Episodes

May 24, 2015

Learn English Through Football Podcast: Final Day of the Premier League and La Liga

On this week's learning English through football podcast we look ahead to the last week of action in La Liga and the Premier League.
May 23, 2015

Listening Report: Xavi – Best Player in the World? (From 2010)

Barcelona stalwart and captain Xavi Hernández will play his final match against Deportivo. We are re-posting this report we did on him from December 2010...
May 22, 2015

Listening Report: Steven Gerrard – Part 2

This weekend Liverpool number 8, Steven Gerrard, will probably play his last game for his boyhood side, Liverpool.
May 22, 2015

Weekly Football Phrase: (to) Tee Up

This week's weekly football phrase is connecting with the sport of golf and shooting in football and is the verb to tee up.
May 16, 2015

Learning English Through Football Podcast: Stevie G

For this week's learning English through football podcast we spotlight Stevie G, the Liverpool and England midfielder, about to end his career in the EPL.
May 15, 2015

Weekly Football Phrase: Dying Breed

In reference to Steven Gerrard's last home game at Anfield, this week's football phrase is the cliche 'dying breed'
May 15, 2015

Listening Report: Steven Gerrard – Part 1

As the Premier League says farewell to Steven Gerrard, we have 8 facts for the midfielder who wears number 8. In part 1, we bring you the first 4.
May 9, 2015

Learning English Though Football Podcast: 2015 Champions League Semi-finals and Bournemouth

This week's learning English through football podcast looks ahead to the 2015 Champions League semi-final second legs, while Damon reports on Bournemouth
May 9, 2015

Weekly Football Phrase: To Feign

This week's weekly football phrase is to feign
May 8, 2015

Listening Report: A. F. C. Bournemouth

In this report we take a closer look at the English Championship Division champions, AFC Bournemouth, who will join the Premier League next season.
May 2, 2015

Languagecaster Podcast: Changes in Argentina

On this week's football language podcast we have a main report looking at the top division in Argentina: there have been big changes in the last few years.
May 1, 2015

Weekly Football Phrase: To Shut Down

Are Chelsea boring? Is the ability to shut a game down bad? Languagecaster.com's weekly football phrase is 'to shut down'.
May 1, 2015

Listening Report: 2015 Argentinian Primera División

The 2015 Argentinian Primera División sees its first Superclásico of the season and so on this week's report we take a look at the Argentinan top division.
April 26, 2015

Weekly Football Phrase: Crowned Champions

This week's weekly football phrase is all about winning a cup or a championship: To be crowned champions
April 24, 2015

Listening Report: 2015 Champions League Quarter-final Review

The 2015 Champions League semi-finalists have been decided after the four quarter-final second legs took place this week and in this listening report we review these games and discuss where they were won and lost.
April 18, 2015

Learn English Through Football Podcast: FA Cup Semi Finals

On this week's football language podcast we spotlight the FA Cup Semi Finals, which are taking place this weekend in England.
April 18, 2015

Weekly Football Phrase: Box-to-box midfielder

Languagcaster's weekly football phrase - Does your team have a box-to-box midfielder on the squad?
April 18, 2015

Listening Report: 2015 FA Cup Semi-finals

This weekend sees the 2015 FA Cup semi-finals taking place at Wembley Stadium and in this week's listening report we take a look at the two games and try and predict the finalists.
April 10, 2015

Learn English Through Football Podcast: Chinese Super League and the Manchester Derby

On this week's football language podcast we report on a match from the 2015 Chinese Super League and look ahead to the Champions League quarter-finals.
April 10, 2015

Listening Report: Chinese Super League – Beijing Guoan vs Shanghai Shenhua

In a continuation of our series of reports on live games that myself and Damon have recently been to see, we feature the match between home side Beijing Guoan and Shanghai Shenhua from the 2015 Chinese Super League.
April 10, 2015

Weekly Football Phrase: Semi-finalist

This week's English for football expression is semi-finalist which refers to the teams involved in the last four or semi-final of a competition such as the FA Cup in English club football or the World Cup.
April 2, 2015

Listening Report: The China Super League in Numbers

Back in 2007 we wrote a report on football in China and on the Chinese Super League, and we revisit the league in this weeka€™s report
April 2, 2015

Weekly Football Phrase: Three Lions

In this week's football phrase we explain the phrase Three Lions
March 29, 2015

Listening Report: 2015 Friendly Game – Hong Kong vs Guam

A couple of weeks ago Damon watched his side Liverpool play in a Europa League tie against Turkish side Besiktas and this weekend it was my turn to watch some live football when I went to watch Hong Kong take on Guam in an international friendly.