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The British Council and Barclays Premier League give you the chance to communicate in two of the world’s global languages – English and football.
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"First of all is football - second is learning English" (Petr Cech)
The Barclays Premier League is home to more than 300 football players from all over the world, whose first language is not English. We asked some of them about their experiences of learning a new language and living in the United Kingdom.

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