1. Can apps teach you a language?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/6-minute-english_2026/ep-260910

implicit: suggested or understood without being directly stated

explicit: communicated clearly and directly

immersion: experience of being completely surrounded by something

key finding: 
most important conclusion or discovery from a piece of research

promising: showing signs of being positive

one particular: one specific individual thing or person

2. Climate change and extreme weather

https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/6-minute-english_2026/ep-260903

likelihood: how probable something is to happen

landslide: where earth, rocks, etc move quickly downhill

mudslide: a type of landslide where liquid mud moves quickly downhill

storm surge: a sudden rise in sea level that moves inland

sweep in: move in quickly and powerfully

casualty: someone killed or injured in an accident, attack or incident

3. How do we describe smells?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/6-minute-english_2026/ep-260827

stinky (also: reeking, honking, humming, miffy, funky): (informal) having a bad smell

fragrant: having a sweet or pleasant smell

subjective: based on your own personal opinions and feelings

visual: related to seeing

auditory: related to hearing

shut (something) down: stop something

4. Sharing the road with driverless cars

https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/6-minute-english_2026/ep-260820

(make) eye contact: look directly into someone’s eyes

wave: raise your hand and move it from side to side as a greeting or to communicate with someone

alert: warn someone of potential danger

animation: display of moving images

glance: quick and brief look

jaywalking: (American English) crossing the road where it is not allowed or without taking care

5. Who does the housework?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/6-minute-english_2026/ep-260813

chores: tasks around the home, such as cleaning, washing and ironing, that have to be done regularly

fair share: reasonable amount

women’s work: negative term for the boring and repetitive tasks which are traditionally or stereotypically done by women

division of labour: way of organising work where different tasks are done by different groups of people

take a breather: (idiom) stop what you are doing for a short time to rest

pull your weight: work as hard as everyone else doing the same job

6. How do climate scientists make predictions?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/6-minute-english_2026/ep-260806

prediction: statement about what you think will happen in the future

conditional: depending on other factors; not certain

the thing about…: (informal) used to introduce the most important feature or detail to understand about something

out of whack: (idiom) out of balance; not working properly or broken

pro- (something): in favour of (something)

(not) on the table: (idiom) (not) considered an option or a possibility

7. The Enhanced Games

https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/6-minute-english_2026/ep-260730

doping: (informal) using banned substances to perform better in a sports competition

it’s fair to say…: used to introduce a statement which the speaker believes is balanced, reasonable or true

divisive: causing disagreement and argument between people

cross the line: start behaving in an unacceptable way

set a good/bad example: behave in a way that encourages others to behave well/badly

normalise: treat something as normal or acceptable when it previously was not