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Latest Episodes:

This week - Matchweek 33 Apr 10, 2018

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Welcome to This Week from Premier Skills English, a weekly review of all the action from the Premier League for learners of English from across the globe. In This Week, Jack and Rich talk about all of the weekend's action in the Premier League; the big headlines and the main talking points. We also ask you to get involved; do you agree with Jack and Rich's choices of best player, best team and best match of Matchweek 33? Make your prediction for next week's big match and tell us how your club or fantasy football team is doing. We welcome comments from all football fans and especially welcome comments from football fans who are learning English.

See the full lesson here: https://premierskillsenglish.britishcouncil.org/skills/listen/week/matchweek-33

Speaking Skills - Talking about pictures Apr 05, 2018

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In this week's Premier Skills English podcast, Rich and Jack talk about photos and pictures. They describe some photographs and ask you to find the photos that are being described. They focus on words and phrases that are often used when describing photos. This lesson could also be useful if you want to pass an international exam such as IELTS, TOEFL, Cambridge ESOL or Aptis. We also have a new football phrase for you to guess. Enjoy!

See the full lesson here: https://premierskillsenglish.britishcouncil.org/skills/listen/podcasts/speaking-skills-talking-about-pictures

This week - Matchweek 32 Apr 02, 2018

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Welcome to This Week from Premier Skills English, a weekly review of all the action from the Premier League for learners of English from across the globe. In This Week, Jack and Rich talk about all of the weekend's action in the Premier League; the big headlines and the main talking points. We also ask you to get involved; do you agree with Jack and Rich's choices of best player, best team and best match of Matchweek 32? Make your prediction for next week's big match and tell us how your club or fantasy football team is doing. We welcome comments from all football fans and especially welcome comments from football fans who are learning English.

https://premierskillsenglish.britishcouncil.org/skills/listen/week/matchweek-32

Understanding Grammar - Gerunds and Infinitives Mar 28, 2018

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In this week's Premier Skills English Podcast, Jack and Rich talk about two sports that you might not know and ask you to tell us about a sport that is played in your country. The language focus is on gerunds and infinitives and your task is to notice how the meaning of some verbs change depending on whether we use the gerund or infinitive.

https://premierskillsenglish.britishcouncil.org/skills/listen/podcasts/understanding-grammar-gerunds-and-infinitives

Learning Vocabulary - Prepositions Mar 23, 2018

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In this Premier Skills English Podcast, Jack is away on holiday so Rich has to find someone to help him with the show! He finds Nick who volunteers to help out. Rich asks Nick a few questions to introduce himself and they introduce ten common adjective + preposition combinations. Many learners find prepositions and which one to use one of the most challenging things about the English language. This lesson will help you learn some of the most common adjective + preposition combinations. Click the link below and you will also find a number of explanations, the transcript, interactive activities, a quiz and a discussion to help you understand. Don't forget to listen to the end of the podcast because we also have a new football phrase for you to guess. Enjoy!

https://premierskillsenglish.britishcouncil.org/skills/listen/podcasts/learning-vocabulary-10-adjective-preposition-combinations

This week - Matchweek 30 Mar 14, 2018

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Welcome to This Week from Premier Skills English, a weekly review of all the action from the Premier League for learners of English from across the globe. In This Week, Jack and Rich talk about all of the weekend's action in the Premier League; the big headlines and the main talking points. We also ask you to get involved; do you agree with Jack and Rich's choices of best player, best team and best match of Matchweek 30? Make your prediction for next week's big match and tell us how your club or fantasy football team is doing. We welcome comments from all football fans and especially welcome comments from football fans who are learning English. Find all the learning activities and a discussion here: https://premierskillsenglish.britishcouncil.org/skills/listen/week/matchweek-30

Learner training - 5 ways films can improve your English Mar 08, 2018

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In this week's Premier Skills English Podcast, Jack and Rich talk about the language of films. They discuss two films about football that they really like and introduce lots of vocabulary about movies. They also share five tips that will help you use films to improve your English. The language focus is on passives and film genres.

This podcast is also part of our activity week which starts on Monday the 12th of March. This is lesson two. If you want to find the other lessons or sign up for the free activity week, go to activity week - films.

Don't forget to listen to the end of the podcast because we also have a new football phrase for you to guess. Enjoy!

https://premierskillsenglish.britishcouncil.org/skills/listen/podcasts/learner-training-5-ways-films-can-improve-your-english

#films #LearnEnglish

This week - Matchweek 29 Mar 05, 2018

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Welcome to Premier Skills English Podcast - This Week, a weekly review of all the action from the Premier League for learners of English from across the globe. In This Week, Jack and Rich talk about all of the weekend's action in the Premier League; the big headlines and the main talking points. We also ask you to get involved; do you agree with Jack and Rich's choices of best player, best team and best match of Matchweek 29? Visit the Premier Skills English - This Week - Matchweek 29 page. Read the transcript, complete the language activities, make your prediction for next week's big match and tell us how your club or fantasy football team is doing. We welcome comments from all football fans and especially welcome comments from football fans who are learning English.

Understanding Grammar - Past Simple v Past Perfect Mar 02, 2018

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In this week's Premier Skills English Podcast, Jack and Rich talk about a specific structure that learners often find difficult: the past perfect. They look at how we create the past perfect when we use it in real language and contrast its use with the past simple. They introduce the language using simple dialogues to help you understand the language in context and then give you some advice about when to use the past perfect. Further down the page, there are a number of explanations, the transcript, interactive activities, a quiz and a discussion to help you understand. Your task is to use the past perfect in three different situations. Don't forget to listen to the end of the podcast because we also have a new football phrase for you to guess. Enjoy! #Grammar #LearnEnglish

https://premierskillsenglish.britishcouncil.org/skills/listen/podcasts/understanding-grammar-past-simple-v-past-perfect

This week - Matchweek 28 Feb 27, 2018

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Welcome to This Week from Premier Skills English, a weekly review of all the action from the Premier League for learners of English from across the globe. In This Week, Jack and Rich talk about all of the weekend's action in the Premier League; the big headlines and the main talking points. We also ask you to get involved; do you agree with Jack and Rich's choices of best player, best team and best match of Matchweek 28? Make your prediction for next week's big match and tell us how your club or fantasy football team is doing. We welcome comments from all football fans and especially welcome comments from football fans who are learning English. Find all the learning activities on the website: https://premierskillsenglish.britishcouncil.org/skills/listen/week/matchweek-28