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The 2010 Soccer World Cup - South Korea

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THE TAPESCRIPT

A team from Asia will win the World Cup one day. That team will probably be South Korea. We have been the best team in Asia for decades. We have been to the World Cup more often than any other Asian team. This will be our seventh World Cup appearance. So, this could be our year to bring the trophy back to Asia, and South Korea. We got to the semi-finals in 2002 and we can go a step further in South Africa. Park Ji-Sung will be the player to look for. He’s an important part of Manchester United’s team. But we don’t just have him. We have a lot of very skilful players who all play really well as a team. We are very strong in defence and help each other in attack. We will be very difficult to beat. I’m sure we can get through to the second round, and then the fun starts.

LISTENING GAP FILL

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CORRECT THE SPELLING

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UNJUMBLE THE WORDS

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 SOUTH KOREA SURVEY

Write five GOOD questions about South Korea’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.2.
Q.3.
Q.4.
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 South Korea’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 South Korea’s team. Talk about what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson.

3. MAGAZINE ARTICLE: Write a magazine article about South Korea. 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. SOUTH KOREA POSTER Make a poster about South Korea’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 SOUTH KOREA LESSON: Make your own English lesson on South Korea. 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 South Korea. Share your findings with the class

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