http://languagecaster.com Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:12:52 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 Welcome to all English language learners and teachers to languagecaster.com and its free football podcast. Every week a new soccer show complete with language support for students who wish to improve their English language skills. languagecaster.com no languagecaster.com admin@languagecaster.com admin@languagecaster.com (languagecaster.com) Copyright © by languagecaster 2006-2011 Free football podcast for learners of English brought to you by Damian and Damon. Interviews, match reviews, predictions all with full language support for soccer fans around the world who wish to improve their English language skills. football, soccer, free football podcast, English language, football language, soccer vocabulary, learn English, Learning English football language http://www.languagecaster.com/wp-content/uploads/site_images/languagecasteritunes.jpg http://languagecaster.com/category/football-phrases/ http://languagecaster.com/weekly-football-phrase-to-be-stripped-of-the-captaincy/ http://languagecaster.com/weekly-football-phrase-to-be-stripped-of-the-captaincy/#comments Sat, 04 Feb 2012 10:26:00 +0000 damianf http://languagecaster.com/?p=18897 http://languagecaster.com/weekly-football-phrase-to-be-stripped-of-the-captaincy/feed/ 0 http://languagecaster.com/football-language-quiz-4/ http://languagecaster.com/football-language-quiz-4/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 10:04:08 +0000 grell http://languagecaster.com/?p=18848 http://languagecaster.com/football-language-quiz-4/feed/ 0 http://languagecaster.com/weekly-football-phrase-a-sweet-strike/ http://languagecaster.com/weekly-football-phrase-a-sweet-strike/#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 22:51:55 +0000 grell http://languagecaster.com/?p=18808 http://languagecaster.com/weekly-football-phrase-a-sweet-strike/feed/ 0 http://languagecaster.com/football-language-quiz-3/ http://languagecaster.com/football-language-quiz-3/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 12:00:23 +0000 grell http://languagecaster.com/?p=18743 http://languagecaster.com/football-language-quiz-3/feed/ 0 http://languagecaster.com/weekly-football-phrase-to-be-booked-for-dissent/ http://languagecaster.com/weekly-football-phrase-to-be-booked-for-dissent/#comments Thu, 19 Jan 2012 23:34:32 +0000 damianf http://languagecaster.com/?p=18719 http://languagecaster.com/weekly-football-phrase-to-be-booked-for-dissent/feed/ 0 http://languagecaster.com/football-language-quiz-2/ http://languagecaster.com/football-language-quiz-2/#comments Mon, 16 Jan 2012 12:00:36 +0000 grell http://languagecaster.com/?p=18674 http://languagecaster.com/football-language-quiz-2/feed/ 0 http://languagecaster.com/football-phrase-to-make-a-comeback/ http://languagecaster.com/football-phrase-to-make-a-comeback/#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2012 22:40:10 +0000 damianf http://languagecaster.com/?p=18644 http://languagecaster.com/football-phrase-to-make-a-comeback/feed/ 0 http://languagecaster.com/football-language-quiz-1/ http://languagecaster.com/football-language-quiz-1/#comments Sun, 08 Jan 2012 22:50:06 +0000 damianf http://languagecaster.com/?p=18390 http://languagecaster.com/football-language-quiz-1/feed/ 0 http://languagecaster.com/weekly-football-phrase-stay-the-course/ http://languagecaster.com/weekly-football-phrase-stay-the-course/#comments Thu, 05 Jan 2012 11:46:48 +0000 grell http://languagecaster.com/?p=18411 http://languagecaster.com/weekly-football-phrase-stay-the-course/feed/ 0 http://languagecaster.com/football-words-of-the-year-2011-nadeshiko/ http://languagecaster.com/football-words-of-the-year-2011-nadeshiko/#comments Sun, 01 Jan 2012 01:26:40 +0000 damianf http://languagecaster.com/?p=18324 http://languagecaster.com/football-words-of-the-year-2011-nadeshiko/feed/ 0 football word of the year,nadeshiko,word of the year What are the football words of the year? Nadeshiko? Why always me? | (../wp-content/uploads/2009/02/feed-icon-28x281.png) Subscribe: Main Listening Report | Complete List Here (../2010/08/21/main-listening-report-full-list/) On this week's main listening report we look back at some of the key football words and phrases from 2011. There have been many candidates for word of the year 2011: Arab Spring, planking, phone hacking, bunga bunga have all featured in many end-of-year polls. Global financial difficulties saw both the (http://www.economist.com/blogs/johnson/2011/12/vocabulary)Oxford Dictionary (http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2011/11/squeezed-middle/) and The Economist choosing squeezed middle as their word of the year, while occupy is tipped to be chosen by the American Dialect Society (http://www.americandialect.org/woty) as their word of 2011. Here at Languagecaster we've already looked back at some of the big footballing stories from 2011 in last week's main reports (http://languagecaster.com/football-review-of-2011-part-1-january-june/) and though we do not pretend to hold the same influence as some of these media outlets we thought we would come up with a list of some of the words and phrases that have best defined football in 2011 - maybe even Fabio Capello can learn some (http://languagecaster.com/main-listening-report-capellos-100-words-of-english/)! 1. Nadeshiko Japan (http://languagecaster.com/wp-content/uploads/japan-goal-sawa-wcup2011-U.S.-Loses-to-Japan-on-Penalty-Kicks-300x1971.jpg) The Japan Times reported (http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/ek20111226a1.html) that the buzzword Grand Prix for 2011 was Nadeshiko Japan (撫子ジャパン) in honour of the Japanese female football team's wonderful performance (http://www.wsc.co.uk/content/view/8106/38/) in the Women's World Cup in the summer of 2011. A miserable year for Japan was somewhat lightened by the footballing exploits of the women's World Cup winning side as the Nadeshiko, a sweet-smelling flower as well as the nickname of the Japanese side, won the World Cup for the very first time. 2. Why always me? (http://languagecaster.com/wp-content/uploads/article-2052949-0E81FF2A00000578-718_468x286-300x183.jpg) Mario Balotelli has rarely been out of the news since his move to Manchester City and when the young Italian star scored the first goal of the 6-1 rout against Manchester United he raised his jersey to reveal the slogan 'why always me?' which had many of us laughing along with Super Mario. 3. Kick it out (http://languagecaster.com/wp-content/uploads/1286876546_127-300x200.gif) There have been quite a few negative words and phrases used this year - I wonder what kind of language Carlos Tevez and Roberto Mancini exchanged with each other when the Argentine refused to come off the bench in the Champions League? Unfortunately, there have also been far too many examples of racist language this year: Sepp Blatter had to apologise, John Terry is still under investigation, while Luis Suarez has been found guilty of using racial abuse against Patrice Evra and so for these reasons the anti-racism group's slogan Kick it out (http://www.kickitout.org/) needs to be re-introduced to the game. languagecaster.com no 2:53 http://languagecaster.com/weekly-football-phrase-to-be-complacent/ http://languagecaster.com/weekly-football-phrase-to-be-complacent/#comments Wed, 28 Dec 2011 17:34:36 +0000 damianf http://languagecaster.com/?p=17862 http://languagecaster.com/weekly-football-phrase-to-be-complacent/feed/ 0 http://languagecaster.com/languagecaster-weekly-football-phrase-rout/ http://languagecaster.com/languagecaster-weekly-football-phrase-rout/#comments Mon, 19 Dec 2011 23:39:13 +0000 damianf http://languagecaster.com/?p=17768 http://languagecaster.com/languagecaster-weekly-football-phrase-rout/feed/ 0 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http://languagecaster.com/weekly-football-phrase-to-be-all-over-a-team/#comments Wed, 23 Nov 2011 18:23:49 +0000 damianf http://languagecaster.com/?p=17285 to be all over (a team)]]> http://languagecaster.com/weekly-football-phrase-to-be-all-over-a-team/feed/ 0 http://languagecaster.com/weekly-football-phrase-to-wind-someone-up/ http://languagecaster.com/weekly-football-phrase-to-wind-someone-up/#comments Thu, 17 Nov 2011 12:25:51 +0000 grell http://languagecaster.com/?p=17138 http://languagecaster.com/weekly-football-phrase-to-wind-someone-up/feed/ 0 http://languagecaster.com/weekly-football-phrase-headless-chicken/ http://languagecaster.com/weekly-football-phrase-headless-chicken/#comments Fri, 11 Nov 2011 09:23:54 +0000 damianf http://languagecaster.com/?p=17063 http://languagecaster.com/weekly-football-phrase-headless-chicken/feed/ 0 http://languagecaster.com/weekly-football-phrase-talisman/ http://languagecaster.com/weekly-football-phrase-talisman/#comments Wed, 02 Nov 2011 12:53:06 +0000 grell http://languagecaster.com/?p=16952 http://languagecaster.com/weekly-football-phrase-talisman/feed/ 0 http://languagecaster.com/weekly-english-for-football-to-lay-down-a-marker/ http://languagecaster.com/weekly-english-for-football-to-lay-down-a-marker/#comments Wed, 26 Oct 2011 23:40:19 +0000 grell http://languagecaster.com/?p=16907 http://languagecaster.com/weekly-english-for-football-to-lay-down-a-marker/feed/ 0 http://languagecaster.com/weekly-football-phrase-the-table-doesnt-lie/ http://languagecaster.com/weekly-football-phrase-the-table-doesnt-lie/#comments Tue, 18 Oct 2011 08:28:30 +0000 damianf http://languagecaster.com/?p=16830 http://languagecaster.com/weekly-football-phrase-the-table-doesnt-lie/feed/ 0 http://languagecaster.com/weekly-football-phrase-to-shore-up/ http://languagecaster.com/weekly-football-phrase-to-shore-up/#comments Thu, 13 Oct 2011 06:36:44 +0000 grell http://languagecaster.com/?p=16742 http://languagecaster.com/weekly-football-phrase-to-shore-up/feed/ 0 http://languagecaster.com/weekly-football-phrase-to-secure-a-berth/ http://languagecaster.com/weekly-football-phrase-to-secure-a-berth/#comments Thu, 06 Oct 2011 07:35:09 +0000 damianf http://languagecaster.com/?p=16685 http://languagecaster.com/weekly-football-phrase-to-secure-a-berth/feed/ 0 http://languagecaster.com/weekly-english-for-football-phrase-spare-their-blushes/ http://languagecaster.com/weekly-english-for-football-phrase-spare-their-blushes/#comments Fri, 30 Sep 2011 09:14:38 +0000 grell http://languagecaster.com/?p=16565 http://languagecaster.com/weekly-english-for-football-phrase-spare-their-blushes/feed/ 0 http://languagecaster.com/english-for-football-expression-to-be-ruled-out/ http://languagecaster.com/english-for-football-expression-to-be-ruled-out/#comments Sat, 24 Sep 2011 13:23:48 +0000 grell http://languagecaster.com/?p=16529 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http://languagecaster.com/languagecaster-football-phrase-to-cancel-out/feed/ 0 http://languagecaster.com/languagecaster-weekly-football-phrase-the-cliche-leave-everything-on-the-pitch/ http://languagecaster.com/languagecaster-weekly-football-phrase-the-cliche-leave-everything-on-the-pitch/#comments Fri, 27 May 2011 12:06:14 +0000 grell http://languagecaster.com/?p=15500 http://languagecaster.com/languagecaster-weekly-football-phrase-the-cliche-leave-everything-on-the-pitch/feed/ 1 http://languagecaster.com/languagecaster-weekly-football-phrase-to-be-in-your-own-hands/ http://languagecaster.com/languagecaster-weekly-football-phrase-to-be-in-your-own-hands/#comments Tue, 17 May 2011 21:24:30 +0000 damianf http://languagecaster.com/?p=15356 http://languagecaster.com/languagecaster-weekly-football-phrase-to-be-in-your-own-hands/feed/ 0 http://languagecaster.com/languagecaster-weekly-football-phrase-to-be-on-the-brink/ http://languagecaster.com/languagecaster-weekly-football-phrase-to-be-on-the-brink/#comments Thu, 12 May 2011 22:22:08 +0000 damianf http://languagecaster.com/?p=15313 http://languagecaster.com/languagecaster-weekly-football-phrase-to-be-on-the-brink/feed/ 0 http://languagecaster.com/languagecaster-weekly-football-phrase-be-up-for-it/ http://languagecaster.com/languagecaster-weekly-football-phrase-be-up-for-it/#comments Thu, 05 May 2011 23:05:11 +0000 grell http://languagecaster.com/?p=15187 http://languagecaster.com/languagecaster-weekly-football-phrase-be-up-for-it/feed/ 0 http://languagecaster.com/languagecaster-weekly-football-phrase-to-brush-aside/ http://languagecaster.com/languagecaster-weekly-football-phrase-to-brush-aside/#comments Fri, 29 Apr 2011 11:21:26 +0000 damianf http://languagecaster.com/?p=15104 brush or sweep and]]> http://languagecaster.com/languagecaster-weekly-football-phrase-to-brush-aside/feed/ 0 http://languagecaster.com/weekly-football-phrase-the-red-mist/ http://languagecaster.com/weekly-football-phrase-the-red-mist/#comments Thu, 21 Apr 2011 06:02:17 +0000 grell http://languagecaster.com/?p=14923 http://languagecaster.com/weekly-football-phrase-the-red-mist/feed/ 0 http://languagecaster.com/languagecaster-weekly-football-phrase-el-clasico/ http://languagecaster.com/languagecaster-weekly-football-phrase-el-clasico/#comments Wed, 13 Apr 2011 21:50:14 +0000 damianf http://languagecaster.com/?p=14625 http://languagecaster.com/languagecaster-weekly-football-phrase-el-clasico/feed/ 0 http://languagecaster.com/languagecaster-weekly-football-phrase-to-crumble/ http://languagecaster.com/languagecaster-weekly-football-phrase-to-crumble/#comments Thu, 07 Apr 2011 09:48:00 +0000 grell http://languagecaster.com/?p=14296 http://languagecaster.com/languagecaster-weekly-football-phrase-to-crumble/feed/ 0 http://languagecaster.com/languagecaster-weekly-football-phrase-pull-the-trigger/ http://languagecaster.com/languagecaster-weekly-football-phrase-pull-the-trigger/#comments Fri, 01 Apr 2011 00:53:20 +0000 grell http://languagecaster.com/?p=14057 http://languagecaster.com/languagecaster-weekly-football-phrase-pull-the-trigger/feed/ 0 Football Cliches,football for english,football phrases,pull the trigger | Subscribe: Weekly Football Phrase Every week during the 2010-11 season, the languagecaster team explain a football phrase or cliché for learners of English who love the sport. Click on the link below to hear the word or phrase and you can also... | (../wp-content/uploads/2009/02/feed-icon-28x281.png) Subscribe: Weekly Football Phrase Every week during the 2010-11 season, the languagecaster team explain a football phrase or cliché for learners of English who love the sport. Click on the link below to hear the word or phrase and you can also read the transcript below that. You can find many more examples by going to our football phrase page here (../football-language-resources/football-phrases/) football clichés here (../football-language-resources/football-cliches/) and our huge football glossary (../football-language-resources/football-glossary/)here. Listen here: To pull the trigger.mp3 (http://languagecaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/eff34.1011.mp3) | See the complete list here (../2010/08/21/weekly-football-phrases-full-list-2010-11/) This week's English for football is 'to pull the trigger'. The trigger is the part of a gun that you pull to fire the bullet. In football, when a player pulls the trigger he or she shoots. Usually the shot is a powerful one from around the edge of the area. This phrase is often used when a player has been running or dribbling with the ball for quite a long period of time and everyone is waiting or expecting a shot. Fans might shout 'Come on pull the trigger!'. Commentators might say, 'He's got to pull the trigger soon,' or if the player is tackled before shooting, 'He should have pulled the trigger earlier.' To pull the trigger languagecaster.com no