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:
United States
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.
Language:
English
Episodes
Learning English Podcast - February 11, 2025
2/10/2025
On today’s podcast, learn about inventor Philo Farnsworth on our new All About America series; researchers in Michigan are trying to improve the apple tree; find out how to avoid dementia in middle age; then, how to sound like a native speaker when asking questions on Lesson of the Day.
Duration:00:29:56
Learning English Podcast - February 10, 2025
2/9/2025
On today’s podcast, learn why Gettysburg is an important place in America; scientists release new research on two huge valleys on the far side of the moon; find out what a ‘power couple’ is; then, all about homophones on Lesson of the Day.
Duration:00:29:56
Learning English Podcast - February 09, 2025
2/8/2025
On today’s podcast, learn why Gettysburg is an important place in America; scientists release new research on two huge valleys on the far side of the moon; find out what a ‘power couple’ is; then, all about homophones on Lesson of the Day.
Duration:00:29:56
Learning English Podcast - February 08, 2025
2/7/2025
On today’s podcast, find out about this year’s Super Bowl and the game’s history; learn all about intransitive verb structures common in academic writing; how to use ‘regard’ and ‘regardless;’ then, part two of 'The Fall of the House of Usher,' by Edgar Allan Poe on American Stories.
Duration:00:29:56
Learning English Podcast - February 07, 2025
2/6/2025
On today’s podcast, find out about this year’s Super Bowl and the game’s history; learn all about intransitive verb structures common in academic writing; how to use ‘regard’ and ‘regardless;’ then, part two of 'The Fall of the House of Usher,' by Edgar Allan Poe on American Stories.
Duration:00:29:56
Learning English Podcast - February 06, 2025
2/5/2025
On today’s podcast, Japan successfully launches a positioning satellite adding to its system; India says its tiger population has doubled in 12 years; a private company tests a supersonic plane; and ‘should’ and ‘ought to’ on Lesson of the Day.
Duration:00:29:56
Learning English Podcast - February 05, 2025
2/4/2025
On today’s podcast, the world’s biggest iceberg might crash into a South Atlantic island; Taiwan aims to destroy invasive lizards; learn how to write effective emails; then, reduced forms including ‘whaddaya call it’ on Lesson of the Day.
Duration:00:29:57
Learning English Podcast - February 04, 2025
2/3/2025
On today’s podcast, what are ‘chorus waves’ and why are they in space? A New York food bank gets a gift of thousands of live fish; a new treatment for high blood pressure targets the kidneys; then, talking about food trucks on Lesson of the Day.
Duration:00:29:56
Learning English Podcast - February 03, 2025
2/2/2025
On today’s podcast, escaped monkeys are returned to a South Carolina laboratory; what are “kitchen-table” issues? Studies find organic compounds in asteroid rocks; conflict hurts the environment around the Dead Sea; then, pumpkin spice on Lesson of the Day.
Duration:00:29:56
Learning English Podcast - February 02, 2025
2/1/2025
On today’s podcast, escaped monkeys are returned to a South Carolina laboratory; what are “kitchen-table” issues? Studies find organic compounds in asteroid rocks; conflict hurts the environment around the Dead Sea; then, pumpkin spice on Lesson of the Day.
Duration:00:29:56
Learning English Podcast - February 01, 2025
1/31/2025
On this podcast, how people can use yoga to improve health; learn about the words accountability, responsibility, and liability; an important sentence structure for academic writing; then, part one of 'The Fall of the House of Usher' by Edgar Allan Poe on American Stories.
Duration:00:29:56
Learning English Podcast - January 31, 2025
1/30/2025
On this podcast, how people can use yoga to improve health; learn about the words accountability, responsibility, and liability; an important sentence structure for academic writing; then, part one of 'The Fall of the House of Usher' by Edgar Allan Poe on American Stories.
Duration:00:29:56
Learning English Podcast - January 30, 2025
1/29/2025
On today’s podcast, experts are considering new ways to define and treat overweight; prepare in winter for a spring garden; what is the pink chemical used to limit forest fires? Then, talking about summertime activities on Lesson of the Day.
Duration:00:29:56
Learning English Podcast - January 29, 2025
1/28/2025
On today’s podcast, a court in Colorado rules that elephants cannot bring a legal case; the United Nations says 250 million students around the world missed school because of weather; scientists with disabilities aim to change their field; then, ‘hafta’ and ‘everybody’ on Lesson of the Day.
Duration:00:29:56
Learning English Podcast - January 28, 2025
1/27/2025
On today’s podcast, architects are using living trees in their building designs to support wellness and quality of life; it is cold and flu season, learn ways to avoid getting infected; then, good news and bad news on Lesson of the Day.
Duration:00:29:56
Learning English Podcast - January 27, 2025
1/26/2025
On this podcast, a natural area in the state of Alabama is popular with birdwatchers; what it means to ‘spread yourself too thin;’ two astronauts are spending much longer than planned on the International Space Station; then, predictions on Lesson of the Day.
Duration:00:29:56
Learning English Podcast - January 26, 2025
1/25/2025
On this podcast, a natural area in the state of Alabama is popular with birdwatchers; what it means to ‘spread yourself too thin;’ two astronauts are spending much longer than planned on the International Space Station; then, predictions on Lesson of the Day.
Duration:00:29:56
Learning English Podcast - January 25, 2025
1/24/2025
On today’s podcast, archeologists discover a rich bathhouse in the ancient Italian city of Pompeii; learn about common sentence structure for academic writing; minimal pairs can make pronouncing English easier; then, part four of ‘The Blue Hotel,' by Stephen Crane on American Stories.
Duration:00:29:57
Learning English Podcast - January 24, 2025
1/23/2025
On today’s podcast, archeologists discover a rich bathhouse in the ancient Italian city of Pompeii; learn about common sentence structure for academic writing; minimal pairs can make pronouncing English easier; then, part four of ‘The Blue Hotel,' by Stephen Crane on American Stories.
Duration:00:29:56
Learning English Podcast - January 23, 2025
1/22/2025
On today’s podcast, the U.S. is banning a common food coloring; researchers say ancient Celtic women in Britain had deep social links; Meta announces a new way to police materials on its social media services and a chat on ‘bias’ and ‘appropriate;’ then, reduced pronouns on Lesson of the Day.
Duration:00:29:57