podcast, Pope Francis calls a gathering to discuss difficult questions for the Catholic Church; export restrictions are causing food prices to rise; a school in Alabama is raising math scores followed by a discussion about the nation’s report card; then ‘spontaneous’ on Lesson of the Day.
Duration:00:30:00
Learning English Podcast - October 03, 2023
10/2/2023
On today’s podcast, a Guinean student bicycles to Egypt for school; Southeast Asian nations might share energy resources; U.S. health advisors do not recommend a treatment aimed at ALS disease followed by a discussion about the story; then, hard and soft skills on Lesson of the Day.
Duration:00:30:00
Learning English Podcast - October 02, 2023
10/1/2023
On today’s podcast, Neanderthals and Denisovans live on in modern humans; NASA has plans to deorbit the International space station after it is retired followed by a discussion about why it won’t be saved and plans for the future; then, the difference between can, can’t on Lesson of the Day.
Duration:00:30:00
Learning English Podcast - October 01, 2023
9/30/2023
On today’s podcast, warming threatens the oceans’ big fish; improving teachers’ math skills will help American students; What does ‘boilerplate’ mean followed by a discussion about standardized language; then, part 1 of Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s life on America’s Presidents.
Duration:00:29:59
Learning English Podcast - September 30, 2023
9/29/2023
On today’s podcast, efforts aim to raise endangered tortoises on private land; Paris is the city of…bicycles; we answer a listener’s question about teacher, lecturer and tutor followed by a discussion about what instructor means; then Mark Twain’s short story “Luck” about a fortunate military man.
Duration:00:30:00
Learning English Podcast - September 29, 2023
9/28/2023
On today’s podcast, an app for survivors of school shootings; indoor farming ideas; genetic material recovered from the extinct Tasmanian tiger; learn about the grammar of talking about alien life followed by a discussion about aliens.
Duration:00:29:59
Learning English Podcast - September 28, 2023
9/27/2023
On today’s podcast, scientists say winter sea ice is low around Antarctica; a famous U.S nuclear research center aims to modernize U.S. atomic weapons; ChatGTP upgrades its artificial intelligence offerings followed by a discussion about them; then, ‘tons’ on Lesson of the Day.
Duration:00:30:00
Learning English Podcast - September 27, 2023
9/26/2023
On today’s podcast, the oldest wooden structure; Sweden returns to traditional textbooks and handwriting after falling test scores followed by a discussion about what means; then, U.S. President Biden visits striking auto workers in Michigan; And learn about ‘conservation’ on the Lesson of the Day.
Duration:00:30:00
Learning English Podcast - September 26, 2023
9/25/2023
On today’s podcast, do you know about the solar eclipse in October?; learn how researchers are releasing mosquitos around the world aiming to stop the spread of Dengue fever followed by a discussion about ‘one and done’; then, ways to talk about differences on Lesson of the Day.
Duration:00:30:00
Learning English Podcast - September 25, 2023
9/24/2023
On today’s podcast, birth centers might ease a lack of hospital maternity wards at rural hospitals; researchers are testing a drug on mice that might prevent bone loss in astronauts followed by a discussion about long space missions; then talking about difference between people on Lesson of the Day.
Duration:00:29:59
Learning English Podcast - September 24, 2023
9/23/2023
On today’s podcast, efforts to increase the number of Black doctors and what people are saying about the issue ; learn about the expression ‘to gild the lily’ followed by a discussion on when to use it; then, Herbert Hoover’s presidency on America’s Presidents.
Duration:00:30:00
Learning English Podcast - September 23, 2023
9/22/2023
On today’s podcast, a company plans to build flying taxis in Dayton, Ohio; find out how the federal government puts artwork in federal buildings; we answer a question about ‘in time’ and ‘on time’ followed by a discussion about time in music; then, the final part of Jack London’s “Love of Life.”
Duration:00:29:59
Learning English Podcast - September 22, 2023
9/21/2023
On today’s podcast, a new policy lets migrant Venezuelans in the country, legally stay and work for 18 months; what is the future of office work?; The UN recognizes a torture center in Argentina; Saudi solar desalination; the grammar of offering hot drinks followed by a talk on answering requests.
Duration:00:29:59
Learning English Podcast - September 21, 2023
9/20/2023
On today’s podcast, scientists say Earth is outside a safe space in six of nine measures of it health; Google is using artificial intelligence to improve its internet search followed by a discussion on why Google is pushing Bard now; then, ways to talk about other people on Lesson of the Day.
Duration:00:29:59
Learning English Podcast - September 20, 2023
9/19/2023
On today’s podcast, U.S. Senators can now wear almost anything they want to work; strange-looking tomatoes taste just as good; changes are coming to the U.S. citizenship test followed by a discussion about the story; then listen exercises on Lesson of the Day.
Duration:00:29:59
Learning English Podcast - September 19, 2023
9/18/2023
On today’s podcast, Pope Francis welcomes Russia’s new Ambassador to the Vatican; learn about the updated COVID-19 vaccine followed by a discussion about the vaccine and the term ‘tripledemic’; then, new ways to use Let’s Learn English in our Lesson of the Day.
Duration:00:30:00
Learning English Podcast - September 18, 2023
9/17/2023
On today’s podcast, volunteers let mosquitos bit them so scientist can learn more about the insects; NASA is transforming carbon dioxide into oxygen on Mars followed by a discussion on why oxygen is needed on Mars; then Lesson of the Day explores unusual things from Let’s Learn English.
Duration:00:30:00
Learning English Podcast - September 17, 2023
9/16/2023
On today’s podcast, college professors blame poor students’ poor math performance on the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic; learn about ‘icing on the cake’ followed by a discussion of that and similar expressions; then learn about Calvin Coolidge on America’s Presidents.
Duration:00:30:00
Learning English Podcast - September 16, 2023
9/15/2023
On today’s podcast, young Chinese are moving back home as China’s economy slows; the hidden beauty of New York’s Old City Hall Station; learn about the difference between awareness and consciousness followed by a discussion of self-awarness; then part three of Jack London’s “Love of Life.”
Duration:00:29:59