Learn English Through Football

Each week we publish a podcast for learners of English who love football. The podcasts feature real-life stories from the world of football and follow the same format each week: an introduction, a review of the football week,
a main listening report, an explanation of a football expression, as well as some predictions.

Learn English Through Football Podcast: Week 5 – 2020 European Championship Qualifiers

September 10, 2019 by Learn English through Football Leave a Comment

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2020 European Championship Qualifiers: Domestic football takes a break this week but there is lots of international football being played around the world. The 2020 European Championship qualifiers continue, there are also World Cup qualifiers in Asia and in Africa while there are also lots of friendlies taking place. So, on this week’s podcast we review some of the language from the football week, with stories from Somalia, Kosovo, Italy and Hamburg.

Football Language: 2019 Reigning Champions

September 4, 2019 by grell Leave a Comment

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On this short football language podcast we introduce a phrase from the world of football. If you have questions or comments about this or any other football phrase, or you have your own suggestion, then email us

English Through Football Podcast 2019-20: Week 4 – North London Derby

September 1, 2019 by Learn English through Football Leave a Comment

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There’s a huge weekend of football taking place; with big derbies in North London, the Basque Country, Rome and Glasgow as well as big games in Italy, France and Croatia! We also have a new football phrase ‘to overlap’ and a football-language quiz as well as our predictions competition which looks ahead to games from the Europen Championships, the World Cup qualifiers and the Women’s Super League.

Football Language: 2019 New Laws of the Game

August 28, 2019 by Learn English through Football Leave a Comment

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On today’s listening report we take a look at some of the new laws of the game that the International Football Association Board (IFAB) have introduced this summer for the new season. For this audio report there is a transcript and a worksheet, great for learners and teachers of English, which can both be accessed by becoming a patron (through Patreon). If you have questions or comments, email us at: admin@languagecaster.com.

Learn English Through Football: Week 3 – 2019-20 Liverpool vs Arsenal

August 25, 2019 by grell Leave a Comment

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Learn English Through Football Podcast: Week 3 – 2019-20 Liverpool vs Arsenal: All the big leagues of Europe are up and running and it’s week three in the Premier League. On this week’s podcast we review some of the language from the football week, with stories from Spain and England.

Learn English Through Football Podcast 2019-20: Week 2 – Manchester City vs Tottenham

August 18, 2019 by grell Leave a Comment

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Learn English Through Football Podcast: The 2019-20 Season Starts

August 12, 2019 by grell Leave a Comment

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The 2019-20 Season Starts. This is our first podcast as the new 2019-20 season starts this weekend. We’ll take a look at some of the language involved in the opening round of games and the football stories from this week in our review section. We also have a football-language quiz question and offer some predictions for next week’s games.

Learn English Through Footbal Podcast: 2019 Women’s World Cup and Copa America Finals

July 7, 2019 by Learn English through Football Leave a Comment

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Learn English Through Football Podcast: 2019 Copa America and Women’s World Cup Semi-finals

July 2, 2019 by Learn English through Football Leave a Comment

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2019 Copa America and Women’s World Cup Semi-finals

Learn English Through Football: Ghost

June 30, 2019 by Learn English through Football Leave a Comment

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In this post we explain the word ‘ghost’ and how it is used in football.

Learn English Through Football Podcast: 2019 AFCON, Copa America and Women’s World Cup Last 16

June 24, 2019 by Learn English through Football Leave a Comment

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2019 AFCON, Copa America and Women’s World Cup Last 16: Lots and lots of football taking place this week: the 2019 Women’s World Cup moves into the last 16, the Copa America group stages are coming to an end and the 2019 African Cup of Nations kicks off this weekend!

Learn English Through Football Podcast: Women’s World Cup 2019 Week 1

June 16, 2019 by grell Leave a Comment

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Learn English through Football Podcast: 2019 Copa America

June 14, 2019 by Learn English through Football Leave a Comment

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Learn English Through Football Podcast: 2019 Women’s World Cup

June 9, 2019 by Learn English through Football Leave a Comment

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2019 Women’s World Cup: On this week’s football-language podcast we look back at some of the main football news and language from the week and of course we’ll discuss the 2019 Women’s World Cup that is currently taking place in France.

Learn English through Football: 2019 Women’s World Cup Predictions Competition

June 7, 2019 by Learn English through Football Leave a Comment

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2019 Women’s World Cup Predictions Competition: This weekend sees the start of the 2019 Women’s World Cup taking place in France and here at languagecaster.com we have a predictions competition. You can join by clicking here. If you have questions or comments, email us at: admin@languagecaster.com

Learn English Through Football Podcast: 2019 Champions League Final

June 1, 2019 by Learn English through Football Leave a Comment

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2019 Champions League Final: On this week’s podcast we look ahead to the 2019 Champions League final taking place in Madrid between Liverpool and Tottenham; it’s the languagecaster derby…