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Jack Radford

The Premier Skills English podcast is a part of a project from the British Council and Premier League for people who are learning English and love football. If you want to know more visit the website https://www.britishcouncil.org/premierskillsenglish, or get in touch at premierskills@britishcouncil.org.

Learn English with the British Council and Premier League

This week, Jack reflects on 10 years of the Premier Skills English podcast, looking back at the highlights of the last 800 episodes and leaves you with a football English quiz.

The Final Podcast

This Week explores some of the biggest stories from the Premier League and the world of football and focuses on the most interesting vocabulary.

In this episode, Jack talks about websites and podcasts that football fans can use to build their vocabulary and improve their English.

You can read the transcript and complete the language challenge on the page for this podcast on the Premier Skills English website by visiting Premier Skills English > Skills > Listen > This Week > This Week: Learning English online

Learning English Online

This Week explores some of the biggest stories from the Premier League and the world of football and focuses on the most interesting vocabulary.

In this episode, Jack talks about three of the stories of the summer.

You can read the transcript and complete the language challenge on the page for this podcast on the Premier Skills English website by visiting Premier Skills English > Skills > Listen > This Week > This Week: Summer stories

This week - Summer stories

This week, Jack talks about some of the things that fans are excited about for the new season and presents language you can use to express excitement. 

You can read the transcript and complete the language challenge on the page for this podcast on the Premier Skills English website by visiting Premier League British Council > English > Podcasts > Are you excited about the new season?

Are you excited about the new season?

This week, Jack shares some interesting facts about Wales. This will help you learn about the country and perhaps will inspire you to support the Dragons in Euro 2025.

English for UK visitors - Wales

In this episode, Jack focuses on language for travelling fans. Jack talks about the London Underground and there's a roleplay which features vocabulary related to travelling around London.

You can read the transcript and complete the language challenge on the page for this podcast on the Premier Skills English website by visiting Premier League British Council > English > Podcasts > Coming to the UK - Travelling on the Tube

English for travelling fans - Travelling on the Tube

In this episode, Jack focuses on language for footballers. This is the fifth of five podcasts that focus on tactics and some advanced football English that you need to talk about tactics and approaches to tactics.

You can read the transcript and complete the language challenge on the page for this podcast on the Premier Skills English website by visiting Premier League British Council > English > Podcasts > English for footballers: Tactics - Fluid formations

English for footballers: Tactics - Fluid formations

In this episode, Jack focuses on language for footballers. This is the fourth of five podcasts that focus on tactics and some advanced football English that you need to talk about tactics and approaches to tactics.

You can read the transcript and complete the language challenge on the page for this podcast on the Premier Skills English website by visiting Premier League British Council > English > Podcasts > English for footballers: Tactics - High press

English for footballers: Tactics - High press

This Week explores some of the biggest stories from the Premier League and the world of football and focuses on the most interesting vocabulary.

In this episode, Jack talks about Liverpool, who have just been crowned Premier League champions.

You can read the transcript and complete the language challenge on the page for this podcast on the Premier Skills English website by visiting Premier League British Council > English > Podcasts > This Week > This Week: Liverpool are champions

This Week: Liverpool are champions!

In this episode, Jack focuses on language for footballers. This is the third of five podcasts that focus on tactics and some advanced football English that you need to talk about tactics and approaches to tactics.

You can read the transcript and complete the language challenge on the page for this podcast on the Premier Skills English website by visiting Premier League British Council > English > Podcasts > English for footballers: Tactics - Counter-attacking

English for footballers: Tactics - Counter-attacking

This week features three stories and some interesting vocabulary from the world of football. 

You can find the transcript and a language task on the podcast page on Premier Skills English> Skills > Listen > This Week > This week - Pulling the strings

This Week - Pulling the strings

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