Learn English with the British Council and Premier League

In this week's Premier Skills English podcast, Jack and Rich talk about a bad-tempered match between Manchester City and Chelsea and some words and phrases connected to being angry. You can find all the language activities for this podcast on the website: http://premierskillsenglish.britishcouncil.org/skills/listen/podcasts/seeing-red-1617-ep18

In this week's Premier Skills English podcast, Rich and Jack talk about the latest from the Premier League and also the Rainbow Laces campaign which aims to stop discrimination towards LGBT players and fans both on and off the pitch. The language focus this week is on some collocations connected to the word 'support'. We also have a new football phrase for you to guess and a Premier League prediction for you to make. Enjoy! Find all the activities for this podcast on the website: http://premierskillsenglish.britishcouncil.org/skills/listen/podcasts/show-your-support-1617-ep17

Gameweek 13 finished with 36 points for the Premier Skills team on the Premier League's official Fantasy Football game. Last week, we sold Leicester City's Riyad Mahrez and Manchester City's Pablo Zabaleta and bought Chelsea's David Luiz and Tottenham's Heung Min Son. Our new players only got 3 points between them last week, let's hope they score more points in the next few weeks! The vote is on the website: http://premierskillsenglish.britishcouncil.org/fans/fantasy-football/fpl-gameweek-14

In this week's Premier Skills English podcast, Rich and Jack talk about Yaya Toure's surprise return to Manchester City's first-team and they have some difficult phrasal verbs for you to learn. We also have a new football phrase for you to guess and a Premier League prediction for you to make. Find all the language learning activities for this podcast here: http://premierskillsenglish.britishcouncil.org/skills/listen/podcasts/phrasal-verbs-1617-ep16

In this week's Premier Skills English podcast, Rich and Jack talk about last weekend's Worl Cup qualifiers and the performances of some Premier League players for their countries. Rich makes a big fashion mistake when he buys some Liverpool earmuffs and this week's language focus is the difference between 'because' and 'because of'. We also have a reminder about our Big Football Quiz, where you can win a Nike Ordem football! On top of this, we have a new football phrase for you to guess and a Premier League prediction for you to make. Go to the free learning activities for this podcast: http://premierskillsenglish.britishcouncil.org/skills/listen/podcasts/becausebecause-1617-ep15

Gameweek 11 finished with 37 points for the Premier Skills team on the Premier League's official Fantasy Football game. Congratulations to Dream On managed by Suress Adhikari from Nepal who is still top of the Premier Skills League with 634 points. How is your team doing? Join the discussion and help the team on our website: http://premierskillsenglish.britishcouncil.org/fans/fantasy-football/fantasy-football-gameweek-12

In this week's Premier Skills English podcast, Rich and Jack talk about the latest from the Premier League - there were big wins for Liverpool and Chelsea! We analyse some of the things that Liverpool manager, Jurgen Klopp said after the match. The language focus is on reporting verbs. We also have news about our Premier Skills Fantasy Football team, a new football phrase for you to guess and news about our fantastic new competition. You can find all the free language activities that go with the podcast on our website: http://premierskillsenglish.britishcouncil.org/skills/listen/podcasts/reporting-what-people-say-1617-ep14 Enjoy!

In this week's Premier Skills English podcast, Rich and Jack talk about the latest from the Premier League - there were big away wins for the top four! The language focus is on newspaper headlines. What makes newspaper headlines difficult to read? We also have news about our Premier Skills Fantasy Football team, a new football phrase for you to guess and a Premier League prediction for you to make in our weekly vote.
All the language learning activities for this podcast are on the website: http://premierskillsenglish.britishcouncil.org/skills/listen/podcasts/newspaper-headlines-1617-ep13

Gameweek 10 finished with 79 points for the Premier Skills team on the Premier League's official Fantasy Football game. Our best Gameweek of the season! Sergio Aguero was our top scorer with 16 points. We sold Hull City's Shaun Maloney and bought Stoke City's Joe Allen and Allen scored 10 points for the team! You voted for Romelu Lukaku as captain last week and he got the team 24 points! Who should be captain this week?

Gameweek 9 finished with 34 points for the Premier Skills team on the Premier League's official Fantasy Football game. This week, we want you to buy a new midfielder. To make your vote and join the discussion, take a look on our website: http://premierskillsenglish.britishcouncil.org/fans/fantasy-football/fantasy-football-gameweek-10 #FPL #LearnEnglish