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Football Language: Joint bid

April 7, 2017 by Learn English through Football Leave a Comment

What’s the meaning of the phrase ‘joint bid’ in football?

Learn English Through Football Podcast: WC Qualifiers 2016

November 12, 2016 by grell Leave a Comment

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Learn English Through Football Podcast: World Cup Qualifiers October 2016

October 9, 2016 by Learn English through Football Leave a Comment

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This week we take a look at the 2018 World Cup qualifiers and focus on the phrases ‘caretaker manager’ and ‘comprehensive victory’

Languagecaster Predictions: European Championship Play-offs and Argentina-Brazil

November 13, 2015 by Learn English through Football Leave a Comment

There are no domestic league matches this weekend as international football takes centre stage. The final four places for the 2016 European Championship in France will be decided over the weekend and we feature three of the first-leg matches. The 2018 World Cup qualifiers are also taking place in Asia and South America and we feature grudge matches between Argentina and Brazil and Hong Kong versus China.

Listening Report: 2018 World Cup Qualifying Draw

July 26, 2015 by Learn English through Football Leave a Comment

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This weekend has seen the draw for the 2018 World Cup qualifiers take place and so on this week’s report we take a look at the qualification systems in five of the six confederations

Listening Practice: 2015 Women’s World Cup Last 16

June 20, 2015 by Learn English through Football Leave a Comment

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The 2015 Women’s World Cup taking place in Canada has reached the knock-out stage with the 16 remaining sides battling it out to see which nation will lift the trophy on July 5th. In this report we take a look at the favourites, dark horses and also-rans.

2014 World Cup Word of the Day: The Collection

July 22, 2014 by Learn English through Football 2 Comments

2014 World Cup Word of the Day: Every day during the 2014 World Cup the languagecaster team posted a World Cup Word of the Day and in this post we have collected them all together for easy reference. How many of them can you remember? Can you remember which games they refer to?

World Cup Word of the Day: Third-place play-off

July 12, 2014 by Learn English through Football Leave a Comment

Tonight sees the game to decide which teams come third in the 2014 World Cup: the 3rd-place play-off

World Cup Word of the Day: Penalty shoot-out

July 10, 2014 by Learn English through Football Leave a Comment

The second semi-final between Argentina and Holland was a very different game to the one the night before when Germany blew away hosts Brazil. This time Argentina qualified for the final on a penalty shoot-out after a scoreless 120 minutes.

World Cup Word of the Day: To Stun

June 15, 2014 by grell Leave a Comment

We’ve had the first shock of the tournament – So, we introduce the World Cup Word ‘stun’.

World Cup Listening Report: What Will the World Cup Bring?

June 12, 2014 by grell Leave a Comment

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It is nearly time for the 2014 World Cup to kick off in Sao Paulo Brazil. Damian is on his way (the last I heard he was stuck in Sao Paulo airport on his way to Recife) and it’s about time we made a few predictions on how the tournament will turn out.

World Cup 2014 Reading Report: Group C

June 11, 2014 by Learn English through Football Leave a Comment

World Cup 2014 Listening Report: Group C: In the third of a series of listening worksheets to help you practice your English we focus on Group C which includes Colombia, Greece, Ivory Coast and Japan.

World Cup Cliche: Slow starters

June 10, 2014 by grell Leave a Comment

Who are notorious slow starters? Read Languagecaster’s World Cup Cliche to find out!

World Cup Word of the Day: Warm up

June 9, 2014 by Learn English through Football Leave a Comment

What does the phrase ‘warm up’ mean?

World Cup Listening Worksheet: Group B

June 8, 2014 by Learn English through Football Leave a Comment

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World Cup 2014 Listening Worksheet: Group B. In the second of a series of listening worksheets to help you practice your English we focus on Group B which includes Spain, Holland, Chile and Australia.

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