World Cup 2022 Archives - Learn English Through Football: Recent Episodes
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Today’s World Cup language podcast looks back at some of the language from the 2022 World Cup final. We’ll be looking at some phrases from The Guardian newspaper report on the extraordinary final including, ‘on penalties‘; ‘unplayable‘ and ‘side-on volley‘. You can read the transcript for this podcast below, while you can also check out […]
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In this football language post we look at three newspaper headlines from the final of the 2022 World Cup; all of which focus on Argentinian captain Leo Messi. You can see more newspaper headlines here and don’t forget we have hundreds more explanations of football language in our football glossary. If you have questions or […]
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Today's World Cup language podcast looks at the phrases, 'to play in' and 'to go behind' from the sem-finals
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Today's World Cup language podcast looks back at the quarter-final match between Argentina and Netherlands which the South American side won on penalties.
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Today's World Cup language podcast looks at the phrase, 'Panenka' which was used when describing Morocco's penalty shoot-out win against...
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In this football language post we look at three newspaper headlines about the England 3-0 win over AFCON champions Senegal in the last-16.
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Today's World Cup language podcast looks at the phrase, 'coast past' which was used to describe the French victory against Poland
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Today's World Cup language podcast looks at the phrase, 'march into the quarter-finals' which was used after the Dutch victory over the USA
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In this World Cup language podcast we look at a football phrase from Day 13 - (to) flick on from the Serbia versus Switzerland match.
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This World Cup language podcast focuses on the phrase, ‘cut the ball back’, which describes the build up to a goal in the Japan vs Spain match. You can read the transcript for this podcast below, and make sure visit our huge glossary of footballing phrases here and visit our site to access all our […]
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Newspaper Headlines: Germany Exit in VAR Controversy - In this football language post we look at a newspaper headline from The Telegraph...
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Today’s World Cup language podcast looks at the phrase, ‘a peach of a free kick‘ which was used to describe the second Mexican goal in their 2-1 victory over Saudi Arabia. You can read the transcript for this podcast below, while you can also check out our glossary of footballing phrases here and visit our […]
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Day 10 of the 2022 World Cup and the last games in Groups A and B. We look the phrase ‘side footer’ and the game between Senegal and Ecuador. You can read the transcript for this podcast below, while you can also check out our glossary of footballing phrases here and visit our site to access […]
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Day 9 of the 2022 World Cup and Cameroon and Serbia had a cracker. We look at a football phrase from the game, ‘to scoop‘. You can read the transcript for this podcast below, while you can also check out our glossary of footballing phrases here and visit our site to access all our previous posts and […]
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Day 7 of the 2022 World Cup saw some real drama as Argentina had to win to stay in the competition and win they did after two second-half goals defeated a poor Mexico side.
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In this World Cup newspaper headline from the Guardian newspaper, 'Football 0 Soccer 0' after the USA and England drew 0-0...
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Day 6 of the 2022 World Cup and Wales lose 2-0 to Iran. We look at some language describing the result, including the phrase 'first hurdle'.
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Day 5 of the 2022 World Cup and Brazil open their tournament with a win over Serbia and a wonder-goal from Richarlison. In this podcast we look at a description of his goal from an Eurosport report which used the word: ‘scissor kick‘. You can read the transcript for this podcast below, while you can […]
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In this football language post we look at the newspaper headline from the Guardian newspaper,'Brazil have liftoff thanks to Richarlison'
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Day 6 of the 2022 World Cup saw the African champions Senegal win their first match of these finals after defeating Qatar 3-1 - a result that saw
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Thumping Strike – This is a short teaching / learning activity based on listening and a football phrase from the World Cup – thumping strike. Download the attached PDF for details. For teachers, it can be a short warm up, filler, and a relevant (as in the World Cup is going on now!) activity or […]
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Thumping Strike: Day 4 of World Cup 2022 and explain the language describing the Japanese goal including the words, 'tight angle'; 'thumping'
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Languagecaster Predictions Day 4: Japan Shock Germany and Spain Thrash Costa Rica - Yet more shocks as Japan come from behind to beat Germany
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In this football language newspaper headline, we look at the expression, 'Saudi Stunner: Argentina Floored in Seismic Shock'
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Day 3 of the World Cup and we've seen one of the biggest shocks in World Cup history as Saudi Arabia came from behind to defeat Argentina...
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This is a short teaching / learning activity based on listening and the One Love armband story in the World Cup news. Download the attached PDF for details. For teachers, it can be a short warm up, filler, and a relevant (as in the World Cup is going on now!) activity or you can expand […]
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It’s day three of the 2022 World Cup and the biggest shock so far – maybe even of the tournament itself – is that Saudi Arabia, ranked 51 in the world, defeated joint favourites for the trophy Argentina. They even did it by coming from behind and the winning goal was a stunner. Not one […]
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Day 2 of the World Cup saw three matches being played: one from Group A and the other two from Group B, including Wales against The USA and it is this game that we feature in today’s football language podcast. We explain the classic football cliche, ‘a game of two halves‘. You can read the […]
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In this football language newspaper headline from the i-newspaper, we look at the expression,'One Love on the Pitch but Disharmony off it'...
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Languagecaster Predictions: Day 2 England v Iran & Netherlands v Senegal - Day two of the 2022 World Cup with six teams playing their...
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On this football language podcast for learners of English, we preview four of the groups from the 2022 World Cup: Groups E-H. Check out the preview for E-H here. You can read the transcript for this podcast below, there is also a worksheet, while you can also check out our glossary of footballing phrases here […]
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We look back at the opening game of the 2022 World Cup between hosts Qatar and Ecuador and explain the phrases ‘totally outplayed‘ and ‘on paper‘ which both came from the BBC report on the game. You can read the transcript for this podcast below, while you can also check out our glossary of footballing […]
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The 2022 World Cup has kicked off and hosts Qatar were well beaten by Ecuador 2-0 in the opening game.
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On this football language podcast for learners of English, we preview four of the groups from the 2022 World Cup: Groups A-D
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The 2022 World Cup is about to start and once again the Languagecaster team is organising a Predictions Competition.
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Fitness Concerns: On this football language podcast, we look ahead to the 2022 World Cup and at some of the players who may miss out...
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2022 World Cup Mexican Fan: On this football language podcast we hear more predictions for the 2022 World Cup; this time from a Mexican fan...
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Football Language Podcast: 2022 World Cup Predictions - Wales and Ecuador Fans: We hear from three fans and their predictions for the 2022 World Cup winners, flops, dark horses and Golden Boot
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In this football language podcast, we use a BBC report to discuss the phrases, 'against the run of play'; 'to edge'; 'to fall short' and...
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This week sees the hosting of the World Cup Draw and so in this post we explain the expression 'World Cup Draw'
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We look back at some of the language from the incredible World Cup play-off match between Italy and North Macedonia in which the European champions were knocked out of the World Cup by a side that has never played in a World Cup before.
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In this football language podcast we take a look at the upcoming play-off matches in CAF to determine the 5 African qualification spots
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World Cup 2022 - European Qualifiers: We look back at some of the drama from the European qualification matches for the 2022 World Cup...
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In this football language post we look at some of the words and phrases that emerged from the 2022 World Cup qualification matches that have been taking place over the past week.
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In this football language podcast we look at some of the words and phrases from the Guardian newspaper report on the 2022 World Cup qualifying match between Portugal and Ireland.
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In today's football language podcast we look at some of the words and phrases that emerged from the 2022 World Cup qualifier between England Poland, in particular we explain the phrases
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In this football language post we look at some of the words and phrases to describe the 2022 World Cup qualification process by looking at how teams from each region will qualify for the finals in Qatar.
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