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Premier Vocabulary - Easy - Fair play Oct 29, 2020

Show notes

Premier Vocabulary is a mini-podcast for you to learn football English one word at a time. We have three different levels for you: easy, medium and hard.
Visit the lesson page on Premier Skills English > Skills > Listen > Premier Vocabulary - Easy - Fair play to read the transcript and join the community.

Premier Vocabulary - Hard - A dark horse Oct 28, 2020

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Premier Vocabulary is a mini-podcast for you to learn football English one word at a time. We have three different levels for you: easy, medium and hard.
Visit the lesson page on Premier Skills English > Skills > Listen > Premier Vocabulary - Hard - A dark horse to read the transcript and join the community.

Learning Vocabulary - A Halloween History Oct 27, 2020

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In this week's Premier Skills English Podcast, Rich interviews Jack and Rowan about Halloween. How much do they know about this scary celebration? Why do we make jack-o-lanterns out of pumpkins? Why do children go 'trick or treating'? Why do we dress up in scary costumes and try to frighten people? The language focus is on words and phrases connected to Halloween. In this week's task, we want you toplay a fun trick on a neighbour. Don't forget to listen to the end of the podcast because we have a new football phrase for you to guess.
Visit the podcast page on Premier Skills English to read the transcript, complete some practice activities and the task and join in the discussion at Premier Skills English > Skills > Listen > Podcasts > Learning Vocabulary: A Halloween History

This week - Back down to earth Oct 26, 2020

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Welcome to This Week from Premier Skills English, a weekly review of football action for learners of English from across the globe. In This Week, Rich, Laura and Jack talk about the latest action from the Premier League and have lots of football English for you to learn.
On the Premier Skills English website, there's a page for this podcast with the transcript, an activity and a task for you to do in the comments section. You can find the lesson page on Premier Skills English > Skills > Listen > This week: Back down to earth

On the way to the match Oct 21, 2020

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This is episode one in a new series of mini podcasts where you can decide what happens next. Jack and Rich are in the car on the way to the match when Rich's phone rings. Who could it be and what happens next? It's up to you. Share your ideas on Premier Skills English > Skills > Listen > On the way to the match: Part 1

This week - Late drama Oct 19, 2020

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Welcome to This Week from Premier Skills English, a weekly review of football action for learners of English from across the globe. In This Week, Rich, Laura and Jack talk about the latest action from the Premier League and have lots of football English for you to learn.
Visit the podcast page on Premier Skills English to read the transcript, complete some practice activities and the task and join in the discussion at Premier Skills English > Skills > Listen > This week: Late Drama

Premier Skills English - English at work - Negotiating Oct 16, 2020

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In this week's Premier Skills English Podcast, we go back to Rich's football-themed cafe. He's decided that he needs to do some advertising and wants to hire an airship to fly above his cafe. The problem is that this is very expensive and he will have to negotiate a good price. The language focus is on adjectives to describe different negotiating styles and phrases connected to three important negotiating skills.In this week's task, we want you to decide who is the best negotiator: Jack, Rowan or Rich? Don't forget to listen to the end of the podcast because we have a new football phrase for you to guess.
Visit the podcast page on Premier Skills English to read the transcript, complete some practice activities and the task and join in the discussion at Premier Skills English > Skills > Listen > Podcast > English at work: Negotiating

Premier Vocabulary - Medium - Get away with something Oct 14, 2020

Show notes

Premier Vocabulary is a mini-podcast for you to learn football English one word at a time. We have three different levels for you: easy, medium and hard.
Visit the lesson page on Premier Skills English > Skills > Listen > Premier Vocabulary - Medium - Get away with something to read the transcript and join the community.

Premier Vocabulary - Easy - Warm up Oct 13, 2020

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Premier Vocabulary is a mini-podcast for you to learn football English one word at a time. We have three different levels for you: easy, medium and hard.
Visit the lesson page on Premier Skills English > Skills > Listen > Premier Vocabulary - Easy - Warm up to read the transcript and join the community.

Understanding Grammar - The First Conditional Oct 09, 2020

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In this week's Premier Skills English Podcast, Rowan, Jack and Rich go to Liverpool for the weekend. They are going to Anfield to watch a match but Rowan has a surprise for Jack and Rich. The language focus is on the first conditional and words and phrases we can use to replace 'if'.In this week's task, we want you to persuade and convince other listeners to start something new. Don't forget to listen to the end of the podcast because we have a new football phrase for you to guess.
Visit the podcast page on Premier Skills English to read the transcript, complete some practice activities and the task and join in the discussion at Premier Skills English > Skills > Listen > Podcast > Understanding Grammar - The First Conditional