Bring the BBC home

One question students who have reached a high proficiency level commonly ask is what they can do to keep their level of proficiency high or even increase it. Fifteen years ago or so I would have said that there was not much to do but these days the panorama is different and there are several good options that allow precisely that. 
All you need is a good Internet connection and a smartphone. Once you have both connect through to the BBC webpage. For those who are from another reality not ours, the BBC (British Broadcasting Company) is the prime communication network in the United Kingdom. No other system has the preeminence the BBC has and they offer a great variety of services, most of them in good British English. 
Once you are connected to their webpage look for their radio stations, choose one after your own fashion (there are stations for news, sports, music, politics, and even opinion) and just immerse yourself in this exciting world that is similar to ours yet quite different where people speak another language and have other customs and traditions. 
Do this everytime you are doing paper work or waiting in line, the same times you would dedicate to listening to Spanish radio stations. Start making English part of your life and you will find that eventually English will be so much easier to understand and relate to.

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