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jueves, 26 de agosto de 2010

HOW DO YOU LEARN ENGLISH?. FOREIGN FOOTBALLERS IN THE PREMIER LEAGUE.

Listen to some foreign players from the UK Premier League.
Find out how they learnt English and how they felt living in a different country.

Player interviews Premier Skills
http://premierskills.britishcouncil.org/fans-uk/content/whats-best-way-learn-english





Listen to the following video and try to summarize what the players say about the best thing of learning English and the advice they give to foreign player coming to England
http://www.viddler.com/BCpremierskills/videos/61/
http://www.viddler.com/BCpremierskills/videos/57/

25 comentarios:

Andrés dijo...

Petr Cech:
His typical day starts about 8 8.30. He usually gets up about 8.30, and he has breakfast at home or he has got some breakfast in the training ground. Depending on the morning, he can gets up half hour later.

Ivar Ingimarsson:
He gets up at 9.45 to be ready for the training that starts at 10.30 . When it ends he prepares for the travelling of next day, as well each week to get ready for the match.

Drogba:
He comes early to the training ground to do some /treatments/ (que no se qe significa).
In the afternoon he picks up his son at school and after that the stay together at home and he tries to help him doing the homework.

Mido:
He goes training in the morning. They sometimes finish at 2 or if they have double session they finish a little bit later. After, he goes back home to stay with his wife and son which is the most important thing in the day.

Sun Jihai:
He goes to the training ground walking hard as he can. He spent the day off on his family, sometimes traveling or sometimes staying at home enjoy the life at home.

mario villa dijo...

Petr: his day stars arround 8.30 he has a breakfast abour 9.00 and after that, he goes to the training. but all oh this depends that he does at the morning

ivar: his perfect day is like today. he have the ask reporter from 9.00 to 10.15 and then he prepares for the next game. his training stars at 11.30

drogba: comming early to the training ground. on afternoon he goes son`s school.

mido: he goes to the training and he finish at 14.00, but sometimes they have a double session. and after that, he baks to his houme and spent the time staing with his family, his wife and his son, who are the mos important persons in his life. and that is the most important thing thas he does in the day

BE dijo...

thanks for your comments boys. Andrés you are right. Your summary is quite good. When you write about the treatments you say you don´t know what it means. It refers to a massage and this type of things. If they are injured they may need a massage or going to the doctor, etc. WELL DONE!!

Mario you have not some of the player´s opinions but your summary is ok as well. Pay attention to some mistakes in the structures but in general it is ok. Good try, well done!

Unknown dijo...

CECH:he gets up at 8:30 and if he wants breakfast at home or if he needs some treatment before the training sesion he leaves home and he has some breakfast in the training ground but it depends of the day.

IVAR:his perfect day its like today.
the training stars at 10:30 then you go into the countil and there´s more resting for tomorrow

DROGBA:comming early to the training round to do some treatment and in the afternoon he goes to pick up his childrens and he helps his childrens to do the homework.

MIDO: He goes to trainig and they finish sometimes 14:00 and sometimes they have double sesions, then he goes back to home with his wife and his son

SUN JIHAI:in the day off he spends the day with his family sometimes traveling or he stay home enyoing the life at home.

BE dijo...

hi, pablo. Well done. i see you have understood most of it. Your summary is good.
pay attention to some mistakes like "childrens" or "depend of".

Alex dijo...

Petr Cech: He usually gets up about half past eight, and he can breakfast at home or in the training ground. He hasn´t anything to do at mornings, and there are some morning that he can gets up at nine o´clock
Drogba: He go early to the training ground and then in the afternoon he go to his son´s school and then stay at home for do the homework.
Mido: He have to training at the morning, and he usually finish at two or even(if he has double session) finish a little more later. Then, he go at home to stay with his wife and his son, and spend all day with their, because they are the most important in his life a day.
Jihai: He goes to the training ground ¿walking?. He stay whit his family. (I don’t understand any much)
Ivar Ingimarsson: I don´t undestund this men, I only know that he wake up at a quarter to nine.

Unknown dijo...

Petr Cech: His typical day starts about 8,8.30 because he usually get up about 8.30. He has breakfastat at home or if he needs treatment before the training sesion about 9.00. He leaves his house and he has some breakfast in the trainig ground but it depends if he doesn´t need tretmet he wokes up later.

Ivar: His perfect day is like today. He gets up at 9.45 and the training stars at 10.30. After that he prepares for the match.

Didier: He arrives early to the training ground. In the afternoon he goes to picks up his children at school and he tries to help them to do their homework.

Mido: He goes to training in the morning. Sometimes they have double session. Then he goes back home and he stays with his family(his son and his wife) because that´s the more important.

Sun: When he has a day off, he spends the day with his family. Sometimes they travelling somewhere visit friends or he plays with his chidren.

Anónimo dijo...

Petr Cech- His typical day starts about 8, 8:30 because he gets up about 8:30 and if he hasn’t time for breakfast or if he needs some treatments before the training session, He’s living his house about nine o’clock and have some breakfast at the training ground. But it depends what he’s going to do in the morning, sometimes if he doesn’t need any treatment he wakes up later and comes about half hour later.

Ivar Ingimarsson-Like this day, they have to report in about 9:45, He has to do some things /That I haven’t understand, is like something of “Few “”tapes”” of a “”pathing”” for next game”, I don’t know what it means/ before the training which starts at 10:30. Later he goes into the “countil” /I don’t understand what it means, and before he says something about “As the usual “”pets”””/ in which he gets some few “line”. Finally he rests for tomorrow, travelling for tomorrow and as every week he gets ready for a match.

Drogba-He goes to the training ground at 8 o’clock to do some treatment and training with the team mates. /After He says something about the “treatment room because they need “something” of a lot of games and they need to know it quickly, I’m not sure/ And in the afternoon He goes to pick up they child at school and then they stay together and he tries to help they to do the homework.

Mido-He comes to training very soon in the morning. Sometimes, they finish later the training because they have double session. Then he do the most important thing in the day, He goes back to home, stay with his family, his son and his wife.

Sun Jihai-/I don’t understand him very well at the beginning/ He comes walking as hard he can to the training, but in a day of he spend time with his family, travelling, visiting his friends, or stay at home and enjoying the life at home.

Patricia dijo...

Petr Cech: his typical day starts at 8 or 8.30, if he doesn't have breakfast at home because he has to go to train he leave shome at 9, and if he doesn't have to go very far to train he wakes up one hour later

Ivar Ingimarsson: he explains that day, they were watching some tapes for the next game at 9.45 and they started training at 10.30 then they rested for tomorrow because they're travelling

Didier Drogba: he says that he comes early to the traing ground, they train and in the afternoons he goe sto pick uo his child at school then they stay together and he tries to help him to do the homework

Mido: he goes to training in the mornings then they finish if the don't have double sessions, then he goe sback home and stays with his son and wis wife and that is the most important thing in the day

Sun Jihai: he has to be training and if he has a day off he spends time with his family or go out with friends or they just enjoy being at home

sara dijo...
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sara dijo...

PETR CECH:
He gets up at 8:30, he breakfast and after, he goes to training at 9. But when he can gets up half an hour later.

IVAR INGIMARSSON:
He gets up at 9:45. The training starts at 10:30. And he prepares for the next day.

DIDIER DROGBA:
The training comes early to get treatment. Then he picks up her son from school and he helps with homework.

MIDO:
He trains in the morning. Sometimes they have double session. Then he returns home to be with his wife and son.

SUN JIHAI:
He has to been training. The free day passes with his family, he goes out with friends at home he enjoys.

GIAN CARLO dijo...

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cristina dijo...

1.What did you find most challenging about learning English?

-ivar ingimarsson: learn new words and spell new words is more difficult than speak.

-petr cech: is understand the news paper because is the proper english and sometimes you can´t find the words you don´t understand.

-dirk kuyt: is the accent because is different at the liverpool .

-mido: he think that the most difficult is the pronounce about english .

-sun jihai: some words you can´t found out of the dictionary .

2.What advice would you give to a foreign player coming to the UK?

-petr cech: you need learning english and speak well because when you learn the languaje you can find friends and you find your life easy .

-gilberto: you can try to learn the language because is important if you want to live here for a long time , you can find many different cultures and enjoy because no just is come here and get money , is to have the opportunity to live in a great country.

-didier drogba: the player who come here must learn english if want to understand the people .

-dirk kuyt: is good have english friends.

-sun jihai: you need confidence for the life , for the football and you need learn the languaje because you can find a good friend who you trust.

-ivar ingimarsson: learn all the english as possible to understand people.

Maribel dijo...

KUYT:have English friends to improve your English.DROGBA:to understand when people speak English have to learn English well.IVAR IGNONSSON:learn English every effort to understand people.JIHAI:if you learn English and have good English friends is better.CHECH:if you learn the language well you'll have an easier life.MIDO:the most difficult is the pronunciation.GILBERTO:with a good level of language will learn the culture and customs

Anónimo dijo...

1-What did you find most challenging about learning English?
IVAR INGIMARSSON: For him the most challenging is getting and spelling the new words.
PETR CECH: For him the most challenging is understand words and expressions of the newspapers because he say that is a different english.
DIRK KUYT: For him the most difficult is the accent.
MIDO: For him the most difficult is pronounce the words because he thinks that a lot of people can speak english but with a wrong pronounce and accent.
SUN JIHAI: He thinks that the most difficult is know the meaning about words that you can't find in a dictionary.
2-What advice would you give to a foreign player coming to the UK?
PETR CECH: Speak english very well because you will find friends and your life will look easier.
GILBERTO: He says that try to learn the languaje
DIDIER DROGBA: He says that is important to understand to the people.
DIRK KUYT: He think that is important talk with English friends that are around you.
SUN JIHAI: Find a good friend who you can trust.
IVAR INGIMARSSON: learn all the english
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Anónimo dijo...

WHAT DID YOU FIND MOST CHALLENGING ABOUT LEARNING ENGLISH?
-Ivar: for him was getting hang of new words and to follow the spelling of London accent speakers.
-Petr: for him was to undrestand the news paper because de writing is different and many times he don't understand words.Was also to know the means of many xpressions.
-Dirk: for him was to understand Liverpool accent.
-Mido: for him was the pronunciation of words and to understand the accent of people
-Sun: for him was to understand some words because many times he dont find out in dictionari and he dont know their means.

WHAT ADVICE WOULD YOU GIVE TO A FOREING PLAYER LEARNING TO THE UK?
-Petr: his advice is that they need to learnd English, speak well and understand the accent because of this way their life will be easier
-Gilberto: he says that they have to try learnd the language because that guarantees them to life for a long time in the country and to know differents cultures.
-Didier: his advice is that they really want to speak English for that in other countries people can understand them.
-Dirk: he says that they seek help from their team matters because of that way their matters can teach them and they can do new friend around to them.
-Sun: his advice is that they need to be confident, learnd English as well and have friends they ca rely on.
-Ivar: he says that they needto learnd English for that people can understand them.

LOS ATRAPAZETAS dijo...

1.What did you find most challenging about learning English?

.Ivar ingimarsson: Learning new words and write these words.

.Petr Cech: Understand the newspapers,
because they are written differently in English. Different expressions.

.Dirk Kuyt: The accent when speaking.

.Mido: The pronunciation of the words.

.Sun Jihai: All words that are not in the dictionary.

2.What advice would you give to a foreign player coming to the UK?

.Petr Cech: Know English well, more easily and sociability.

.Gilberto: Learn the language well, for live in the country and enjoy all.

.Didier Drogba: Have studies from English, to understand all people and to interact with them.

.Dirk Kuyt: Have friends in England, able to speak with them in English.

.Sun Jihai: Know English and be able to have everything you need,in the friendship, in football...

.Ivar Ingimarsson: Learn all the English as possible to do everything.

Lorena dijo...

WHAT DID YOU FIND MOST CHALLENGING ABOUT LEARNING ENGLISH?

-Ivan inigimarsson: For this player, was learning new words and the spelling

-petr cech: read the newspaper,and sometime he find the words.The words to learn is the expressions.

-Dirk Kuyt:The most difficult to learn is the accent.

-Mido: the pronunciation.

-Sun Jihai: sometimes,the words are not in the dictionary.



2-What advice would you give to a foreign player coming to the UK?

-Petr cech: when the players come to the UK they don't speak english.

-Gilberto:Learn the lenguage,because is very important if you live here for a long time.

-Didier Drogba:Learn english because if you don't speak english, you don't understand the people.

-Dirk Kuyt: yo need help from people around you,in the club,and is also good to have a English friend.

-Sun Jihai: you need the learn English, and the most important thing is a good friend.

-Ivar Inigimarsson:

Ivan Vasilev dijo...

WHAT DID YOU FIND MOST CHALLENGING ABOUT LEARNING ENGLISH?
-Spelling of the words, reading everything for exaple the newspaper, the english expressions because you can't translate them to your language, the accent, the pronunciation and the different meanings of the words.

What advice would you give to a foreign player coming to the UK?
-Learn english as soon as possible and speak with people to make friends.
-Respect the english way of life.
-Enjoy everything of the new culture.

Antonio Vaz dijo...

What did you find most challenging abount English?

1.- Ivan inigimarsson: Learning new words and spelling of the words.

2.- Petr Cech : Read newspaoer and understand words and expresions.

3.- Dirk Kuyt: the most difficult is the accent.

4.- Mido: the pronounce of the words.

5.- Sun jihai: not all the words are in the dictionary.


What advice would you give to a foreign player coming to the UK?

1.- Petr cech: Speak and understand well because your life will more easier.

2.- Gilberto: Lear the language well for adapt more fast.

3.- Didier Drogba: Lear english because if you don´t know english you will don´t understand at the people of the country.

4.- Dirk Kuyt: you need help od the people around you becouse the beggining is very hard.

5.- Sun jihai: you need confidence for the life, for the football and you need learn the languaje for find a good friend.

6.- Ivan inigimarsson: lears all the english as possible.

Anónimo dijo...

1-What did you find most challenging about learning English?
Ivar Ingimarsson- Learning and spelling new words.
Petr Cech- Understanding words and expressions of the newspapers because he says that is a different english.
Dirk Kuyt- The accent.
Mido-To pronounce the words.
Sun Jihai- To know the meaning of the words that you can't find in a dictionary.

2-What advice would you give to a foreign player coming to the UK?
Petr Cech- Speaking english to make your life easier.
Gilberto- Try to learn to language.
Didier Drogba- Try to understand people.
Dirt Kuyt- Speaking english with friends.
Sun Jihai- Learn the language to find a good friend to trust.
Ivar Ingimarsson- Learn all the english you can.

Unknown dijo...

MOST 1.What did you find challenging about Learning English?

. Ivar Ingimarsson: Learning new words and write These Words.

. Petr Cech: Understand the newspapers,
Differently Because They are written in English. Different expressions.

. Dirk Kuyt: The Accent When speaking.

. Mido: The pronunciation of the words.

. Sun Jihai: All Words That are not in the dictionary.

2.What advice would you give to a foreign player coming to the UK?

. Petr Cech: Know English well, more Easily and sociability.

. Gilberto: Learn the language to play well in the field
. Didier Drogba: Have studies from English, to understand all people and to Interact with them.

. Dirk Kuyt: Have friends in England, Able to Speak With them in English.

. Sun Jihai: Know and Be Able to English have everything you need, in the friendship, in football ...

. Ivar Ingimarsson: Learn English