print email comment close Learning English URL: http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/index.shtml Description: Designed to help teach British English as a second language using current events, British life and history, and literature extracts. Words in the News presents current news stories using text and audio files, with vocabulary and pronunciation highlights. Interactive quizzes, Metaphors , information for teachers, and a discussion group are also available. English for Beginners is offered for speakers of Mandarin, Portuguese, Russian, Serbian, Somali, Spanish, and Ukrainian. RealPlayer is needed for the sound and video files. From the BBC. Publisher: BBC World Service Library of Congress Subject Headings: English language -- Study and teaching -- Foreign speakers LII Database Information: Record 10093 created by Dana Lubow on 10/29/2000 Last modification on 11/01/2000 Published: 10/29/2000   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/10093