{"podcast":{"title":"6 Minute English","slug":"6-minute-english-60308","podcast_index_feed_id":60308,"rss_url":"https://podcasts.files.bbci.co.uk/p02pc9tn.rss","website_url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02pc9tn","image_url":"http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/3000x3000/p0hxqkd0.jpg","author":"BBC","episode_count":341,"summary":"Learn and practise useful English with clips from programmes around the BBC. Each week, we talk about an interesting topic and learn helpful words and phrases used in natural spoken English - all in 6 minutes! Practise your listening and hear natural spoken English. Find more at https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish Follow us at https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/followus","last_synced_at":"2026-09-17T16:21:30.638359+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/6-minute-english-60308"},"episode":{"title":"Can apps teach you a language?","slug":"can-apps-teach-you-a-language","published_at":"2026-09-10T07:46:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/6-minute-english-60308/can-apps-teach-you-a-language","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/6-minute-english-60308","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0p8w5sh","audio_url":"http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/6/redir/version/2.0/mediaset/audio-nondrm-download-rss-low/proto/http/vpid/p0p8w5by.mp3","summary":"Have you ever used Duolingo, Babbel, Busuu or perhaps another language-learning app? How did you get on? Some people love the convenience of these apps – you can learn on the go, like during your commute to work, rather than committing to a certain time each week, like learning in a class. But are they teaching the languages effectively? Neil and Pippa discuss this and teach you some new vocabulary. Get a free worksheet, quiz and transcript for this episode: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/6-minute-english_2026/ep-260910 Practise your listening with The Listening Room here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/the_listening_room Subscribe to our newsletters here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/send/u178220599","meta_description":"Have you ever used Duolingo, Babbel, Busuu or perhaps another language-learning app? How did you get on? Some people love the convenience of these apps –…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":397,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/6-minute-english-60308/episodes/can-apps-teach-you-a-language/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/6-minute-english-60308/can-apps-teach-you-a-language.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}