The World Cup dominates this week's show as we take a look back at the dramatic play-offs and we
also have two England fans looking forward to the finals in South Africa next summer. You can
also:
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in English for Football Follow the weekly predictions battle between Damon and Damian in the
Predictions competition For learners of English check out our Football Language Resources page
with: Football glossary (a huge collection of football vocabulary, football cliches and football
phrases) Worksheets and transcripts from previous podcasts
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World cup play-offs take place this weekend and fans around the world will be crossing their
fingers hoping for the result to go their way. On this week's show we listen to an Irish fan give
his opinion on what might happen when Ireland play France over two legs. You can also:
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- Check out a new football expression in English for Football
- Follow the weekly predictions battle between Damon and Damian in the Predictions
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- Football glossary (a huge collection of football vocabulary, football cliches and football
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- Worksheets and transcripts from previous podcasts
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On this week's show we take a look at Folk Football and discuss its influence on the Beautiful
Game. In addition:
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- Check out a new football expression in English for Football
- Follow the weekly predictions battle between Damon and Damian in the Predictions
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- Football glossary (a huge collection of football vocabulary, football cliches and football
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On this week's show we put the spotlight on Honduran football as we continue to take a look at
the countries that will be competing in next year's World Cup.
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- Check out a new football expression in English for Football
- Follow the weekly predictions battle between Damon and Damian in the Predictions
competition
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- Football glossary (a huge collection of football vocabulary, football cliches and football
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- Worksheets and transcripts from previous podcasts
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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 Football).
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On this week's show we take a look at the world governing body of football FIFA
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- Check out a new football expression in English for Football
- Follow the weekly predictions battle between Damon and Damian in the Predictions
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- Football glossary (a huge collection of football vocabulary, football cliches and football
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- Worksheets and transcripts from previous podcasts
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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 the image below to try the puzzle (check the top menu for hints).
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The dust from the World Cup qualifiers has settled, and this week we have Part III in our series
on the World Cup greats the Russian, Lev Yashin.
- Read our football news review in the good, the bad and the ugly
- Check out a new football expression in English for Football
- Follow the weekly predictions battle between Damon and Damian in the Predictions
competition
- For learners of English check out our Football Language Resources page with:
- Football glossary (a huge collection of football vocabulary, football cliches and football
phrases)
- Worksheets and transcripts from previous podcasts
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The final set of World Cup qualifiers takes place in Europe, South America and Africa this week
and so on this week's podcast we feature some of the major stars who might not
make it to the finals in South Africa next June.
- Read our football news review in the good, the bad and the ugly
- Check out a new football expression in English for Football
- Follow the weekly predictions battle between Damon and Damian in the Predictions
competition
- For learners of English check out our Football Language Resources page with:
- Football glossary (a huge collection of football vocabulary, football cliches and football
phrases)
- Worksheets and transcripts from previous podcasts
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During the build up to the World Cup in South Africa, languagecaster will take a look at some of
the countries taking part as well as taking a look back at some of the great players in World Cup
history. This week we turn the spotlight on one of the less famous South American countries,
Paraguay.
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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.
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Hans: Hello and welcome to the Bundesliga.
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This week languagecaster.com takes a look at the Bundesliga with Hans our German football
correspondent.
- Read our football news review in the good, the bad and the ugly
- Check out a new football expression in English for Football
- Follow the weekly predictions battle between Damon and Damian in the Predictions
competition
- For learners of English check out our Football Language Resources page with:
- Football glossary (a huge collection of football vocabulary, football cliches and football
phrases)
- Worksheets and transcripts from previous podcasts
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Three games in and it's time to take a look at what's happening in Serie A, by most pundits
reckoning the third strongest league in Europe behind the Premier League and la Liga.
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This week languagecaster.com takes a look at Serie A - who are the favourites, the dark horses,
the newcomers? We also take a look at all the football news from the past week and look ahead to
some of the big games this weekend.
- Read our football news review in the good, the bad and the ugly
- Check out a new football expression in English for Football
- Follow the weekly predictions battle between Damon and Damian in the Predictions
competition
- For learners of English check out our Football Language Resources page with:
- Football glossary (a huge collection of football vocabulary, football cliches and football
phrases)
- Worksheets and transcripts from previous podcasts
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After the excitement of World Cup qualifiers we turn our attention this week to the
Champions League group stage which kicks off next week.
- Read our football news review in the good, the bad and the ugly
- Check out a new football expression in English for Football
- Follow the weekly predictions battle between Damon and Damian in the Predictions
competition
- For learners of English check out our Football Language Resources page with:
- Football glossary (a huge collection of football vocabulary, football cliches and football
phrases)
- Worksheets and transcripts from previous podcasts
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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.
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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 have scored more goals, Lothar Matthäus
played more games but no one has dominated the World Cup as much as Diego Maradona.
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This week is World Cup qualifying week, so we continue our feature which takes a look at some of
the great World Cup players through the ages. Second in the series is Argentinian sensation,
Maradona who is also in action this week as his country's coach in a crunch game against
arch-rivals Brazil.
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La Liga kicks off this weekend and on this week's show we ask whether the Spanish League is now
better than the Premier League.
- Read our football news review in the good, the bad and the ugly
- Check out a new football expression in English for Football
- Follow the weekly predictions battle between Damon and Damian in the Listen only to the main
report here - complete with transcript
For learners of English check out our Football Language Resources page with: Football glossary (a
huge collection of football vocabulary, football cliches and football phrases) Worksheets and
transcripts
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La Liga kicks off this weekend and on this week's show we ask whether the Spanish League is now
better than the Premier League.
- Read our football news review in the good, the bad and the ugly
- Check out a new football expression in English for Football
- Follow the weekly predictions battle between Damon and Damian in the Predictions
competition
- >Listen only to the main reporthere - complete with transcript
For learners of English check out our Football Language Resources page with: Football glossary (a
huge collection of football vocabulary, football cliches and football phrases) Worksheets and
transcripts
Automatically receive the podcast each week by clicking on the icon
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La Liga kicks off this weekend and on this week's show we ask whether the Spanish League is now
better than the Premier League.
- Read our football news review in the good, the bad and the ugly
- Check out a new football expression in English for Football
- Follow the weekly predictions battle between Damon and Damian in the Predictions
competition
- Listen only to the main report here - complete with transcript
For learners of English check out our Football Language Resources page with: Football glossary (a
huge collection of football vocabulary, football cliches and football phrases) Worksheets and
transcripts
Automatically receive the podcast each week by clicking on the icon
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World Cup Stars
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Each era has its heroes and stars. Today's football world is dominated by
players like David Beckham, Cristiano Ronaldo, Messi, who are role models to many
young players, but I wonder how long their influence will last.
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On this week's show we start a feature which takes a look at some of the great World Cup players
through the ages. Of course next year is the 2010 World Cup, so we hope you'll enjoy our look at
some of the best players to grace any football field. To start we look at Pelé.
- Read our football news review in the good, the bad and the ugly
- Check out a new football expression in English for Football
- Follow the weekly predictions battle in the Predictions competition
- Listen only to the main report here - complete with transcript
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- Football glossary (a huge collection of football vocabulary, football cliches and football
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- Worksheets and transcripts
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The Premier League season kicks off this weekend which means that languagecaster's football
podcast is back. On this week's first show of the season we hear from an Arsenal fan on his team's
prospects for the year.
- Read our football news review in the good, the bad and the ugly
- Check out a new football expression in English for Football
- Follow the weekly predictions battle in the Predictions competition
- Listen only to the main report here - complete with transcript
- For learners of English check out our Football Language Resources page with:
- Football glossary (a huge collection of football vocabulary, football cliches and football
phrases)
- Worksheets and transcripts
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Argentinian football, Premier League new faces and some sad news from Spain all feature in this
seasons first 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.
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Teaching Ideas
Former England manager Sir Bobby Robson died last weekend. In this post we take a look back at
one of the most respected English managers in the game. Vocabulary in bold is
explained at the end of the post to help you with comprehension.
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Cheltenham Town 2 – 1 Grimsby Town - Saturday 8th August
Football should not be played in August. It's not suited to the kind of afternoon that greeted the
opening game at Whaddon Road; blue sky and green tuft watered by 12 inches of summer rainfall. It's
just too pleasant for such a serious matter.
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This subject, I will admit at the outset, since first writing about it in September last year, has
continued to absorb me. I see material everywhere, constantly, and have taken to making sure I have
a notebook so I can at least partially document the extent of the absurdity. This material has
overwhelmed me in fact, to the extent that it has held me back writing about it at all.
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Teaching Ideas
The summer transfer window is now in full swing with Real Madrid and Manchester City having
spent most of the cash so far. Here is an additional list of phrases and terms connected with
transfers to go along with our earlier post on the topic.
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languagecaster's 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 from with these podcast.
Main Elements of the Podcast
- First - a review (Listen to the podcast and
read in the Good, the Bad and the Ugly posts)
- Second - a main piece of about 5 minutes (You need to download the worksheet
with answers and transcript so you can practice while you
listen.
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Teaching Ideas
Though it's hard to believe not everyone is a fan of football. In the first of our series of
interviews with people who just don't like the game, Alan from Scotland tells us why a 5-4
'thriller' left him completely bored.
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By Graig Carbino -- ALBANY, NY (July 9, 2009) USSoccerPlayers - Fight, heart and perseverance.
Cliché vocabulary that was thrown around over the past few weeks when speaking of the United
States National Team. At first all of these words began with "lack of" and finished with more
dismissive language in the back.
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Teaching Ideas
In this teaching ideas post we listen to Manchester City fan Dave explain why he supports the
Blues and not the Reds from his hometown of Manchester. Vocabulary in bold is
explained at the end of the post
- Download the worksheet here
- Listen to the interview here
Why Manchester City?
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Teaching Ideas
In this teaching ideas post we have an interview with Arsenal fan Andy who tells us about some
of his memories while supporting the Gunners. Vocabulary in bold is explained at
the end of the post
- Download the worksheet here
- Listen to the interview here
Damian: Right, today we have got an Arsenal season ticket holder giving us his
views on all things Gunners.
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