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Premier Skills English Podcast 32 - Language of Speculation

05 Jan 2016

Contributed by Lukas

In this podcast, Jack talks about the state of the season and speculates about the chances of the top five teams and looks at the language of predicti...

Premier Skills English Podcast 31 - Resolutions

22 Dec 2015

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's podcast, Rich and Jack talk about Christmas and the New Year holidays. The language focus is phrases you can use to make resolutions. W...

Premier Skills English Podcast 30 - Last Minute Goals

15 Dec 2015

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's podcast, Rich and Jack talk about last-minute goals in the Premier League. The language focus is phrases you can use to describe things...

Premier Skills English Podcast 29 - Unexpected Events

08 Dec 2015

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's podcast, Rich and Jack and talk about a Premier League weekend full of surprises, with wins for some of the underdogs and defeats for s...

Premier Skills English Podcast 28 - Accepting and Declining Invitations

01 Dec 2015

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's podcast, Rich and Jack and talk about Leicester City striker Jamie Vardy and his record breaking goal against Manchester United. The la...

Premier Skills English Podcast 27 - Agreeing and Disagreeing

24 Nov 2015

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's podcast, Rich and Jack disagree about who is the Premier League's best striker. The language focus is phrases you can use to agree or d...

Premier Skills English Podcast 26 - The Environment

17 Nov 2015

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's podcast, Jack and Rich talk about Arsenal midfielder Mathieu Flamini, who has been keeping an amazing secret from his family and teamma...

Premier Skills English Podcast 25 - Regrets

10 Nov 2015

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's podcast, Jack and Rich talk about the North London derby between Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur and also talk about regrets that Arsene ...

A Day in the Life of a Groundsman

05 Nov 2015

Contributed by Lukas

A listening exercise from the Premier Skills English website for elementary learners of English. Find online activities and worksheets on the website.

Premier Skills English podcast 24 - Conditionals

03 Nov 2015

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's podcast, Jack and Rich talk about superstitions and strange pre-match routines that both Premier League players and fans have. The lang...

Premier Skills English Podcast 23 - Family

27 Oct 2015

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's podcast, Jack and Rich talk about Jordan Ayew (Aston Villa) and his older brother Andre Ayew (Swansea City), who became the first broth...

Premier Skills English Podcast 22 - Prepositions of Place and Movement

20 Oct 2015

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's podcast, Jack and Rich talk about two big derby matches that are coming up this weekend and have a new riddle for you in our 'What's my...

Premier Skills English Podcast 21 - Adjectives of Personality

13 Oct 2015

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's podcast, Jack and Rich talk about Liverpool's new manager, the language focus is adjectives of personality and we have a new riddle for...

Premier Skills English Podcast 20 - Past Possibilities

06 Oct 2015

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's podcast, Jack and Rich talk about Sergio Aguero's five-star performance for Man City last weekend, the language focus is 'could have' t...

Premier Skills English Podcast 19 - Circumlocution Strategies

29 Sep 2015

Contributed by Lukas

In this podcast, Rich and Jack talk about an interesting incident that happened in a Premier League match last weekend, Rich makes a new prediction an...

Premier Skills English Podcast 18 - Collocations with 'under'

22 Sep 2015

Contributed by Lukas

In this podcast, Rich and Jack talk about being under pressure and launch a competition where you could win a fantastic prize!

Premier Skills English Podcast 17 - Comparatives and Superlatives

11 Sep 2015

Contributed by Lukas

In this podcast, Rich and Jack talk about record breaker Wayne Rooney and the language of comparatives and superlatives.

Premier Skills English Podcast 16 - Bonus

04 Sep 2015

Contributed by Lukas

This is a little bonus language focus, following Podcast 16.

Premier Skills English Podcast 16 - Describing Statistics

04 Sep 2015

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Rich and Jack talk about something strange that is happening in the Premier League and look at some language you can use to describe statis...

Premier Skills English Podcast 15 - The Language of Transfers

27 Aug 2015

Contributed by Lukas

In this podcast, Rich and Jack talk about the transfer window deadline and focus on some of the language of transfers.

Premier Skills English Podcast 14 - Football Cliches

20 Aug 2015

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's podcast, Rich and Jack give 110% as they talk about football cliches and this weekend's match between Arsenal and Liverpool. Listen to ...

Premier Skills English Podcast 13 - Hopes and Dreams

13 Aug 2015

Contributed by Lukas

In this podcast, Rich and Jack talk about the beginning of the season and hopes and dreams. Rich makes a new prediction about this weekend's Mancheste...

Premier Skills English Podcast 12 - Who to watch out for?

05 Aug 2015

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's podcast, Rich and Jack talk about three players they think will be big news in the Premier League season, and announce the winner of ou...

Premier Skills English Podcast 11 - New Teams

29 Jul 2015

Contributed by Lukas

In this podcast, Rich and Jack talk about the new teams in the Premier League this season and challenge the listeners with a football quiz. If you can...

Premier Skills English Podcast 10 - Passive Sentences

15 Jul 2015

Contributed by Lukas

In this podcast, Rich and Jack talk about the pre-season preparation and the Barclays Asia Trophy. #English #Football #FootballEnglish #BarclaysAsiaT...

Premier Skills English Podcast 9 - Fair Play Award

05 Jul 2015

Contributed by Lukas

In this podcast, Rich and Jack talk about West Ham's early start with the first matches of 15/16 kicking off in the Europa League. #fairplay

Premier Skills English Podcast 8 - Women's World Cup

24 Jun 2015

Contributed by Lukas

In this podcast, Rich and Jack talk about the Women's World Cup and look at some useful language. #PremierSkillsEnglish #football #English #womensworl...

Premier Skills English Podcast 7 - Language of Speculation and Rumour

16 Jun 2015

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's podcast, Rich and Jack talk about what Premier League managers are up to at the moment and speculate about players that might move to t...

Premier Skills English Podcast 6 - Copa America

11 Jun 2015

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's podcast, Rich and Jack make some predictions about the Copa America and talk about the Premier League players who will be representing ...

Premier Skills English Podcast 5 - Adjectives

02 Jun 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Premier Skills English Podcast 1 - Debut

26 May 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the first in a new series of podcasts on Premier Skills English. In these podcasts, we are going to talk about football and look at some us...

Premier Skills English Podcast 2 - To 'deserve' something

26 May 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the second in a new series of podcasts on Premier Skills English. In these podcasts, we are going to talk about football and look at some u...

Premier Skills English Podcast 3 - Breaking Records

26 May 2015

Contributed by Lukas

In our latest Premier Skills English Podcast, we're talking about Southampton's Sadio Mane, who has scored the fastest ever Premier League hat-trick. ...

Premier Skills English podcast - Welcome to the podcast!

26 May 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Premier Skills English podcast. This podcast is part of the Premier skills programme which is a collaboration between the British Counc...