GoodScriber listening library · BBC 6 Minute English

6 Minute English

Official BBC videos: six minutes on one topic per episode. Listen to 6 Minute English online with a synced transcript. Replay sentence by sentence, check translations, get AI explanations, and shadow each line in GoodScriber.

What's inside

12 audio lessons, 1 h 16 min in total. Levels: Intermediate.

Lessons

#TitleLengthLevel
1Are you drinking enough water? ⏲️ 6 Minute English6:14Intermediate
2Scared to speak English? ⏲️ 6 Minute English6:48Intermediate
3Which country has the best schools? ⏲️ 6 Minute English6:14Intermediate
4Is breakfast the most important meal of the day? ⏲️ 6 Minute English6:12Intermediate
5What's your favourite snack? ⏲️ 6 Minute English6:15Intermediate
6Should we eat less rice? ⏲️ 6 Minute English6:09Intermediate
7How babies learn to talk ⏲️ 6 Minute English6:14Intermediate
8How the world learned to love fast food ⏲️ 6 Minute English6:15Intermediate
9Can we boost the immune system? ⏲️ 6 Minute English6:14Intermediate
10How reading shapes your brain ⏲️ 6 Minute English6:13Intermediate
11Learning multiple languages ⏲️ 6 Minute English7:03Intermediate
12How do you feel when someone says 'no'? ⏲️ 6 Minute English6:22Intermediate

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