Australia

This month on Spotlight Audio: A ghost tour in London. Using job titles in English. An Australian firefighter. Should teachers and students be "friends" on Facebook? And much more.

This month in our exercise booklet, Spotlight plus: words for going back to school, taking a course, or just returning to work... and much, much more. Practice makes perfect! Practise with plus!

This month on Spotlight Audio: New York City. Why learn a foreign language? A Klingon among Vulcans. Everyday English: back to school. And much more. 

During the southern winter and spring from July to November, 12,000 plant species cover the state of Western Australia in red, pink, yellow and lavender flowers. Sixty per cent of these species are not found anywhere else in the world.

The government of New South Wales is offering money to people to move away from Australia's most popular city. What's the reason for this, and why is the government hopeful that its plan will work?

Australia's new musical sensation is 17 years old. That's not unusual. What's really different about Ethan "Chooka" Parker, though, is that all this is new to him. The farmhand from Queensland grew up without a television, CD player or the internet.