Did you know that in April 2006 bbclearningenglish.com was ten years old? To celebrate, we launched this special mini-site. Through interviews, quizzes and competitions we looked back on our first ten years... and looked forward to the next ten.

What's on this site?


Hear an interview with Hamish Norbrook, the founder of BBC Learning English, and look at some vintage BBC Learning English pages!
Tell us your memories of the site. If you send us some audio you could win a BBClearningenglish mp3 player!



Hear an interview with the current Head of BBC Learning English, Andrew Thompson, and do a comprehension quiz.
Take part in our interactive portrait!
Fill in our online questionnaire



David Graddol explains how he thinks English will change in the future. You get to give your opinions on his views.
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