Premier Skills

Premier Skills Global Website

Premier Skills

Combining the best of football coaching with English learning

Overview

This exciting project is a collaboration between the Premier League and the British Council. There are two elements in this project.

In the sports element, 44 coaches and physical education teachers from Hong Kong will be trained in cutting-edge coaching, nutrition and aspects of community-building. For 6 days, 4 Premier League coaches will put these trainees through the pace of world-class football coaching.

Running concurrently is the English element of the project. English learning materials have been created to enhance English learning through football. Complementing this is a website with frequently updated contents on the Premier League: http://premierskills.britishcouncil.org/

The Premier Skills has so far touched the lives of 1,000 coaches, 25,000 teachers and 2 million learners of English in more than 15 countries. In the China region, this project will be running in three other cities: Beijing, Shanghai and Dalian from May – August 2009.

Objectives of this Project

I.     To enhance the coaching skills of participants and to equip them for
community-building. 
II.     To increase the interest of English learning through football. 

How you could participate

I. 

Teachers of English

Log on to this website to obtain more ideas on English teaching
through football:
http://premierskills.britishcouncil.org/teachers2/community.
In addition, you could join the English Language Teachers (ELT)
network to receive news about complimentary evening talks at
the British Council. The link is:
http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/group/china .

II. 

Parents and students

Learn English, take challenging tests on football, watch videos and
interviews on Premier League players all in one website.
For further information, click on this link:
http://premierskills.britishcouncil.org/

Local Partners and Supporting Organisations

Education Bureau
Hong Kong Football Association
The Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups
The Chinese University of Hong Kong

http://www.edb.gov.hk/   http://www.u21.hk/u21_2006/   http://www.peu.cuhk.edu.hk/index_e.htm  

Media Partner

http://www.now-tv.com/

Enquiries

If you are interested, please write to us through the following e-mail address: PremierSkills@britishcouncil.org.hk or call 29135176

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