BBC Courses

Healthy House Plants: A Complete Guide to Gardening Indoors

83 ratings at FutureLearn

Learn how to care for house plants, with home gardening tips from BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine.

• FutureLearn
• 3 hours a week, 4 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

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Gardening for Beginners: The Basics and Beyond

Discover how to grow plants indoors and outdoors irrespective of budget or space. Learn how to care for plants with easy-to-follow gardening techniques aimed at both new and experienced home gardeners. Course 1: How Plants Grow: The Essentials. Course 2:…

• FutureLearn
• 4 hours worth of material, 5 weeks long
• Paid Course

How Plants Grow: The Essentials

29 ratings at FutureLearn

Build your gardening skills and knowledge and learn the best environments and techniques to nurture your plants.

• FutureLearn
• 4 hours a week, 2 weeks long
• Self paced
• Paid Course

How to Grow Healthy Plants

23 ratings at FutureLearn

Level up your gardening skills to master the basic methods for growing new plants and protect them from disease and pests.

• FutureLearn
• 4 hours a week, 3 weeks long
• Self paced
• Paid Course

Tim's Pronunciation Workshop

2 reviews

Improve your English pronunciation with Tim's Pronunciation Workshop where we share all of our top English speaking tips.

• YouTube
• 1-2 hours worth of material
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

The English We Speak - Improve your spoken English vocabulary

1 review

Learn the other meaning of 'thirsty' - The English We Speak. What does the English word 'ghosting' mean?.What is'slow TV'? What does 'tiger mother'mean?. 'buyer's remorse' means?.What does freecycle mean?.

• YouTube
• 8 hours worth of material
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

English at University

1 review

Learn phrases to say to people who are going away. Learn phrases to ask for help with filling in forms. Asking for extra time to complete your work. Giving and getting feedback. Showing gratitude and clearing up confusion. Getting help in an emergency an…

• YouTube
• 1-2 hours worth of material
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

English at Work

1 review

Do you work in an English-speaking environment? English at Work is the series for you. How to prepare for an interview, how to make a pitch and how to give praise. English at work also gives you the language to disagree and get on with new people. The se…

• YouTube
• 6 hours worth of material
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

The sounds of English

1 review

Improve Your Pronunciation with BBC Learning English - Introduction. Short Vowel - /æ/ - ‘trap’, ‘stamp’ & ‘back’ Long Vowels - /iː/ - 'fleece’ and ‘machine’ Voiceless Consonant - /t/ -'tin', 'button' and 'get'

• YouTube
• 1-2 hours worth of material
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

Vocabulary: Storytime (X Uses of Y)

Learn vocabulary - 5 ways to use the word 'light' - Oliver Twist part one - BBC Learning English. Vocabulary - 5 uses of 'out' - Macbeth part 1.Vocabulary – 6 uses of ‘make’ - Frankenstein part one.

• YouTube
• 1-2 hours worth of material
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

6 Minute Vocabulary - Improve your knowledge

How to fix spelling problems - 6 Minute Vocabulary. How to use synonyms. Using the suffixes -tian, -sion and -tion. Using time expressions with in, on and at. Uncountable nouns.Prefixes de-, dis- and dys-.

• YouTube
• 2-3 hours worth of material
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

News Review - Learn the English words and phrases in the news

BBC News Review: Driverless cars legalised in the UK.BBC News Review: A 'British Bill of Rights'.BBC News Review: Demonetisation in India.BBC News Review: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle: will they stay in UK?BBC News Review: World's

• YouTube
• 46 hours worth of material
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

6 Minute English - Vocabulary & listening

Is English really English? What is the key to happiness? Is there a future without bees? Can jellyfish help us solve our problems? What difference has #MeToo made? Is the recycling system broken? What's getting women into politics? Could you give up booz…

• YouTube
• 21 hours worth of material
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

English In A Minute - Improve your English in just 60 seconds

Ways to say 'tired' in British English - English In A Minute. How to exaggerate like a Brit and how to complain politely. Rules for silent 'e' part 2. Modifying Comparative Adjectives. 5 ways to use'stand' as a verb.

• YouTube
• 2-3 hours worth of material
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course