SPORTS

TOPIC: SPORTS

SUB-TOPICS: News/sports (podcast), Favorite sportsperson (voiceover slideshow), Gender Inequality (fan letter),

CENTRAL IDEA: PRACTICE READING & LISTENING (receptive) and SPEAKING & WRITING (productive) ABOUT SPORTS

LEXICAL RESOURCES & KEY GRAMMAR: click for full list.

LANGUAGE LEVEL: B1/B2

BEFORE STARTING THE SPORTS UNIT, CHECK OUT ALTERNATIVE WAYS OF TASK COMPLETION, DEPENDING ON CHOSEN TOOLS.

Lesson 1-2

Sports podcast for report writing

Lesson 3-4-5

Favorite sportsperson

Lesson 6-7

Gender inequality in sports

Lesson 8

Comment on the Commentary

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21st century SKILLS

1. Critical thinking

2. Creativity

3. Collaboration

4. Communication

5. Information literacy

6. Media literacy

7. Technology literacy

8. Flexibility

9. Leadership

10. Initiative

11. Productivity

12. Social skills

LIFE SKILLS

Life skills students will hone in the SPORTS topic:

listening for sustained period of time (prep for college/university lectures)
listening to and understanding various accents in English
Cornell University note taking (prep for college/university)
practice applying critical thinking skills when researching and evaluating resources
awareness of diversity in perspectives, even in sports news and commentary
awareness of diversity of sports "fandom" based on cultural backgrounds
problem solving in advanced collaboration & technology literacy

REFLECTION

Whenever you FINISH the module (after any number of lessons), please ask your students to fill out a short reflection form, and there's one for yourself, too. It's located on Lesson 6-7-8 page.