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
Day 9 of the 2022 World Cup and Cameroon and Serbia had a cracker. We look at a football phrase from the game, 'scoop shot'.
In this football language post we look at the newspaper headline from the Mirror newspaper,'St George 3 Dragons 0' after England's 3-0...
Today's World Cup language podcast looks at some language to describe a goal scored by Morocco against Belgium from an inswinging free kick.
This World Cup language podcast looks back at day 7 of the tournament and at the moment of magic from Leo Messi as he helped Argentina to...
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...
In this World Cup newspaper headline from the Guardian newspaper, 'Football 0 Soccer 0' after the USA and England drew 0-0...
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'.
Scissor kick: 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 football language post we look at the newspaper headline from the Guardian newspaper,'Brazil have liftoff thanks to Richarlison'
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...
Thumping Strike - This is a short teaching / learning activity based on listening and a football phrase from the World Cup - thumping...
Thumping Strike: Day 4 of World Cup 2022 and explain the language describing the Japanese goal including the words, 'tight angle';...
Languagecaster Predictions Day 4: Japan Shock Germany and Spain Thrash Costa Rica - Yet more shocks as Japan come from behind to beat...
In this football language newspaper headline, we look at the expression, 'Saudi Stunner: Argentina Floored in Seismic Shock'
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...
This is a short teaching / learning activity based on listening and the One Love armband story in the World Cup news.
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...
Day 2 of the World Cup and we explain the classic football cliche, 'a game of two halves' from the USA vs Wales game
In this football language newspaper headline from the i-newspaper, we look at the expression,'One Love on the Pitch but Disharmony off it'...
Languagecaster Predictions: Day 2 England v Iran & Netherlands v Senegal - Day two of the 2022 World Cup with six teams playing their...
On this football language podcast for learners of English, we preview four of the groups from the 2022 World Cup: Groups E-H.
Newspaper Headlines: England Rocked by Armband Farce - we look at the controversy around the 'One Love' rainbow armband
We look back at the opening game of the 2022 World Cup between hosts Qatar and Ecuador to explain the phrases 'totally outplayed' & 'on...
The 2022 World Cup has kicked off and hosts Qatar were well beaten by Ecuador 2-0 in the opening game.
On this football language podcast for learners of English, we preview four of the groups from the 2022 World Cup: Groups A-D
The 2022 World Cup is about to start and once again the Languagecaster team is organising a Predictions Competition.
1986 World Cup Quarter final: France vs Brazil In this podcast we lookA back at one of the greatest matches in World Cup history...
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...
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...
Football Language Podcast: 2022 World Cup Predictions - Wales and Ecuador Fans: We hear from three fans and their predictions for the 2022...