Learn English With The British Council And Premier League

In this week's Premier Skills English Podcast, Jack and Rich talk about how we show sympathy and the language we use to encourage others. Jack is sad about Arsenal's start to the season and Rich is not very sympathetic. The focus is on some fixed expressions we use to sympathise and encourage people when they are feeling sad or depressed. They also talk about the importance of intonation in our voices when we want to be sympathetic and encouraging. The task for listeners is to complete three dialogues that use sympathetic and encouraging language. As always, we also have a new football phrase for you to guess. Find all the learning activities, a quiz and a discussion on the website: http://premierskillsenglish.britishcouncil.org/skills/listen/podcasts/speaking-skills-words-encouragement

In this week's Premier Skills English Podcast, Rich is having some problems on his computer and can't change his Fantasy Football team. He calls Jack for some technical help. focus on being polite and the words and expressions you should use to show politeness.The language focus is on words and phrases we use to talk about computers and giving instructions. Your task is to write some step-by-step instructions for other listeners on the Premier Skills English website. As always, we also have a new football phrase for you to guess. Enjoy! You can find all the free learning activities on the website: http://premierskillsenglish.britishcouncil.org/skills/listen/podcasts/speaking-skills-talking-about-computers

What happened in Matchweek 3 in the Premier League? Join the discussion: http://premierskillsenglish.britishcouncil.org/skills/listen/week/matchweek-3

In this week's Premier Skills English Podcast, Jack and Rich focus on being polite and the words and expressions you should use to show politeness. They look at some different situations where it is important to be polite and what you should say and what you shouldn't say. Your task is to look at some impolite or rude sentences and make them more polite using some of the polite expressions we introduce in this podcast. As always, we also have a new football phrase for you to guess. Enjoy! Go to the website for all the free learning activities, a quiz and discussion points: http://premierskillsenglish.britishcouncil.org/skills/listen/podcasts/speaking-skills-being-polite

What happened in Matchweek 2 in the Premier League? Join the discussion on the website: http://premierskillsenglish.britishcouncil.org/skills/listen/week/matchweek-2

In this week's Premier Skills English Podcast, Jack and Rich focus on pronunciation. They talk about where their clubs (Arsenal & Liverpool) finished last season and where they might finish in the Premier League this season. The language focus is on difficult sounds to say and difficult words to pronounce. Jack and Rich give you lots of examples of some of the most common sounds and words that learners have problems with. They also give you some sentences and tongue twisters to practise at home. The task for listeners is to write a tongue twister that includes some sounds that are difficult to pronounce. As always, we also have a new football phrase for you to guess. Enjoy! Find all the free language activities and a discussion on the website: http://premierskillsenglish.britishcouncil.org/skills/listen/podcasts/pronunciation-difficult-words-and-sounds

Welcome to 'this week' from Premier Skills English, a weekly review of the action from the Premier League for learners of English 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 1? 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. Join the discussion on the website: http://premierskillsenglish.britishcouncil.org/skills/listen/this-week/matchweek-1

In this week's Premier Skills English Podcast, Jack and Rich talk about the new Premier League season which kicks off on the 11th of August. They speak about the teams that they would like to win the Premier League, the teams that they think we should keep an eye on and some young players who could make an impact this season. We would like to hear from you, too - don't forget to tell us what you would like to happen this season in the comments section at the bottom of this page. As always, we also have a new football phrase for you to guess. Enjoy! For all the free language activities and discussion, go to the website: http://premierskillsenglish.britishcouncil.org/skills/listen/podcasts/premier-league-kick

In this week's podcast, Jack and Rich help you with conditional sentences and ask you to imagine the things you would like to keep with you if you were stranded on a desert island. Find all the learning materials on the website: http://premierskillsenglish.britishcouncil.org/skills/listen/podcasts/desert-island

In this week's Premier Skills English Podcast, Jack tells Rich about a bad hotel experience. The language focus is on words and phrases you can use at hotel receptions and the lesson includes 20 of the most common questions asked in hotels. Jack and Rich role play two different hotel situations and introduce lots of useful language at the same time. Your task is to write about a hotel that you've stayed in and then to upload it to a travel advice website. As always, we also have a new football phrase for you to guess. Enjoy! You can find all the learning activities on the website http://premierskillsenglish.britishcouncil.org/skills/listen/podcasts/speaking-skills-hotel

In this week's Premier Skills English Podcast, Jack and Rich interview two very different candidates for a job. Listen to both phone interviews and decide who you would give the job to? The language focus is on the words enough and too and your task is to write about a player who you think would be right for your club. As always, we also have a new football phrase for you to guess. Enjoy! Find all the activities on the website: http://premierskillsenglish.britishcouncil.org/skills/listen/podcasts/choosing-a-coach

In this week's podcast, Jack and Rich talk about problems when talking on the phone and look at lots of words and phrases we use in phone conversations. We also join one podcast listener for our first Premier Skills English Phone-in! Find all the free learning activities and resources on the website: http://premierskillsenglish.britishcouncil.org/skills/listen/podcasts/speaking-skills-phone

In this week's Premier Skills English Podcast, Jack and Rich talk about the backgrounds of some Premier League players and Rich talks about one player that he admires. Then, we ask you to tell us about someone you admire. The language focus is on the words 'for', 'since' and 'ago' and how we can use them to talk about time. We also focus on vocabulary connected to personality and look at how we use adjectives and nouns to talk about different personality characteristics. As always, we also have a new football phrase for you to guess. Enjoy!

In this week's Premier Skills English podcast, Jack and Rich talk about money and shopping in the market. Rich wants to buy an old football shirt for his cousin's birthday and Jack recommends going to the market. Rich prefers going to the supermarket because he doesn't like to discuss the price of things. The language focus is on vocabulary connected to money and discussing the price when buying something in the market. The task is to tell us about a time when you paid too much for something or bought something for less than what it was worth! As always, we also have a new football phrase for you to guess. Enjoy! Go to the website for all the learning materials: http://premierskillsenglish.britishcouncil.org/skills/listen/podcasts/talking-about-money

In this week's Premier Skills English podcast, Jack talks about his diet and how he could eat more healthily to lose some weight. Rich gives him some advice about how to eat healthily and lose weight. The language focus is on vocabulary connected to diet and nutrition, including some difficult phrasal verbs. The task is to tell us about a healthy dish from your country and to read about dishes from other countries and tell us if you think they are healthy or not. We also have news about a fantastic competition and great prizes to win! As always, we also have a new football phrase for you to guess. Enjoy! To enter the competition and find all the learning materials, go to the website: http://premierskillsenglish.britishcouncil.org/skills/listen/podcasts/how-eat-like-a-premier-league-footballer

In this week's Premier Skills English podcast, Rich talks about how nervous he gets before interviews and how this affects his speaking fluency. Rich is going to have an interview to be a football coach and Jack gives him some advice for the interview that will help him speak more fluently. The language focus is on vocabulary connected to football coaching and we give you some tips and strategies to help you speak more fluently. As always, we also have a new football phrase for you to guess. Enjoy! Find all the learning materials on the website: http://premierskillsenglish.britishcouncil.org/skills/listen/podcasts/speaking-skills-how-improve-your-fluency

In this week's Premier Skills English podcast, we talk about the latest news from the Premier League and we talk about holidays now the Premier League season has come to a close. I'm going to Spain on holiday this summer and Rich gives me some advice about where to go and what to do. This week, the language focus is on vocabulary connected to holidays and phrases you can use to give recommendations and phrases you can use to respond to recommendations. As always, we also have a new football phrase for you to guess. Enjoy! Find all the learning activities and worksheets for teachers on the website: http://premierskillsenglish.britishcouncil.org/skills/listen/podcasts/speaking-skills-talking-about-holidays

In this week's Premier Skills English podcast, Rich and Jack talk about the latest news from the Premier League and we talk about how Premier League clubs think about protecting the environment around them. We also talk about five ways that you can be more environmentally friendly. This week, the language focus is on vocabulary connected to the environment and conditional sentences you can use to talk about environmental issues. As always, we also have a new football phrase for you to guess. Enjoy! You can find learning activities and worksheets for teachers on the website: http://premierskillsenglish.britishcouncil.org/skills/listen/podcasts/five-ways-you-can-help-environment

Welcome to this week's Premier League Prediction! Every Monday we have a new prediction for you to make. This week, Rich and Jack talk about this season's FA Cup Final. Chelsea could win 'the Double' and Arsenal would love to win the FA Cup for the third time in four seasons. We also take a look at the word 'despite' and how to use it to show contrast in a sentence. Find the transcript, the vote and the discussion on the website: http://premierskillsenglish.britishcouncil.org/fans/predictions/fa-cup-final-chelsea-v-arsenal

In this week's Premier Skills English podcast, Rich and Jack talk about the latest news from the Premier League and we talk a lot about Chelsea, who have won this season's Premier League title. We also ask you to write about your favourite sports club or team. This week, the language focus is on different tenses you use when you are describing something. As always, we have a new football phrase for you to guess and announce our Player of the Week. Enjoy! Find all the language activities on the website: http://premierskillsenglish.britishcouncil.org/skills/listen/podcasts/chelsea-win-premier-league