Communication can change the world
We are proud to partner with BBC Studios. We share a common vision to transform lives through learning. Since 2005, we’ve been working together to produce high-quality content for English language learners.
Our courses help to build a worldwide community of educators and learners inspired by a passion for communication.
Pearson and BBC Studios provide motivating material structured around sound pedagogical values. Thanks to authentic contexts and activities, educators can confidently bring the world into the classroom, and learners can develop their skills with the highest quality content.
Why learn with the BBC?
High-quality content you can trust
Relevant around the globe
A passion for communication
View our BBC courses and Readers
Let's Learn About
For pre-primary English learners who are curious about the world around them.
The course includes authentic CBeebies video clips, providing top-quality original material and motivating opportunities for real communication in English.
Now I Know!
Builds on primary learners’ natural curiosity in an exciting learning environment centered around big questions.
Each new challenge takes learners through a carefully staged process of inquiry, supported by varied real-world content, including BBC videos.
Focus
This upper secondary course features cutting-edge educational videos from the BBC and engages learners with real-world English content.
Focus is built upon the tried and tested approach of motivation, memory and meaning: three principles specifically relevant to teenage learners.
GoGetter
Empowers secondary learners to grow their English skills within our fast-moving, dynamic world governed by new technologies.
The partnership between Pearson and the BBC promotes excellence through high-quality educational content with BBC videos and interactive activities.
Doctor Who Readers
The Doctor and Clara face Vikings, robots, aliens, highwaymen, mummies and invisible enemies in these Doctor Who Readers.
Level 2:
- Doctor Who: The Girl Who Died
- Doctor Who: The Robot of Sherwood
- Doctor Who: Mummy on the Orient Express
Level 3:
- Doctor Who: Flatline
- Doctor Who: Face the Raven
- Doctor Who: The Woman Who Lived
Wider World
Our most popular mid-secondary course prepares teenagers for life by giving them the skills to enjoy social lives, pursue their studies and succeed in their future careers.
The course features authentic English from humorous situations, interviews with real people, and clips from BBC programs that show language used in real-life situations.
Speakout
This adult English course is available in either American or British English and helps learners confidently speak English.
Through authentic video clips, learners are exposed to various languages and accents to build the skills they need to express themselves confidently in real English-speaking situations.
