Synopsis
Premier Skills English is a website from the British Council and Premier League for people who are learning English and love football. If you want to know more, get in touch at premierskills@britishcouncil.org.
Episodes
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This Week: The Magic of the FA Cup
01/02/2023 Duration: 26minThis Week explores some of the biggest stories from the Premier League and the world of football and focuses on the most interesting vocabulary. This week, Jack is talking about Welsh club Wrexham A.F.C’s match against the Championship side Sheffield United in the FA Cup and why this sort of fixture is so special. You can read the transcript and complete the language challenge on the page for this podcast on the Premier Skills English website by visiting: Premier Skills English > Skills > Listen > This Week > This Week: The Magic of the FA Cup
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This Week: Breaking Bournemouth hearts
27/01/2023 Duration: 18minThis Week explores some of the biggest stories from the Premier League and the world of football and focuses on the most interesting vocabulary. This week, Jack is talking about Leicester City vs Brighton and Hove Albion and AFC Bournemouth vs Nottingham Forest. Today’s podcast is about the Cherries playing the Tricky Trees. You can read the transcript and complete the language challenge on the page for this podcast on the Premier Skills English website by visiting: Premier Skills English > Skills > Listen > This Week > This Week: Breaking Bournemouth hearts
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This Week: Back on the scoresheet
26/01/2023 Duration: 24minThis Week explores some of the biggest stories from the Premier League and the world of football and focuses on the most interesting vocabulary. This week, Jack is talking about Leicester City vs Brighton and Hove Albion and AFC Bournemouth vs Nottingham Forest. Today’s podcast is about Brighton’s trip to Leicester. You can read the transcript and complete the language challenge on the page for this podcast on the Premier Skills English website by visiting: Premier Skills English > Listen > This Week > This Week: Back on the scoresheet
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This Week: The North London Derby
20/01/2023 Duration: 10minThis Week explores some of the biggest stories from the Premier League and the world of football and focuses on the most interesting vocabulary. This week, Jack is talking about three derby matches in three special episodes. Today the podcast is about the North London derby. You can read the transcript and complete the language challenge on the page for this podcast on the Premier Skills English website by visiting: Premier Skills English > Skills > Listen > This Week: The East North London Derby
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This Week: The East Midlands Derby
19/01/2023 Duration: 13minThis Week explores some of the biggest stories from the Premier League and the world of football and focuses on the most interesting vocabulary. This week, Jack is talking about three derby matches in three special episodes. Today the podcast is about the East Midlands derby. You can read the transcript and complete the language challenge on the page for this podcast on the Premier Skills English website by visiting: Premier Skills English > Skills > Listen > This Week: The East Midlands Derby
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This Week: The Manchester Derby
18/01/2023 Duration: 21minThis Week explores some of the biggest stories from the Premier League and the world of football and focuses on the most interesting vocabulary. This week, Jack is talking about three derby matches in three special episodes. Today the podcast is about the Manchester derby. You can read the transcript and complete the language challenge on the page for this podcast on the Premier Skills English website by visiting: Premier Skills English > Skills > Listen > This Week: The Manchester Derby
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This Week: Raising the bar
12/01/2023 Duration: 25minThis Week explores some of the biggest stories from the Premier League and the world of football and focuses on the most interesting vocabulary. In this episode, Jack talks about Premier League teams Arsenal and Brighton in action in the FA Cup and some potential problems for Manchester City and focuses on 6 idioms. You can read the transcript and complete the language challenge on the page for this podcast on the Premier Skills English website by visiting: Premier Skills English > Skills > Listen > This Week: Raising the bar
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This Week: Happy New Year
04/01/2023 Duration: 30minThis Week explores some of the biggest stories from the Premier League and the world of football and focuses on the most interesting vocabulary. In this episode, Jack celebrates 10 million downloads and talks about the weekend action at Brighton, Fulham and Manchester City. You can read the transcript and complete the language challenge on the page for this podcast on the Premier Skills English website by visiting: Premier Skills English > Skills > Listen > This Week: 10 million downloads
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Learning Vocabulary - Christmas Confusion
22/12/2022 Duration: 30minIn this special Christmas podcast, Jack talks about some Christmas traditions that you might find difficult to understand. You can read the transcript and complete the Christmas Challenge, Task and Football Phrase on the page for this podcast on the Premier Skills English website at Premier Skills English > Podcasts > Learning Vocabulary > Learning Vocabulary - Christmas Confusion
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This Week: On the ball
15/12/2022 Duration: 19minThis Week explores some of the biggest stories from the Premier League and the world of football and focuses on the most interesting vocabulary. In this episode, Arsenal takes on AC Milan, Liverpool faces Olympique Lyonnais and West Ham travel to Cambridge. You can read the transcript and complete the language challenge on the page for this podcast on the Premier Skills English website by visiting: Premier Skills English > Skills > Listen > This Week: On the ball
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This Week: World Cup Quiz
05/12/2022 Duration: 22minThis Week explores some of the biggest stories from the Premier League and the world of football and focuses on the most interesting vocabulary. In this episode, Jack challenges you and your knowledge with a quiz about the teams, players and trivia of the World Cup. You can read the transcript and complete the language challenge on the page for this podcast on the Premier Skills English website by visiting: Premier Skills English > Skills > Listen > This Week: World Cup Quiz
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This Week: History of the World Cup
25/11/2022 Duration: 24minThis Week explores some of the biggest stories from the Premier League and the world of football and focuses on the most interesting vocabulary. In this episode, Jack talks about the history of the World Cup and how teams get to play in the tournament. You can read the transcript and complete the language challenge on the page for this podcast on the Premier Skills English website by visiting: Premier Skills English > Skills > Listen > This Week: History of the World Cup
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This Week: Adding insult to injury
15/11/2022 Duration: 23minThis Week explores some of the biggest stories from the Premier League and the world of football and focuses on the most interesting vocabulary. In this episode, Jack talks about a bad day for Manchester City against Brentford, a rollercoaster of a match between Tottenham Hotspur and Leeds United and a strong finish at West Ham for Leicester City. You can read the transcript and complete the language challenge on the page for this podcast on the Premier Skills English website by visiting: Premier Skills English > Skills > Listen > This Week: Adding insult to injury
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This Week: Singing in the rain
09/11/2022 Duration: 22minThis Week explores some of the biggest stories from the Premier League and the world of football and focuses on the most interesting vocabulary. In this episode, Jack talks about Leicester City’s victory against Everton, Aston Villa’s fantastic performance against Manchester United and Newcastle United’s win that puts them third in the league. You can read the transcript and complete the language challenge on the page for this podcast on the Premier Skills English website by visiting: Premier Skills English > Skills > Listen > This Week: Singing in the rain
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This Week: An accomplished finish
04/11/2022 Duration: 27minThis Week explores some of the biggest stories from the Premier League and the world of football and focuses on the most interesting vocabulary. In this episode, Jack talks about a disastrous return to Brighton for Graham Potter and Chelsea, a sensational Spurs comeback and an easy afternoon for Arsenal at the Emirates. You can read the transcript and complete the language challenge on the page for this podcast on the Premier Skills English website by visiting: Premier Skills English > Skills > Listen > This Week: An accomplished finish
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This Week: A comfortable win
27/10/2022 Duration: 26minThis Week explores some of the biggest stories from the Premier League and the world of football and focuses on the most interesting vocabulary. In this episode, Jack talks about Manchester City’s victory over Brighton and Hove Albion, a comfortable win for Everton against Crystal Palace and a surprise performance from Aston Villa against Brentford. You can read the transcript and complete the language challenge on the page for this podcast on the Premier Skills English website by visiting: Premier Skills English > Skills > Listen > This Week: A comfortable win
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This Week - Fortune and Frustration
20/10/2022 Duration: 27minThis Week explores some of the biggest stories from the Premier League and the world of football and focuses on the most interesting vocabulary. In this episode, Jack talks about Arsenal’s trip to Elland Road to face Leeds United, Manchester City taking on Liverpool at Anfield and Spurs welcoming Everton. You can read the transcript and complete the language challenge on the page for this podcast on the Premier Skills English website by visiting: Premier Skills English > Skills > Listen > This Week: Fortune and Frustration
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This Week - Off the hook
12/10/2022 Duration: 26minThis Week explores some of the biggest stories from the Premier League and the world of football and focuses on the most interesting vocabulary. In this episode, Jack talks about Manchester United’s new midfielder, a powerful performance from Newcastle United and an easy win for Chelsea. You can read the transcript and complete the language challenge on the page for this podcast on the Premier Skills English website by visiting: Premier Skills English > Skills > Listen > This Week: Off the hook
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Premier Skills English - This Week - Playing for glory
04/10/2022 Duration: 23minThis Week explores some of the biggest stories from the Premier League and the world of football and focuses on the most interesting vocabulary. In this episode, Jack talks an exiting North London derby, a six-goal thriller in Liverpool and a nine-goal extravaganza in the Manchester derby. You can read the transcript and complete the language challenge on the page for this podcast on the Premier Skills English website by visiting: Premier Skills English > Skills > Listen > This Week: Playing for glory
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This Week - The youngest player
22/09/2022 Duration: 23minThis Week explores some of the biggest stories from the Premier League and the world of football and focuses on the most interesting vocabulary. In this episode, Jack talks about a return to goal scoring for Son Heung-min, the youngest ever Premier League player at Arsenal and frustration for Newcastle at St James' Park. You can read the transcript and complete the language challenge on the page for this podcast on the Premier Skills English website by visiting: Premier Skills English > Skills > Listen > This Week: The youngest player