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This week - Festive Football Jan 08, 2018

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Welcome to This Week from Premier Skills English, a review of all the action from the Premier League for learners of English from across the globe. In This Week - Festive Football, Jack and Rich talk about all of the Premier League action over Christmas and the New Year; 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? 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/festive-football

Learning Vocabulary - Staying connected Jan 05, 2018

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In this week’s Premier Skills English podcast, Rich and Jack talk about how technology can bring people from all over the world closer together. The language focus is on language we use on social media. The task is to describe the advantages and disadvantages of always being online. There is a new football phrase for you to guess too. Enjoy!

https://premierskillsenglish.britishcouncil.org/skills/listen/podcasts/learning-vocabulary-staying-connected

Understanding Grammar - Making New Year's resolutions Dec 30, 2017

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In this week’s Premier Skills English podcast, Rich is making a New Year’s resolution and Jack gives him some advice. The language focus is on future forms to talk about resolutions and there is an activity to learn some phrasal verbs with up. The task is to make some resolutions of your own and there is a new football phrase for you to guess. Happy New Year!

https://premierskillsenglish.britishcouncil.org/skills/listen/podcasts/understanding-grammar-making-new-years-resolutions

Christmas Podcast - The language of giving and receiving Dec 22, 2017

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In this week's Premier Skills English Podcast, Jack and Rich are celebrating Christmas. The language focus is on the language we use when we give someone a present and the language we use when we receive a present. There is a special focus on phrases we might use when we don't like a present that we are given! Your task is to listen to Jack and Rich describing the presents that they give each other. You have to guess what the present is. As always, we also have a new football phrase for you to guess. Enjoy!

https://premierskillsenglish.britishcouncil.org/skills/listen/podcasts/christmas-podcast-language-giving-and-receiving

This week - Matchweeks 17 & 18 Dec 18, 2017

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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 17 & 18? 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-17-18

Learning Vocabulary - 10 Phrasal Verbs Dec 14, 2017

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In this week's Premier Skills English Podcast, Jack and Rich talk about phrasal verbs, why they are difficult to learn and how you can increase your vocabulary by learning and using them. They focus on ten phrasal verbs that are common but difficult to learn. Your task is to complete three dialogues using phrasal verbs that are introduced in this podcast. As always, we also have a new football phrase for you to guess. Enjoy!

This week - Matchweek 16 Dec 11, 2017

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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 16? 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-16 #PL #PremierLeague #football #LearnEnglish

Speaking Skills - Paying for things Dec 08, 2017

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In this week's Premier Skills English podcast, Rich and Jack help you with the language you need when you need to pay for things. Paying for something in a supermarket is easy but there are some situations when paying for things can be more difficult and you need to know some different phrases. In this podcast, Jack and Rich look at some of the phrases you need to pay for things on the phone, in a taxi, at a restaurant and on public transport. We also have a new football phrase for you to guess so don't forget to listen to the end of the podcast. Enjoy! Find learning activities, the transcript, a discussion, a quiz and worksheets for teachers on the website: https://premierskillsenglish.britishcouncil.org/skills/listen/podcasts/speaking-skills-paying-things #LearnEnglish #Speaking #Vocabulary #English

This Week - Matchweek 14 & 15 Dec 04, 2017

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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 14 & 15? 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 on the website: https://premierskillsenglish.britishcouncil.org/skills/listen/week/matchweek-14-15 #PL #PremierLeague #LearnEnglish #BritishCouncil

Perfect Pronunciation - Consonant Sounds Dec 01, 2017

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In this week's Premier Skills English Podcast, Jack and Rich focus on pronunciation. They talk about five of the most difficult consonant sounds (sounds that are not vowels) in English. Jack and Rich give you lots of example sentences to practise and advice on how you can get better at making these sounds. Your task is to tell other listeners which consonant sounds are most difficult for speakers of your language to pronounce. At the end of the podcast, we have a new football phrase for you to guess. Enjoy!

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