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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 festive football

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: Off their game

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 > Skills > Listen > This Week > This Week: To build momentum

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 > Listen > This Week > This Week: A textbook corner kick

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 > This Week > This Week: A well-worked goal

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 website by visiting Premier Skills English > Skills > Listen > This Week > This Week: Palmer scores a record four

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 English > Skills > Listen > This Week > This Week: A run for your money

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 website by visiting Premier Skills English > Skills > Listen > This Week > This Week: Another hat-trick for Haaland

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 English > Skills > Listen > This Week > This Week: The stuff of dreams

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 Week: Fantasy Premier League

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

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 > Skills > Listen > This Week > This Week: Ipswich Town are Back

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 > This Week > This Week: The Penalty Shootout

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 > Skills > Listen > This Week > This Week: Talking about PE

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

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 challenge on the page for this podcast on the Premier Skills English website by visiting Premier Skills English > Skills > Listen > This Week > This Week: Leave it all on the field

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 podcast on the Premier Skills English website by visiting Premier Skills English > Skills > Listen > This Week > This Week: Spurs seal the deal

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 Premier Skills English > Skills > Listen > This Week > This Week: Hopes lifted and dashed

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 Week: The writing is on the wall

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 > Listen > This Week > This Week: The upper hand