Lesson plans, worksheets and online activities

• How much do you know about football quiz :

  http://english-language.webpark.pl/football.html

• Brush up your football vocabulary with this online drag-and-drop activity!

  http://www.macmillandictionary.com/gamefootball.htm

• More Football vocabulary quizzes:

  http://www.stclaresoxfordonline.fsworld.co.uk/pages/langprac/footballvocab.htm

  http://www.anglik.net/football.htm

• Football verbs :

  http://www.britishcouncil.org/learnenglish-central-word-games-archive.htm

• Football crosswords :

  http://www.vocabulary.com/footballCW.html

• The European championship 2004 : vocabulary, grammar, etc.

  http://www.ac-nancy-metz.fr/enseign/anglais/Henry/championship04.doc

  http://www.ac-nancy-metz.fr/enseign/anglais/Henry/euro2004bis.doc

• Football webquest : "Your task today is to gain a better knowledge of the various aspects of soccer. Upon completion you will be well equipped with the knowledge to become a Mia Hamm, Ronaldo or your own local star ! We are really excited you have come to see our webquest today, enjoy your stay !"

  http://academics.uww.edu/cni/webquest/Fall02/soccer/

• Bend it like Beckham

  http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/download/britlit/bendit/bendit.shtml

• Vidéo : "6.01 News :Gareth O’Connor reports on the decision on the 2006 World Cup finals" :

  http://www.rte.ie/news/2000/0706/sport.html

• Worksheets for football players

  http://eteamz.active.com/mandansoccer/handouts/

• Quiz sur le site du Daily Mail:

  could you be a football manager?

  England's red card history

  Euro 2004 quiz

• A reading activity + questions on onestopenglish.com

- Connect to the list of qualified teams for the 2006 World Cup, and find the equivalent nationality adjective for each country.

http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/t/team/qualified.html

Then , make up sentences using the name of the country and the nationality adjective as in this example: "France is qualified for the world cup, Zidane is the best French player."

- What do you think of the slogan chosen by Germany ? Justify.

http://www.muenchen.de/Rathaus/raw/fifa_world_cup/84470/

- How much does your ticket cost : choose three games you would like to see : what is the price range for each match? What is the cheapest price you can get for three games ?

http://www.globalticketservice.com/eventlist.asp ?event=Sports&mainevent=World%20cup%202006

- Match schedule for 2006 World Cup

http://eur.i1.yimg.com/eur.yimg.com/i/eu/fifa/06en.pdf

Make up sentences using the match schedule (in the future or in the past, depending on whether you are doing this activity before or after the match), then say something about the score, as in the exemple :

"France will play against Germany on June 14th, 2006, and I think France will win" or "Germany played against France on June 14th 2006 and Germany won"

- Fifa World Cup- the origin : Complete the grid adding a line at the bootom for the World Cup 2006

http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/releases/en/fwc_origin_en.pdf

- Article from The Guardian :"Fans spend £300m on seats at new Wembley" + pair-work activities

http://antice.apinc.org/docs/fanswembley.doc

 

• Official FIFA website

  http://www.fifa.com/en/index.html

• 2006 World Cup information

  http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en

• EFL football (early history till 1982)

  http://www.gradedreading.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/eflfootballhisto.html

• A great resource site with articles, interviews, and much more that can be used with efl/esl students

  http://www.britishcouncil.org/japan-sport-footballculture.htm

• The International Football Hall of Fame – is your favourite player here?

  http://www.ifhof.com/hof/halloffame.asp

• A couple of sites dedicated to World Cup history.

  http://www.sportingnews.com/archives/worldcup/1930.html

  http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport3/worldcup2002/hi/history/default.stm

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