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Our experts* accompany important sporting events and competitions and present their comments and opinions. The blogs are accompanied by language activities and you are invited to send in your comments. * Our blog writers are experts in teaching English as a foreign language. As far as sports are concerned, they are simply expert fans! |
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learnenglish premier league blog |
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| Join us each week during the football season for a look at all the Premier League action. Read the blog, do a language activity and send in a comment of your own. | |
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pom and aussie's ashes blog |
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| Whether you like cricket or not, enjoy the discussions each week for two months between Pom (an Englishman) and Aussie (an Australian) as they discuss the Ashes, considered by many to be the most important competition in world cricket. | |
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story: in my father's footsteps |
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| Today was a pilgrimage. Today – for Andy – was a day like going to Rome, or sick people to Lourdes, or the people walking to Santiago de Compostela, or even Mecca. But Andy is a different type of pilgrim ... Read and listen to story | |
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poem: if cricket had no wickets |
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| If Cricket Had No Wickets: this delightful little poem about an imaginary, upside-down world was written by LearnEnglish Kids site user Rachna from India. Read poem | |
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poem: the last hunt |
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| The Last Hunt: William Roscoe Thayer (“Paul Hermes”) describes how "twenty gallant gentleman rode out to hunt the deer" in very good spirits. Little did they know that it was to be their last hunt ... Read poem | |
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fever pitch |
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| This resource kit for teachers contains a range of materials to help students understand the context of the literature as well as the language and the works themselves. | |
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