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Video Worksheet: Folk Football

Video Worksheet: Folk Football

Podcast: Play in new window | Download In this video worksheet post we use a clip from the excellent The History Of Football [2002] [DVD]on the topic of Folk Football. There is also a worksheet, transcript and answer sheet below. The report lasts for 2 minutes 10 seconds. Folk Football Worksheet | Transcript (for audio [...]

November 9, 2009 | By | Reply More
Football Vocabulary Check – Week 12

Football Vocabulary Check – Week 12

Try languagecaster’s online crossword puzzle. Before you try the puzzle,  listen to our Main Report and read The Good the Bad and the Ugly. You can do both if you listen to our weekly Podcast: this has the Main Report and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, as well as Predictions and English for [...]

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Football Vocabulary Check – Week 11

Football Vocabulary Check – Week 11

Try languagecaster’s online crossword puzzle. Before you try the puzzle,  listen to our Main Report and read The Good the Bad and the Ugly. You can do both if you listen to our weekly Podcast: this has the Main Report and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, as well as Predictions and English for [...]

October 27, 2009 | By | Reply More
Football Vocabulary Check – Week 10

Football Vocabulary Check – Week 10

Try languagecaster’s online crossword puzzle. Before you do listen to our Main Report and read The Good the Bad and the Ugly (you can do both if you listen to our weekly Podcast: this has the Main Report and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, as well as Predictions and English for Football). Click [...]

October 18, 2009 | By | Reply More
Week 8: Main Report – Paraguayan Football

Week 8: Main Report – Paraguayan Football

Podcast: Play in new window | Download This week’s main report looks at one of the countries that has already qualified for the 2010 World Cup – Paraguay. The transcript of the report is below. Try our online  listening quiz. Listen to the report here Transcript Bigger than Japan but smaller than Spain, a population [...]

October 2, 2009 | By | Reply More
Latest Football Clichés

Latest Football Clichés

Podcast: Play in new window | Download This post gives explanations of two more footballing clichés. You can find many more examples by going to our football cliché page here. To run your socks off | Listen to the cliché here This cliché is used when a team or an individual player is seen to [...]

September 30, 2009 | By | Reply More
Week 7: Main Report – the Bundesliga 2009/10

Week 7: Main Report – the Bundesliga 2009/10

Podcast: Play in new window | Download This week’s main report looks at the Bundesliga with Hans guiding us through the German league. The transcript of the report is below and includes vocabulary in bold which is explained at the foot of the post. Listen to the report here Transcript Hans: Hello and welcome to [...]

September 26, 2009 | By | Reply More
Main Report: Week 5 – Champions League Preview

Main Report: Week 5 – Champions League Preview

This week’s main report looks ahead to the group stages of the Champions League. In this interview Damian asks Manchester United fan Brendan about this season’s competition. The transcript of the report is below and includes vocabulary in bold which is explained at the foot of the post. Main week 5 DF: Now the Champions [...]

September 11, 2009 | By | Reply More
Week 4: Main Report – World Cup Stars – Maradona

Week 4: Main Report – World Cup Stars – Maradona

Listen to this week’s show here This World Cup Stars post features possibly the greatest player of all time, Diego Maradona. To help you understand a little better there is a vocabulary list containing the words in bold at the foot of this post TRANSCRIPT Pele may have won more World Cup titles, Ronaldo may [...]

September 5, 2009 | By | Reply More
Latest Football Clichés

Latest Football Clichés

Podcast: Play in new window | Download This post gives explanations of two more footballing clichés. You can find many more examples by going to our football cliché page here. Can’t win the title in August but you can certainly lose it | Listen here This cliché is a classic example of stating the complete [...]

September 1, 2009 | By | Reply More