Hi friends!
Today I
would like to share with all of you my enthusiasm for the extraordinary
discovery that I made some days ago. No, I didn’t find a new gold mine,
unfortunately… but, if culture matters, - why not? – I’ve found something even better.
Let me
explain, before you can think that I am getting crazy: you know already how
interested I am in football and how much I love the English language too.
Well, I was
surfing the Net, looking for some news
about the Premier League, when I suddenly found, by chance, an interesting link
to a fantastic site, that could be considered a real treasure, not only for me.
Have a look
at http://premierskillsenglish.britishcouncil.org
!
In 2007 the
British Council established a partnership with the Premier League (the most
exciting football league in the world) and developed a project called Premier Skills English, active in 25
countries across Asia, Africa and the Americas.
Premier
Skills English offers a lot of free resources online for learning English, all
with a football-based content from the Premier League.
Although
some materials teach “football English”, that is the specific language about
playing or watching this game (useful, for example, to train coaches and
referees), the initiative promotes also “general English” through football (the
subject of the lessons is related to football), as it would happen in any
language course: teachers and learners can find online learning activities and
materials to watch, listen and read.
What I
would like to underline is the fact that Premier
Skills English uses football as a tool to connect young people wherever
they are and, above all, to give them, including the weakest and most disadvantaged categories in society,
motivations and opportunities to become active in sports, better integrated
into their local communities and to develop the abilities they need for a
future employment.
Please feel
free to contact me if you have any questions about this topic.
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