Learn English With The British Council And Premier League

Which team finished where? Jack and Rich roundup the Premier League season and you can vote for your best moments. Get the full lesson here on Premier Skills English: https://premierskillsenglish.britishcouncil.org/skills/listen/week/matchweek-38

In this week's Premier Skills English Podcast, Jack and Rich talk about Indian food (Jack loves it, but Rich is not a big fan). The language focus is on articles (a, an, the) which is an area of English that lots of learners have problems with as they are often used differently in your first language or don't exist at all. More specifically, we are going to focus on how we use articles when we are talking in a general sense and when we are talking about a specific thing. Your task is to complete some sentences and use the correct article. As always, we also have a new football phrase for you to guess. Enjoy!To complete the lesson, visit the page on Premier Skills English.https://premierskillsenglish.britishcouncil.org/skills/listen/podcasts/understanding-grammar-a-an-or-the

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 37? 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-37

In this week's Premier Skills English Podcast, Jack and Rich talk about some strange football stories. Your task is to guess if these stories are real or if they are 'fake news'. The language focus is on phrases we use when we think someone is lying. Do you know the phrases 'economical with the truth' or 'that's a load of baloney'? We also have a new football phrase for you to guess. Enjoy!

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 36? 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.

In this week's Premier Skills English Podcast, Jack and Rich talk about wishes and regrets. The language focus is on the phrases if only and I wish and how they can be used to express wishes in three different ways. Your task is to write five sentences that include if only and I wish. We also have a new football phrase for you to guess. Enjoy!

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 35? 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 the full lesson and all the activities on the website:https://premierskillsenglish.britishcouncil.org/skills/listen/week/matchweek-35

In this week's Premier Skills English Podcast, Jack is away so Rich and Jen talk about some pairs of words that are often confusing for learners. Do you know the difference between 'suppose' and 'supposed to' or 'neither' and 'either'? Your task is to choose the correct 'confusing words' in context. As always, we also have a new football phrase for you to guess. Enjoy!Find all the interactive activities, explanations, the transcript, a quiz and a discussion on the lesson page: https://premierskillsenglish.britishcouncil.org/skills/listen/podcasts/learning-vocabulary-confusing-words

Manchester City are Premier League Champions!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 34? 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-34

In this week's Premier Skills English Podcast, Jack plays a practical joke on Rich and Rich and Rich plans his revenge. The language focus is on a verb with lots of different meanings - take. Jack and Rich look at five different ways of using take and how you can these phrases in your everyday English. Your task is to work out the meaning of some difficult phrases with take from the context we give you. As always, we also have a new football phrase for you to guess. Enjoy!See the full lesson here: https://premierskillsenglish.britishcouncil.org/skills/listen/podcasts/learning-vocabulary-10-phrases-take

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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