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Podcast 2: World Cup Greats – Pelé

August 21, 2009 by grell 1 Comment

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How to learn English with languagecaster.com’s podcasts

July 27, 2009 by grell Leave a Comment

Languagecaster produces one podcast every week during the European football season. You can listen to the podcast by clicking here. In this post we focus on how students of English can improve their English listening skills with these podcasts

Week 39: The Bundesliga run-in

May 8, 2009 by Learn English through Football Leave a Comment

Download the latest podcast – The Bundesliga run-in There are only four games left in the Bundesliga and still five teams can win the title. This week’s podcast focuses on the final run-in to an action-packed season in Germany and looks at the battles at the top and the bottom of the league. Download the […]

Podcast 39: Bundesliga run-in

May 7, 2009 by grell Leave a Comment

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Week 39: The good, the bad and the ugly

May 6, 2009 by Learn English through Football Leave a Comment

[print_link] Barcelona in the Bernabeu and back from the brink, Birmingham bounce back and bad boy Barton all feature on this week’s good, the bad and the ugly section of languagecaster’s football podcast. Click on the links below to find out more on all of these stories. Explanations of key vocabulary (in bold) can be […]

…when football was born

May 2, 2009 by Pim 2 Comments

I hope that Chelsea won’t get to the UEFA Champions League final because it would be the victory of speculative football against wonderful football. In these days, we all know where excessive speculation has taken us, to a big fallout. Don’t let Chelsea mess up such a beautiful game like Barça’s

Week 38: Predictions (DB 164-170 DF)

April 28, 2009 by Learn English through Football Leave a Comment

[print_link] With only a few weeks remaining the predictions battle between Damon and Damian is still neck and neck. This week, we feature two big games between teams at the top and bottom of the league in England, the Madrid-Barca derby in Spain, as well as important matches from the top of the Bundesliga, Serie […]

Week 37: Predictions (DB 160 – 167 DF)

April 23, 2009 by grell Leave a Comment

[print_link] It’s going down to the wire in the predictions battle. This week, big games at the top of the Spanish, German, English and Argentinian leagues, a look at a bottom of the table clash in England and the first legs of the Champions league semi-finals. [TABLE=128]

Week 35: Predictions (DB 146 – 153 DF)

April 10, 2009 by grell Leave a Comment

[print_link] Damon had a great week, amassing 10 points to Damian’s six, but Damian still holds the initiative. This week we look at the Champions League games again – Porto v Manchester United looks the most interesting – and two huge derbies: the Rome derby between Lazio and AS Roma and arguably the biggest derby […]

Week 32: Predictions (DB 127 – 139 DF)

March 19, 2009 by grell 4 Comments

[print_link] It looks like it’s in the bag for Damian. Another great week with a 10 point haul means that he has taken a commanding lead in the predictions race. This week, another globe-trotting collection of games including a big derby from Colombia [TABLE=122]

Week 28: The good, the bad and the ugly

February 18, 2009 by Learn English through Football Leave a Comment

[print_link] Jose Mourinho, David Beckham, Arsenal and a poor translation all feature in this week’s good, the bad and the ugly – the review of the football week on languagecaster’s football podcast. Click on the links below to find out more on all of these stories. Explanations of key vocabulary (in bold) can be found […]

Week 26: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

February 5, 2009 by Learn English through Football Leave a Comment

[print_link] The World Cup, the FA Cup, La Liga superstars, Chelsea and some tasty tackles all feature in this week’s good, the bad and the ugly – the review of the football week on languagecaster’s football podcast. Click on the links below to find out more on all of these stories. Good Good for Derby […]

Week 26 Predictions: DB 114 – 105 DF

February 4, 2009 by Learn English through Football Leave a Comment

[print_link] Damon scored a 5-2 victory last week to stretch his lead to nine points over Damian. This week we have huge derbies from the Premier League and la Liga in Spain, the top game in Portugal and some crucial World Cup qualifiers from Asia and the CONCACAF zone [TABLE=116]

Week 24: Predictions (DB 108-95 DF)

January 20, 2009 by Learn English through Football Leave a Comment

[print_link] Damian slightly closed the gap on Damon after last week’s games and he will be hoping to earn some more points in this week’s predictions race. The English FA Cup, Serie A and some midweek Premier League action all feature on this week’s show. [TABLE=114]

Podcast 23: Ryan Giggs

January 15, 2009 by Learn English through Football Leave a Comment

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Week 22: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

January 8, 2009 by grell Leave a Comment

The FA Cup is back on the radar and so are the cup shocks. New managers appointed and newish managers under pressure. Lots to talk about again in the world of football. [print_link] Good The third round of the oldest footballing cup competition in the world got under way at the beginning of January. This […]

Week 21: Vocabulary

January 2, 2009 by grell Leave a Comment

Here are some words and phrases you can hear on this week’s languagecaster’s Good, Bad and Ugly section of the podcast – this week is a special end of year review of Liverpool and Tottenham’ seasons. For more English practice check out our worksheets, football glossary and English for football phrases. [print_link] To mount: to […]

Week 16: Predictions (DB 80 – 63 DF)

November 26, 2008 by Learn English through Football Leave a Comment

The gap is still more than fifteen points in favour of Damon after last week’s games, so this week Damian will try to claw his way back into the predictions battle by guessing the scores from matches in the Premier League, Serie A, Argentina’s Apertura, La Liga in Spain, The Bundesliga and a huge match […]

Podcast: Week 14 – Hoffenheim!

November 13, 2008 by grell Leave a Comment

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Vocabulary: Week 13

November 7, 2008 by grell Leave a Comment

Here are some words and phrases you can hear on languagecaster’s Good, Bad and Ugly section of the podcast – a review of the footballing news. For more English practice check out our worksheets, football glossary and English for football phrases. Statue: a representation or copy of (usually) a person in stone, metal or wood […]