Learn English with the British Council and Premier League

Latest Episodes:

Learning Vocabulary: Phrasal verbs with 'turn' Nov 16, 2018

Show notes

In this week's Premier Skills English Podcast, Jack and Rich talk about television, films and cinema. In our roleplays, they take a trip to the cinema and talk about films they would like to see. The language focus is on vocabulary connected to the cinema and phrasal verbs with 'turn'. Your task this week is to persuade other listeners to watch a film you enjoyed. Don't forget to listen to the end of the podcast because we have a new football phrase for you to guess, too. Enjoy!

Complete the lesson on Premier Skills English: Podcasts > Learning Vocabulary: Phrasal verbs with 'turn'

Matchweek 12 - Never in doubt Nov 12, 2018

Show notes

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, Jack and Rich talk about the latest action from the Premier League. They keep you up to date with our new prediction competition and have lots of football English for you to learn.

Complete the lesson on Premier Skills English > Podcasts > This week > Matchweek 12 > Never in doubt

Exam Training: Quizzes and Listening Nov 09, 2018

Show notes

In this week's Premier Skills English Podcast, Jack has the chance to win £10,000 in a TV quiz. Will he win the top prize? Rich and Jack also give you some tips for dealing with listening exams. They look at the different types of exam questions you might need to answer and focus on how to answer summary completion activities. The language focus is on some confusing words connected to sports. Do you know the difference between 'spectator' and 'viewer' or 'umpire' and 'referee'? Your task is to write a quiz question for other listeners. Don't forget to listen to the end of the podcast because we have a new football phrase for you to guess. Enjoy!

Complete the full lesson on Premier Skills English > Podcasts > Exam Training: Quizzes & Listening

The music playing during the quiz at the beginning is Kiss the Sky by Scott Holmes available on CC BY-NC 4.0

Matchweek 11 - Sour Grapes Nov 06, 2018

Show notes

Complete the lesson on Premier Skills English: This week > Matchweek 11 - Sour Grapes

Understanding Grammar: be/get used to Nov 02, 2018

Show notes

In this week's Premier Skills English Podcast, Jack and Rich talk about things in the UK and the Premier League that are easy and difficult to get used to. The language focus is on how we use be used to and get used to to speak about things that were unfamiliar or unusual in the past. Your task this week is to imagine that you are moving to the UK to play Premier League football and the things you have to get used to. Don't forget to listen to the end of the podcast because we have a new football phrase for you to guess.

Complete the full lesson on Premier Skills English > Listen > Podcasts > Understanding Grammar: be / get used to

Matchweek 10 - Chalked off Oct 29, 2018

Show notes

Complete the lesson on Premier Skills English - This week - Matchweek 10 - Chalked off

This week - Matchweek 9 - Pegged back Oct 22, 2018

Show notes

Complete the full lesson at Premier Skills English - This Week - Matchweek 9 - Pegged back

This week - Matchweek 8 - Blazed over Oct 08, 2018

Show notes

Complete the full lesson at Premier Skills English - This Week - Matchweek 8 - Blazed over

This week - Matchweek 7 - All square Oct 01, 2018

Show notes

Complete the lesson on Premier Skills English - This week - Matchweek 7 - All square

Understanding Grammar - Quantifiers Sep 27, 2018

Show notes

In this week's Premier Skills English Podcast, Jack and Rich talk about collecting things and quantifiers. These are the words we use to describe the amount of something. We use different quantifiers depending if the noun is countable or uncountable and some quantifiers can be used with both types of noun. Your task this week is to tell us about two things that you collected when you were younger. Don't forget to listen to the end of the podcast because we have a new football phrase for you to guess. Enjoy!

Complete the lesson on Premier Skills English: Understanding Grammar - Quantifiers