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Welcome to This Week from Premier Skills English, a weekly review of football action for learners of English from across the globe. In This Week, Jack and Rich talk about the latest action from the Premier League. They keep you up to date with our prediction competition and have lots of football English for you to learn.

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In this week's Premier Skills English Podcast, Jack and Rich talk about food and the environment. They have a short quiz to help you learn different adjectives to describe food and in our roleplay, Jack invites Rich for dinner. Jack is cooking something different; do you think Rich will like it? The language focus is on phrases we use at the dinner table and language connected to the environment. Your task this week is to give your opinion about eating meat and the effect it has on the environment. Don't forget to listen to the end of the podcast because we have a new football phrase for you to guess, too. Enjoy!

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In this week's Premier Skills English Podcast, Jack and Rich talk about television, films and cinema. In our roleplays, they take a trip to the cinema and talk about films they would like to see. The language focus is on vocabulary connected to the cinema and phrasal verbs with 'turn'. Your task this week is to persuade other listeners to watch a film you enjoyed. Don't forget to listen to the end of the podcast because we have a new football phrase for you to guess, too. Enjoy!

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Welcome to This Week from Premier Skills English, a weekly review of football action for learners of English from across the globe. In This Week, Jack and Rich talk about the latest action from the Premier League. They keep you up to date with our new prediction competition and have lots of football English for you to learn.

Complete the lesson on Premier Skills English > Podcasts > This week > Matchweek 12 > Never in doubt

In this week's Premier Skills English Podcast, Jack has the chance to win £10,000 in a TV quiz. Will he win the top prize? Rich and Jack also give you some tips for dealing with listening exams. They look at the different types of exam questions you might need to answer and focus on how to answer summary completion activities. The language focus is on some confusing words connected to sports. Do you know the difference between 'spectator' and 'viewer' or 'umpire' and 'referee'? Your task is to write a quiz question for other listeners. Don't forget to listen to the end of the podcast because we have a new football phrase for you to guess. Enjoy!

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The music playing during the quiz at the beginning is Kiss the Sky by Scott Holmes available on CC BY-NC 4.0