Podcasts : Americana from BBC Radio 4 – Baseball (17 October 2010)

Americana steps up to bat around the relationship between Americans and baseball. The historian, John P. Rossi, explains how and when baseball became so deeply intertwined with America's national identity. The sports writer, Frank Deford, reflects on the heroes of the game and the National Symphony Orchestra musician, Glenn Donnellan, performs a few songs on his homemade 'batolin', a violin made from a baseball bat.

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Interesting Sites : BBC Learning English – Keep Your English Up to Date

Here’s a new site from BBC Learning English which will inform you off all the new words idioms and slang that have entered the English language.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/uptodate/

 

Interesting Sites : BBC Podcasts - Americana: inside the USA

For B1+/B2 level and above students, this could be an interesting podcast to listen to in order to work on listening skills.

Americana: inside the USA

Americana: An insider’s guide to the stories shaping the USA today. From Washington DC and broadcast every Sunday, at 7.15 pm, Matt Frei is your host. On offer, discussion and insight from some of the best known names and voices in America.

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In the News: French Babies Cry With a French Accent (a follow-up!)

As a follow-up to Saturday’s post, here is a link to a BBC page with a recording of German infant’s cry and that of French baby. Can you spot the difference?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_8346000/8346476.stm