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Mar 2025
15m 34s

English for fans - The language of comme...

JACK RADFORD
About this episode
This week's Premier Skills English Podcast focuses on language that will help you understand match commentary on TV. If you are watching a Premier League match and the commentary is in English, if you know what to expect, hopefully, this will make the commentary easier to understand.

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 > The language of commentary
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