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A 40-member choir sings a song written from the sequence of each person's DNA in a monument to our similarities and differences. How do codes work? From the notation of music to the mapping of genetic code.

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Brush up your listening and speaking skills.

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Making arrangements on the phone: Three skills

On the phone you need "survival phrases", listening skills and standard, ready-to-use chunks of language you don't have to think about. Find out about online audio sites to brush up your listening and speaking skills and review phrases for making arrangements.

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Tests

Test your English with one of our monthly tests. One test is easy, one test is difficult.

Test 1, July 2010

Test 2, July 2010

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Basics

The house of English is built with blocks of language: tenses, verbs, nouns, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions… Join Dagmar Taylor as she adds a basic brick to the structure each week.

This week: Modal verbs: will and would

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