Changes - Podcast 60
Changes - Podcast 60
In this week's Premier Skills English podcast, Rich and Jack talk about two Premier League clubs where there have been lots of changes this summer: Chelsea and Manchester Utd. The language focus is on phrases that use the word 'change' and we also have a new pronunciation section for you. We also introduce our Club of the Week and our Fantasy Football sections. We also have news of a new mini-course for you to join.
How much did you understand?
Vocabulary - Change
In the podcast, Rich and Jack used lots of words that used the word 'change'. You can see two examples here:
Before a match, players get changed in the changing room.
When Claudio Ranieri was Chelsea manger he used to chop and change the team.
Henrikh Mkhitaryan, the captain of Armenia, is one of Mourinho's first signings as Manchester Utd manager!
Jack and Rich used more expressions with the word 'change'. Can you remember all of them? Try the activity below to see how much you remember:
Pronunciation - Minimal Pairs
In this week's podcast, we looked at the pronunciation of two vowel sounds. The sounds were /ɒ/ and /æ/. Both of these sounds are short vowel sounds. To create the /æ/ sound (like with 'cat' or 'bat') put your finger under your chin. Say the sound. Can you feel your chin pressing against your finger? To create the /ɒ/ sound (like with 'pot' or 'a lot') open your mouth in a small circle. Say the sound and to help draw a little circle where your mouth is.
Antonio Conte is the new Chelsea manager and has just signed Leicester City's N'Golo Kante.
Different Sounds
When the sound of two words are very similar and the only difference is one sound we call these minimal pairs. Have a look at these examples of minimal pairs that Jack and Rich used in the podcast:
|
/ɒ/ |
/æ/ |
| hot | hat |
| cot | cat |
| top | tap |
Remember the sound doesn't always match the spelling! Look at this example:
Conte wanted Kante.
The sound used in Conte /ɒ/ and Kante /æ/ match the spelling but the sound used in wanted /ɒ/ doesn't! Now, have a go at this activity and see if you can put the sounds into the correct group.
Jose Mourinho made Zlatan Ibrahimovic one of his first signings for Manchester Utd.
Transcript
Welcome / Competition
Rich: Hello my name’s Rich and welcome to this week’s Premier Skills English podcast.
Jack: Hi everyone. I’m Jack and every week we talk about football and help you with your English.
Rich: This week we’re going to talk about some of the transfers happening in the Premier League and the language focus is on words connected to change. We’re also going to introduce a club of the week section and we’ll have some pronunciation for you to think about.
Jack: As well as all this, we’re going to talk more about how we are going to use the Fantasy Football game on premierleague.com on Premier Skills English, and of course, we’ll have a new football phrase for you. We’re going to try something new. We want to introduce a mini-course that you can complete every week on the website.
Rich: That’s right - to help you improve your English, each week we’re going to give you some different articles to look with a big quiz at the end. If you get over 80% right, you can print out or download a Premier Skills English certificate.
Jack: 80% That’s a bit difficult!
Rich: Yeah, I know - I think it’s a good challenge. But, if you get some of the questions wrong you can look at the articles again and do the quiz again, too!
Jack: To start this week’s mini-course you have to enroll on the course. It’s called Pre-Season Course 1 and you can see it on the righthand side of this page. Just click ‘join this course’ and you will see the different sections of the course.
Rich: We will look at some of the different parts of the course in this podcast. Don’t forget to click on the mark as complete button when you finish each section.
Jack: So, as we go through the podcast this week, we’re going to ask you to pause the podcast and have a look at some of the different pages on the site. So, I might say - OK, now I want you to look at the Manchester United page and find some information, or leave a comment. That sort of thing.
Rich: And then, when you’ve done that. Come back to the podcast and carry on. This way you can all join in together.
Jack: Right, that sounds OK. We’ll speak more about all of this later.
Social
Jack: What’s been happening on the website this week, Rich?
Rich: Well, we’ve been updating our club pages. I’ve made my predictions for this season and been adding new players and managers. There are lots of new managers in the Premier League this season. At the start of the season, there will be at least 8 managers that are new to their club or new to the Premier League.
Jack: We’ve had some interesting comments too. Jane Lost from Russia has commented on lots of the club pages. She says that Manchester Utd are the biggest club in football but have had some problems in the transfer market recently.
Rich: Hmmm... They’ve just signed Zlatan Ibrahimovic! Why don’t you tell Jane if you agree or disagree with her comments on the Manchester Utd club page?
Jack: I see that you’ve predicted Man Utd to come second this season. What do you think about that? Do you think Rich has got it right this time? All of you can make your predictions on the club pages, too! Just write your prediction in the comments section!
Rich: I’m sure lots of you can make better predictions than me. Mine are usually awful!
Jack: This is our first activity for you today! We would like you to go to the Manchester Utd club page and add a comment. Either reply to Jane from Russia or give us your prediction about where Manchester Utd will finish this season.
Rich: Don’t forget to click the mark as complete button to say that you’ve finished this stage of the course.
Jack: Pause the podcast, add your comment, then come back to the podcast!
Latest News
Jack: Welcome back! What’s been happening in the Premier League this week, Rich?
Rich: This week the focus has been on transfers and pre-season friendly matches.
Jack: That’s right. Many players are back in pre-season training. Liverpool, Manchester Utd and Chelsea have all played pre-season friendlies, too.
Rich: I saw that Henrikh Mkhitaryan played for Manchester Utd for the first time. I think he will be one of the most exciting players to watch in the Premier League next season.
Jack: I agree. He’s the captain of Armenia and has been voted Armenia’s best player five times. He will be the first Armenian to ever play in the Premier League.
Rich: Nice. There are lots of changes at Old Trafford this season and fans will be looking for a change in fortunes, too, after a disappointing season last year.
Jack: Yes, they’ve changed the manager of course, Jose Mourinho has arrived. Ryan Giggs has left, and other new players have arrived; like Eric Baily the Ivory Coast defender and of course, the big one - Zlatan Ibrahimovic from PSG.
Rich: But there are not only changes at Manchester Utd. There are changes of managers and players all over the Premier League.
Language Focus
Rich: We’ve just been speaking about changes. The word change has many meanings and there are lots of phrases that use the word change. Jack said that Manchester Utd have changed their manager.
Jack: So, change can mean to replace something or someone. It can also mean to become different. You can say the world is changing or maybe, if talking about football, you could say that Leicester City changed last season. They were a team at the bottom but changed into a team of champions!
Rich: It can also mean to exchange something. At half-time in a football match the teams change ends. This means that in the second half the teams play in the opposite direction to what they were playing in the first half.
Jack: Before a match, players get changed in the changing room. Get changed means to replace your clothes and the changing room is the place where players get changed. It’s sometimes called the dressing room, too.
Rich: A changing room is usually used for sports and a dressing room is also used for actors in theatres.
Jack: There are lots of other phrases that use change. Rich said that Man Utd fans will want a change in fortunes or a change of luck this season.
Rich: And there are more complicated phrases or idioms, too. I like the phrase to change your tune. It means to change your opinion or change your mind about something at a later time.
Jack: Many journalists thought that Leicester would not be good enough to win the Premier League last season but they all changed their tune later in the season.
Rich: And the manager, Claudio Ranieri, used to be called the TInkerman when he was at Chelsea because he would always chop and change the team.
Jack: Chop and change?
Rich: Yes, it means to keep changing things all the time. To tinker means to constantly make lots of small changes to something - so that’s why he was called the Tinkerman. At Leicester last season he hardly ever changed the team. So, they needed a new nickname for him!
Jack: My favourite is; a leopard can never change its spots. It means that a person can never change their character or personality. It’s usually used in a negative way.
Club of the Week
Rich: This is our new section: Club of the Week.
Jack: And our first Club of the Week is Chelsea! What news do we have about Chelsea, Rich?
Rich: They have just completed their biggest transfer of the summer. They have bought N’golo Kante from Leicester City for £32 million.
Jack: It’s a lot of money but Kante is a great player and will add a lot of fight to Chelsea’s midfield this season.
Rich: Chelsea didn’t have a very good season, but this season, I think the blues will have a change in fortunes. I think Chelsea will have a much better season than last. They’ve already got a new manager and they are bringing in a few new players, too.
Jack: If you want to talk about Chelsea, go to our Chelsea club page and read more about the club and check out Rich’s prediction for the team.
Rich: Yesterday, I saw a fun headline ‘Why Conte wanted Kante’ and I thought that was quite difficult to say and may be problematic for some learners.
Jack: Conte, of course, is Chelsea’s new manager and Kante the player Chelsea have just bought from Leicester.
Rich: The only difference between the names is the vowel sound. For Conte, the manager, there is an /ɒ/ sound, so we say Conte and for Kante, the player, there is an /æ/ sound, so we say Kante.
Jack: So Why Conte wanted Kante.
Jack: Let’s look at some more examples of this to help you with your pronunciation.
Rich: Right, Jack is going to say some words and we want you to say which sound he is using first /o/ or /a/. The words are: hot and hat, cot and cat and pot and pat. Let’s say the /a/ sound like Kante is A and the /o/ like Conte is B. I want you to listen to Jack say the words and say AB or BA. OK Jack, off you go!
Jack: Hat hot, hat, hot.
Rich: That’s AB.
Jack: That’s right. Now the next one. Cot cat, cot cat. Did you get it?
Rich: BA?
Jack: Good. Here’s another. top tap, top tap.
Rich: BA like the last one?
Jack: Yes. And the inalone. Pat Pot, pat pot. What do you think?
Rich: AB like the first one?
Jack: Yes, that’s right. OK, if you want to practise this some more you can see that we have a pronunciation practice section in the lesson below. We’re going to have some pronunciation practice every week from now on.
Rich: Yes, we hope you find it useful.
Football Phrase
Rich: Right, last week’s football phrase was pre-season friendly. Pre-season friendlies are the matches that take place before the season starts. It gives new players a chance to get to know the team and tactics and for all players to improve their fitness.
Jack: Well done to Kwesimanifest from Ghana, Haydi from Tunisia who got the right answer and Alex from Ukraine who also got the answer right eventually!!
Rich: Have you got a new football phrase, Jack?
Jack: Yes, this week’s football phrase is the ******* ******. The ******** ****** is now open and lots of players are changing clubs. The ******* ****** iis the period of the year when players are allowed to move clubs. There are two ******** ******* one in January and the other, which is open now, in July and August.
Rich: I think there will still be lots of players moving before the end of August. I’m still hoping for more players coming in at Liverpool!
Fantasy Football
Jack: Finally, we want to talk about Fantasy Football. The Fantasy Football game on premierleague.com opens this week so we want to start choosing our Premier Skills English team.
Rich: We’re going to start by picking our strikers. Our second activity today is also stage two of this week’s mini-course. We want you to look on our new Fantasy Football Page and decide which three strikers are best for the Premier Skills English Fantasy Football team.
Jack: Have a look on the page, there’s a link on the side of this page, there’s lots of information about Fantasy Football and how you can get involved in choosing a team.
Rich: When you have finished, write a comment on our Fantasy Football page to tell us which strikers we should have in our team and why.
Jack: Brilliant! Right, well, that’s all we have time for today!
Rich: Don’t forget to write your answers to our questions and the football phrase in the comments below. And remember to join this week’s Premier Skills English course by clicking on Pre-Season Course 1 on the side of this page.
Jack: Bye for now and enjoy your football!
Quiz
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What do you think?
In this week’s podcast, we spoke about changes in the Premier League.
What do you think are the biggest / strangest / most exciting changes in the Premier League at the moment?
Remember, check out our Fantasy Football Page to find out how you can play Fantasy Football with us on Premier Skills English.
Write all your answers and comments plus the answer to this week's football phrase in the comments section below.
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Comments
25/01/2023
points
A good manager is generally a manager that can adapt during the match and chop and change players when it's needed. It's the most difficult thing in Football.
25/01/2023 08:29
Arsenal
566
A good manager is generally a manager that can adapt during the match and chop and change players when it's needed. It's the most difficult thing in Football.
25/01/2023
points
The strangest was the arrival of Jose Mourinho at Chelsea. But later he proved that he deserved the position as he won the championship
25/01/2023 08:27
Arsenal
566
The strangest was the arrival of Jose Mourinho at Chelsea. But later he proved that he deserved the position as he won the championship
25/01/2023
points
The biggest change or arrival during transfer window was the arrival of Cristiano Ronaldo
25/01/2023 08:26
Arsenal
566
The biggest change or arrival during transfer window was the arrival of Cristiano Ronaldo
25/01/2023
points
The most exciting changes in the PL was the arrival of Pep Guardiola as Man City manager
25/01/2023 08:24
Arsenal
566
The most exciting changes in the PL was the arrival of Pep Guardiola as Man City manager
25/01/2023
points
The football phrase is : Transfer Window
25/01/2023 08:22
Arsenal
566
The football phrase is : Transfer Window
15/07/2021
points
What do you think?
Now it's off the season. Transfer window is opened.I think many transfers of player and manager will be taken place in next two month.Some of them could make people surprised.There is a rumours that H.Kane is going to leave my team.I hope it doesn't happen.
Phrases
• When people get older, it's very hard for them to change their tune.
• Theater performers get immediately changed costumes at the back of the stage before the next scene.
• Our national team's manager's been criticized to chop and change team formation from game to game.
• According to the scientists human character forms between (3 and 7) ages. In the following years the education just adds knowledge and wisdom on it. But "Leopard can't change it's spots".
15/07/2021 11:19
Tottenham Hotspur
5558
What do you think?
Now it's off the season. Transfer window is opened.I think many transfers of player and manager will be taken place in next two month.Some of them could make people surprised.There is a rumours that H.Kane is going to leave my team.I hope it doesn't happen.
Phrases
• When people get older, it's very hard for them to change their tune.
• Theater performers get immediately changed costumes at the back of the stage before the next scene.
• Our national team's manager's been criticized to chop and change team formation from game to game.
• According to the scientists human character forms between (3 and 7) ages. In the following years the education just adds knowledge and wisdom on it. But "Leopard can't change it's spots".
14/05/2020
points
I think the football phrase for this week is ( Transfer Window )
14/05/2020 02:02
Manchester United
6539
I think the football phrase for this week is ( Transfer Window )
14/05/2020
points
Changes in the Premier League
Biggest is that Zlatan joined United because it's a giant combination
Strangest is that Mourinho became United manager as we used to see him at Stamford Bridge all the time in England
Most exciting is that Kante joined Chelsea because he deserves a bigger chance and he got it because he is a very good player
14/05/2020 02:01
Manchester United
6539
Changes in the Premier League
Biggest is that Zlatan joined United because it's a giant combination
Strangest is that Mourinho became United manager as we used to see him at Stamford Bridge all the time in England
Most exciting is that Kante joined Chelsea because he deserves a bigger chance and he got it because he is a very good player
24/06/2017
points
This week phrase Transfer window
24/06/2017 08:13
Manchester United
44
This week phrase Transfer window
21/02/2017
points
Manchester United will play Champions League next season.
21/02/2017 20:25
Chelsea
112
Manchester United will play Champions League next season.
05/02/2017
points
i think i'm the last one here
05/02/2017 12:54
Manchester United
196
i think i'm the last one here
03/02/2017
points
Good design
03/02/2017 22:14
Manchester United
61
Good design
28/01/2017
points
The...
28/01/2017 10:14
Chelsea
37
The...
27/01/2017
points
Wow this is really nice..am loving this.
27/01/2017 17:22
Chelsea
27
Wow this is really nice..am loving this.
24/01/2017
points
Fantastic
24/01/2017 19:04
Manchester United
61
Fantastic
16/11/2016
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I hope,Antonio Conte is a good choice for Chelsea.
16/11/2016 11:10
Arsenal
2337
I hope,Antonio Conte is a good choice for Chelsea.
15/11/2016
points
Transfer period
15/11/2016 08:48
Chelsea
20
Transfer period
20/08/2016
points
correct me: I've just done the first activity about vocabulary, the match-up activity, and I was wondering if one of the phrases you wrote were correct: "a player can never change it's spots". I think it should be "its" instead of "it's".
20/08/2016 10:32
Sunderland
178
correct me: I've just done the first activity about vocabulary, the match-up activity, and I was wondering if one of the phrases you wrote were correct: "a player can never change it's spots". I think it should be "its" instead of "it's".
20/08/2016
points
Hi hbk91
Thanks for your message! Instead of writing 'correct me' you should have written 'correct you'! You are quite right, 'it's' is wrong in this sentence. I've changed the error and thanks for spotting it!
Rich - The Premier Skills English Team
20/08/2016 14:58
Liverpool
594
Hi hbk91
Thanks for your message! Instead of writing 'correct me' you should have written 'correct you'! You are quite right, 'it's' is wrong in this sentence. I've changed the error and thanks for spotting it!
Rich - The Premier Skills English Team
21/08/2016
points
hahaha, that's great :) please, keep up the good work.
21/08/2016 10:35
Sunderland
178
hahaha, that's great :) please, keep up the good work.
19/08/2016
points
I love football and my favourite foreign football team is Manchester United!!! I also support Trabzonspor FC in my country, Turkey. Football is so exciting! Watching matches makes me happy :)
Correct me
19/08/2016 15:30
Manchester United
5
I love football and my favourite foreign football team is Manchester United!!! I also support Trabzonspor FC in my country, Turkey. Football is so exciting! Watching matches makes me happy :)
Correct me
02/08/2016
points
I was easy.
02/08/2016 07:51
Manchester United
75
I was easy.
02/08/2016
points
correct me
Zlatan is probably the biggest transfer of the summer window, as of yet. Kante is also a massive signing, in my opinion.
02/08/2016 07:46
Manchester United
75
correct me
Zlatan is probably the biggest transfer of the summer window, as of yet. Kante is also a massive signing, in my opinion.
02/08/2016
points
Hi Iftysifat
Welcome to Premier Skills English. There's nothing to correct here - your English is really good. I would probably have uses 'so far' rather than 'as of yet', and put 'in my opinion' at the beginning of the sentence, but that's because I think it sounds better. There's nothing wrong with what you have written.
I hope you enjoy the football discussions!
Jack
The Premier Skills English team
02/08/2016 08:30
Arsenal
560
Hi Iftysifat
Welcome to Premier Skills English. There's nothing to correct here - your English is really good. I would probably have uses 'so far' rather than 'as of yet', and put 'in my opinion' at the beginning of the sentence, but that's because I think it sounds better. There's nothing wrong with what you have written.
I hope you enjoy the football discussions!
Jack
The Premier Skills English team
01/08/2016
points
Hi , I am not a football fan and I don't know anything about clubs or players . I even haven't seen any football match before but I am happy to be here . It is a very useful podcasts
01/08/2016 21:12
Manchester United
17
Hi , I am not a football fan and I don't know anything about clubs or players . I even haven't seen any football match before but I am happy to be here . It is a very useful podcasts
02/08/2016
points
Hi Lamiaa
We're happy to have you here! It doesn't matter that you are not a football fan, the main focus of the website is learning English. We hope that you enjoy learning English with us and continue to enjoy the podcasts!
Rich - The Premier Skills English Team
02/08/2016 21:42
Liverpool
594
Hi Lamiaa
We're happy to have you here! It doesn't matter that you are not a football fan, the main focus of the website is learning English. We hope that you enjoy learning English with us and continue to enjoy the podcasts!
Rich - The Premier Skills English Team
31/07/2016
points
it's great
31/07/2016 23:58
Manchester United
197
it's great
28/07/2016
points
This week's football phrase is transfer window.
28/07/2016 16:13
Arsenal
209
This week's football phrase is transfer window.
25/07/2016
points
Practice of the reading and the phonetic.
25/07/2016 02:08
Chelsea
78
Practice of the reading and the phonetic.
24/07/2016
points
The phrase was ******** ****** .
24/07/2016 20:47
Manchester United
7
The phrase was ******** ****** .
24/07/2016
points
Yes, you've got it this time. Well done!
24/07/2016 20:49
Liverpool
594
Yes, you've got it this time. Well done!
24/07/2016
points
Thank you for these idioms and phrases with the word ‘change’, they help a lot express like native speakers.
Hope they could ‘change’ our methods of thinking, and stop translation in our minds before speaking or writing.
24/07/2016 19:16
Newcastle United
3189
Thank you for these idioms and phrases with the word ‘change’, they help a lot express like native speakers.
Hope they could ‘change’ our methods of thinking, and stop translation in our minds before speaking or writing.
25/07/2016
points
(and stop translating), not (and stop translation)! After 'stop', we need a grerund, not an infinitif or a noun!
25/07/2016 19:03
Newcastle United
3189
(and stop translating), not (and stop translation)! After 'stop', we need a grerund, not an infinitif or a noun!
24/07/2016
points
[What do you think are the biggest / strangest / most exciting changes in the Premier League at the moment?]
It’s strongest or strangest?
We have an /ɒ/ and /æ/ sounds here, with the a change in the ‘g’ sound.
I don’t know, I think it’s Jose Mourinho who does the buzz, I have seen his name on several media titles.
24/07/2016 19:12
Newcastle United
3189
[What do you think are the biggest / strangest / most exciting changes in the Premier League at the moment?]
It’s strongest or strangest?
We have an /ɒ/ and /æ/ sounds here, with the a change in the ‘g’ sound.
I don’t know, I think it’s Jose Mourinho who does the buzz, I have seen his name on several media titles.
25/07/2016
points
He makes the buzz, not does the buzz!! Where was my "brain" when I was writing?
25/07/2016 19:01
Newcastle United
3189
He makes the buzz, not does the buzz!! Where was my "brain" when I was writing?
24/07/2016
points
Hi Haydi
You've got the phrase first time this week! Well done!
Regards the pronunciation, in 'strongest' you're right, we have the /ɒ/ sound, but in 'strangest' the 'a' isn't an /æ/ sound, it's /eɪ/ which is a diphthong (two vowel sounds together). You're right about the 'g', in 'strongest' it's a /g/ but in 'strangest' it's a /d3/.
Pronunciation is tricky sometimes!
24/07/2016 20:23
Liverpool
594
Hi Haydi
You've got the phrase first time this week! Well done!
Regards the pronunciation, in 'strongest' you're right, we have the /ɒ/ sound, but in 'strangest' the 'a' isn't an /æ/ sound, it's /eɪ/ which is a diphthong (two vowel sounds together). You're right about the 'g', in 'strongest' it's a /g/ but in 'strangest' it's a /d3/.
Pronunciation is tricky sometimes!
25/07/2016
points
Yeh Rich, I got it right thanks to following podcasts. This phrase was the subject of the thirty fourth podcast! wasn't it?
25/07/2016 18:52
Newcastle United
3189
Yeh Rich, I got it right thanks to following podcasts. This phrase was the subject of the thirty fourth podcast! wasn't it?
24/07/2016
points
This week’s football phrase is the ******* ******.
24/07/2016 18:55
Newcastle United
3189
This week’s football phrase is the ******* ******.
24/07/2016
points
Hello Rich and Jack! What should I do...? Give me a piece of advice. I like your podcasts very much and I enjoy the way you teach English. It is very interesting for me. I want to join the mini- course and take part in Fantasy Football competition but the thing is I don't watch football and I am not a fan. I only read about players and clubs here. I work as an English teacher at football school and I only want to show my pupils that I am interested in football. Thanks to your podcast I have known football vocabulary and a lot of interesting things and I use the materials from the British council too..........What should I do? I am very sorry for this difficult question........)))
24/07/2016 18:34
Chelsea
279
Hello Rich and Jack! What should I do...? Give me a piece of advice. I like your podcasts very much and I enjoy the way you teach English. It is very interesting for me. I want to join the mini- course and take part in Fantasy Football competition but the thing is I don't watch football and I am not a fan. I only read about players and clubs here. I work as an English teacher at football school and I only want to show my pupils that I am interested in football. Thanks to your podcast I have known football vocabulary and a lot of interesting things and I use the materials from the British council too..........What should I do? I am very sorry for this difficult question........)))
25/07/2016
points
yessssssss, Finally, I find someone who is not a football fan, but he likes this website! Hello Nakta, you're not alone. ;)
25/07/2016 18:42
Newcastle United
3189
yessssssss, Finally, I find someone who is not a football fan, but he likes this website! Hello Nakta, you're not alone. ;)
29/07/2016
points
Hello Haydi
29/07/2016 10:44
Arsenal
243
Hello Haydi
24/07/2016
points
Hi Natka
Thank you for your message. It's absolutely wonderful to hear that you use the Premier Skills English website to improve your knowledge of the Premier League and football English, I'm sure that your students appreciate all your hard work! I also hope that your students enjoy the Premier Skills English materials.
As for the fantasy football competition, I have one idea. Why don't you get your students to help you? You could enter a team in the Premier Skills League (maybe you could name it after your school or get your students to choose a team name?) and get your students to help you choose the team each week. I imagine it would be a fun activity for them and would create a lot of discussion at the same time!
Alternatively, you could ask your students' opinions each week and help the Premier Skills Fantasy football team.
But remember, our podcast will continue with a language focus each week and fantasy football will only be a small part so if you prefer to continue with the regular content that is great, too.
I hope that helps and if you've got any questions or we can help in any way, just let us know!
Rich - The Premier Skills English Team
24/07/2016 20:13
Liverpool
594
Hi Natka
Thank you for your message. It's absolutely wonderful to hear that you use the Premier Skills English website to improve your knowledge of the Premier League and football English, I'm sure that your students appreciate all your hard work! I also hope that your students enjoy the Premier Skills English materials.
As for the fantasy football competition, I have one idea. Why don't you get your students to help you? You could enter a team in the Premier Skills League (maybe you could name it after your school or get your students to choose a team name?) and get your students to help you choose the team each week. I imagine it would be a fun activity for them and would create a lot of discussion at the same time!
Alternatively, you could ask your students' opinions each week and help the Premier Skills Fantasy football team.
But remember, our podcast will continue with a language focus each week and fantasy football will only be a small part so if you prefer to continue with the regular content that is great, too.
I hope that helps and if you've got any questions or we can help in any way, just let us know!
Rich - The Premier Skills English Team
25/07/2016
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Thank you for the answer and help.
25/07/2016 08:03
Arsenal
243
Thank you for the answer and help.
23/07/2016
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The ******** ******
23/07/2016 21:56
Chelsea
214
The ******** ******
23/07/2016
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Well done Safawan20000, you're right!
23/07/2016 22:49
Liverpool
594
Well done Safawan20000, you're right!
23/07/2016
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1.The most exciting changes in Premier League were transferring Ibrahimmovic from PSG to Manchester Utd , and coming Jose Morinho to Man Utd as a manager.
2. Football phrase was Transfer Season .
23/07/2016 20:46
Manchester United
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1.The most exciting changes in Premier League were transferring Ibrahimmovic from PSG to Manchester Utd , and coming Jose Morinho to Man Utd as a manager.
2. Football phrase was Transfer Season .
23/07/2016
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Welcome to Premier Skills English Bokan Mohamad!
Ibrahimovic moving to the Premier League is very exciting. I can't wait to see him play! Sorry, but the football phrase is not correct. You have the first word right but not the second. Do you want to try again?
Thanks for your comment.
Rich - The Premier Skills English Team
23/07/2016 22:48
Liverpool
594
Welcome to Premier Skills English Bokan Mohamad!
Ibrahimovic moving to the Premier League is very exciting. I can't wait to see him play! Sorry, but the football phrase is not correct. You have the first word right but not the second. Do you want to try again?
Thanks for your comment.
Rich - The Premier Skills English Team
23/07/2016
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word : mercato
The most exciting changes are Mourinho to Man, Guardiola to City and Conte to Chelsea, 3 big managers to 3 biggest clubs.
23/07/2016 13:46
Manchester City
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word : mercato
The most exciting changes are Mourinho to Man, Guardiola to City and Conte to Chelsea, 3 big managers to 3 biggest clubs.
23/07/2016
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Hi Elghoul
Yes, some of the most exciting changes in the Premier League this summer are the managers. I think the Premier League has some of the biggest managers in world football now. Do you agree?
The word 'mercato' is not used in English. I think 'mercato' is an Italian word that is used in French to mean 'transfer market'. However, we're looking for a different phrase. Do you want to try again?
23/07/2016 22:56
Liverpool
594
Hi Elghoul
Yes, some of the most exciting changes in the Premier League this summer are the managers. I think the Premier League has some of the biggest managers in world football now. Do you agree?
The word 'mercato' is not used in English. I think 'mercato' is an Italian word that is used in French to mean 'transfer market'. However, we're looking for a different phrase. Do you want to try again?
23/07/2016
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Guess who is back in the premier league David Moyes, Sunderland's new coach
23/07/2016 09:58
Manchester United
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Guess who is back in the premier league David Moyes, Sunderland's new coach