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The 2010 Soccer World Cup - England

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I’m absolutely positive this will be England’s year. Fabio Capello is such a great manager. He has put together a really good team. England is already one of the favourites to win. The last time they lifted the trophy was in 1966. They beat Germany 4-2 in the final. I know this team can also win. There are so many good players and they all play so well together. Wayne Rooney is on fire at the moment. He can’t stop scoring goals for his club Manchester United. There are also so many other world class players in the team and they can all score goals. They shouldn’t have much trouble getting through their group. They are in Group C with the USA, Slovenia and Algeria. I can’t see any of those teams troubling England too much. I really think England will score lots of goals.

LISTENING GAP FILL

_____________________ this will be England’s year. Fabio Capello is such a great manager. He has put together _____________________. England is already one of the favourites to win. The _____________________ the trophy was in 1966. They beat Germany 4-2 in the final. I know this team can also win. There are so many good players _____________________ well together. Wayne Rooney is on fire at the moment. He _____________________ for his club Manchester United. There are also so many other world class players in the team and they can all score goals. They shouldn’t _____________________ getting through their group. They are in Group C with the USA, Slovenia and Algeria. _____________________ those teams troubling England too much. I really think England _____________________.

CORRECT THE SPELLING

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UNJUMBLE THE WORDS

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DISCUSSION (Write your own questions)

STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)
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STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)
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TEAM ENGLAND SURVEY

Write five GOOD questions about England’s team in the table. Do this in pairs. Each student must write the questions on his / her own paper.

When you have finished, interview other students. Write down their answers.

	STUDENT 1 _____________	STUDENT 2 _____________	STUDENT 3 _____________
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Q.5.

Now return to your original partner and share and talk about what you found out. Change partners often.
Make mini-presentations to other groups on your findings.

WRITING

Write about England’s team for 10 minutes. Show your partner your paper. Correct each other’s work.

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HOMEWORK

1. VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Choose several of the words from the text. Use a dictionary or Google’s search field (or another search engine) to build up more associations / collocations of each word.

2. INTERNET INFO: Search the Internet and find more information about England’s team. Talk about what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson.

3. MAGAZINE ARTICLE: Write a magazine article about England. How will they do in the 2010 World Cup? Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Give each other feedback on your articles.

4. ENGLAND POSTER Make a poster about England’s team. Include profiles of the star players. Show it to your classmates in the next lesson. Give each other feedback on your posters.

5. MY ENGLAND LESSON: Make your own English lesson on England. Make sure there is a good mix of things to do. Find some good online activities. Teach the class / another group when you have finished.

6. ONLINE SHARING: Use your blog, wiki, Facebook page, MySpace page, Twitter stream, Del-icio-us / StumbleUpon account, or any other social media tool to get opinions on England. Share your findings with the class.

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