In this episode, Jack focuses on language for footballers. This is the fourth of five podcasts that focus on tactics and some advanced football English that you need to talk about tactics and approaches to tactics. You can read the transcript and complete the language challenge on the page for this podcast on the Premier Skills English website by visiting Premier League British Council > English > Podcasts > English for footballers: Tactics - High press
May 19, 2025•13 min
This Week explores some of the biggest stories from the Premier League and the world of football and focuses on the most interesting vocabulary. In this episode, Jack talks about Liverpool, who have just been crowned Premier League champions. You can read the transcript and complete the language challenge on the page for this podcast on the Premier Skills English website by visiting Premier League British Council > English > Podcasts > This Week > This Week: Liverpool are champions...
May 08, 2025•21 min
In this episode, Jack focuses on language for footballers. This is the third of five podcasts that focus on tactics and some advanced football English that you need to talk about tactics and approaches to tactics. You can read the transcript and complete the language challenge on the page for this podcast on the Premier Skills English website by visiting Premier League British Council > English > Podcasts > English for footballers: Tactics - Counter-attacking
Apr 24, 2025•16 min
In this episode, Jack focuses on language for footballers. This is the second of five podcasts that focus on tactics and some advanced football English that you need to talk about tactics and approaches to tactics. You can read the transcript and complete the language challenge on the page for this podcast on the Premier Skills English website by visiting Premier League British Council > English > Podcasts > English for footballers: Tactics - Tiki-Taka...
Apr 09, 2025•16 min
In this episode, Jack focuses on language for footballers. This is the first of five podcasts that focus on tactics and some advanced football English that you need to talk about tactics and approaches to tactics. You can read the transcript and complete the language challenge on the page for this podcast on the Premier Skills English website by visiting Premier League British Council > English > Podcasts > English for footballers: Tactics - Total Football...
Apr 04, 2025•17 min
This week's Premier Skills English Podcast focuses on language that you will need if you travel to the UK to watch a match. The focus of today’s lesson is language related to travelling by plane. You can read the transcript and complete the language challenge on the page for this podcast on the Premier Skills English website by visiting Premier League British Council > English > Podcasts > Travel and tourism > English for fans visiting the UK - The language of airports...
Mar 25, 2025•25 min
This week's Premier Skills English Podcast focuses on language that will help you understand match commentary on TV. If you are watching a Premier League match and the commentary is in English, if you know what to expect, hopefully, this will make the commentary easier to understand. You can read the transcript and complete the language challenge on the page for this podcast on the Premier Skills English website by visiting Premier League British Council > English > Podcasts > This week...
Mar 17, 2025•16 min
This week's Premier Skills English Podcast focuses on English for players; the language that players need. In this episode, Jack talks about communication skills, specifically language and skills that players need to give and receive instructions on the pitch and also leadership language that captains, key players and coaches need. You can read the transcript and complete the language challenge on the page for this podcast on the Premier Skills English website by visiting Premier League British ...
Mar 07, 2025•21 min
In this week's Premier Skills English Podcast, Jack kicks off a new series focusing on English for players, English for fans watching the Premier League on TV and English for visitors to the UK who come to see a match. You can read the transcript and complete the language challenge on the page for this podcast on the Premier Skills English website by visiting Premier League British Council > English > Podcasts > Learning Vocabulary...
Feb 26, 2025•30 min
This Week explores some of the biggest stories from the Premier League and the world of football and focuses on the most interesting vocabulary. In this episode, Jack talks about three matches from last weekend’s action and has a special Christmas treat for you. You can read the transcript and complete the language challenge on the page for this podcast on the Premier Skills English website by visiting Premier Skills English > Skills > Listen > This Week > This Week: Twelve days of f...
Dec 24, 2024•40 min
This Week explores some of the biggest stories from the Premier League and the world of football and focuses on the most interesting vocabulary. In this episode, Jack talks about Spur’s surprising result at the Etihad and a south coast battle between Brighton and Bournemouth. You can read the transcript and complete the language challenge on the page for this podcast on the Premier Skills English website by visiting Premier Skills English > Skills > Listen > This Week > This Week: Of...
Nov 30, 2024•33 min
This Week explores some of the biggest stories from the Premier League and the world of football and focuses on the most interesting vocabulary. In this episode, Jack talks about Arsenal's trip to Newcastle, Nottingham Forest who hosted West Ham United and Aston Villa who took the trip to London to take on Tottenham Hotspur. You can read the transcript and complete the language challenge on the page for this podcast on the Premier Skills English website by visiting Premier Skills English > Sk...
Nov 07, 2024•28 min
This Week explores some of the biggest stories from the Premier League and the world of football and focuses on the most interesting vocabulary. In this episode, Jack talks about Manchester City who welcomed Southampton, Chelsea who hosted Newcastle United and Liverpool who travelled to London to take on Arsenal. You can read the transcript and complete the language challenge on the page for this podcast on the Premier Skills English website by visiting Premier Skills English > Skills > Li...
Oct 31, 2024•36 min
This Week explores some of the biggest stories from the Premier League and the world of football and focuses on the most interesting vocabulary. In this episode, Jack talks about Arsenal’s first loss of the season against Bournemouth and the controversial red card that gave Bournemouth the advantage. You can read the transcript and complete the language challenge on the page for this podcast on the Premier Skills English website by visiting Premier Skills English > Skills > Listen > Thi...
Oct 24, 2024•26 min
This Week explores some of the biggest stories from the Premier League and the world of football and focuses on the most interesting vocabulary. In this episode, Jack talks about three matches. The first is Arsenal’s stoppage time win against Leicester. The second is Cole Palmer, I mean Chelsea’s defeat of Brighton and the third is the Newcastle - Manchester City match. You can read the transcript and complete the language challenge on the page for this podcast on the Premier Skills English webs...
Oct 03, 2024•34 min
This Week explores some of the biggest stories from the Premier League and the world of football and focuses on the most interesting vocabulary. In this episode, Jack talks about one of the most exciting matches of the season so far when Villa clashed with Everton and an upset at Anfield for Liverpool when they welcomed Nottingham Forest. You can read the transcript and complete the language challenge on the page for this podcast on the Premier Skills English website by visiting Premier Skills E...
Sep 19, 2024•27 min
This Week explores some of the biggest stories from the Premier League and the world of football and focuses on the most interesting vocabulary. In this episode, Jack talks about a controversial decision in Arsenal’s match against Brighton, a top-class performance by Erling Haaland against West Ham and the 215th Northwest Derby between Manchester United and Liverpool. You can read the transcript and complete the language challenge on the page for this podcast on the Premier Skills English websit...
Sep 03, 2024•31 min
This Week explores some of the biggest stories from the Premier League and the world of football and focuses on the most interesting vocabulary. In this episode, Jack talks about Ipswich Town’s first match back in the top tier of English football as they welcomed Liverpool and Brighton who travelled up to Liverpool to take on Everton. You can read the transcript and complete the language challenge on the page for this podcast on the Premier Skills English website by visiting Premier Skills Engli...
Aug 24, 2024•29 min
This Week explores some of the biggest stories from the Premier League and the world of football and focuses on the most interesting vocabulary. In this episode, Jack talks about Fantasy Premier League which is a fantasy football game that you can play on the Premier League website. You can read the transcript and complete the language challenge on the page for this podcast on the Premier Skills English website by visiting Premier Skills English > Skills > Listen > This Week > This W...
Aug 17, 2024•25 min
This Week explores some of the biggest stories from the Premier League and the world of football and focuses on the most interesting vocabulary. In this episode, Jack talks about the new kits that the teams will be playing in this season. You can read the transcript and complete the language challenge on the page for this podcast on the Premier Skills English website by visiting Premier Skills English > Skills > Listen > This Week > This Week: Ipswich Town are Back...
Aug 11, 2024•23 min
This Week explores some of the biggest stories from the Premier League and the world of football and focuses on the most interesting vocabulary. This week, Jack talks about the town of Ipswich and Ipswich Town FC, the newly promoted team, bursting back to the Premier League after 22 years in the Championship and League One. You can read the transcript and complete the language challenge on the page for this podcast on the Premier Skills English website by visiting Premier Skills English > Ski...
Jul 26, 2024•31 min
This Week explores some of the biggest stories from the Premier League and the world of football and focuses on the most interesting vocabulary. This week, Jack talks about England's recent victory in a penalty shootout against Switzerland and about the pressure that the shootout puts on players and fans. You can read the transcript and complete the language challenge on the page for this podcast on the Premier Skills English website by visiting Premier Skills English > Skills > Listen >...
Jul 10, 2024•38 min
This Week explores some of the biggest stories from the Premier League and the world of football and focuses on the most interesting vocabulary. In this episode, Jack talks to two old friends about their memories of PE at school. Then, there’s a quiz where you have to work out which PE sport or activity Jack is describing. You can read the transcript and complete the language challenge on the page for this podcast on the Premier Skills English website by visiting Premier Skills English > Skil...
Jun 22, 2024•31 min
This Week explores some of the biggest stories from the Premier League and the world of football and focuses on the most interesting vocabulary. In this episode, Jack talks about the UEFA European Football Championship which is being held in Germany. You can read the transcript and complete the language challenge on the page for this podcast on the Premier Skills English website by visiting Premier Skills English > Skills > Listen > This Week > This Week: Euro 2024...
Jun 11, 2024•45 min
This Week explores some of the biggest stories from the Premier League and the world of football and focuses on the most interesting vocabulary. In this episode, Jack talks about Arsenal, who hosted Everton and Manchester City who hosted West Ham United. Arsenal were playing for a chance to win the league, but that chance depended on Manchester City losing at home. And Manchester City were playing to win a historic 4th consecutive title. You can read the transcript and complete the language chal...
May 25, 2024•25 min
This Week explores some of the biggest stories from the Premier League and the world of football and focuses on the most interesting vocabulary. In this episode, Jack talks about two really important Tottenham Hotspur matches. The results of these two matches at this point in the season will have a massive impact on the fortunes of the two clubs they are playing against and will ripple throughout the league. You can read the transcript and complete the language challenge on the page for this pod...
May 18, 2024•26 min
This Week explores some of the biggest stories from the Premier League and the world of football and focuses on the most interesting vocabulary. In this episode, Jack talks about Newcastle United’s convincing home win against Sheffield United, Burnley salvaging a draw against Manchester United and Arsenal‘s victory over Spurs in the North London Derby. You can read the transcript and complete the language challenge on the page for this podcast on the Premier Skills English website by visiting Pr...
May 04, 2024•31 min
This Week explores some of the biggest stories from the Premier League and the world of football and focuses on the most interesting vocabulary. In this episode, Jack talks about Liverpool and Everton in the Merseyside derby and a record result at the Emirates for Arsenal and Chelsea. You can read the transcript and complete the language challenge on the page for this podcast on the Premier Skills English website by visiting Premier Skills English > Skills > Listen > This Week > This...
Apr 26, 2024•24 min
This Week explores some of the biggest stories from the Premier League and the world of football and focuses on the most interesting vocabulary. In this episode, Jack talks about Arsenal’s loss to Villa at home, Newcastle’s emphatic defeat of Spurs at St James’ Park and Liverpool’s slip up to Palace at Anfield. You can read the transcript and complete the language challenge on the page for this podcast on the Premier Skills English website by visiting Premier Skills English > Skills > List...
Apr 21, 2024•25 min
This Week explores some of the biggest stories from the Premier League and the world of football and focuses on the most interesting vocabulary. In this episode, Jack talks about Kevin De Bruyne’s achievement at City, a bittersweet moment for Leandro Trossard and disappointment for both teams in a thriller at Villa Park. You can read the transcript and complete the language challenge on the page for this podcast on the Premier Skills English website by visiting Premier Skills English > Skills...
Apr 12, 2024•28 min
