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Introduction to sports vocabulary (Olympics)

Posted by: Cindy Sawyer Mollard

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I have quite a few Olympics resources to share. I am sharing in an Insta linked here: https://www.instagram.com/jeuxteacholympiques/?hl=en I’m providing links to activities through Insta and my goal is to link activities here too.

Introduction to sports vocabulary through infographic (sporttricolore, 2022 survey of registered athletes) on the top 10 sports to French people and Olympic pictograms.

Varied activities and springboard activities:

Match vocab to pictograms

Decide order of top 3 sports– pictograms provided

Comprehension questions based on infographic

Draw/ create your own pictograms from provided sports vocab- promotes recognition of cognates and visual interpretation

  • Lesson
  • Novice
  • Could be used by anyone
  • Not grammar-based
  • Sports and activities | Sports et activités
  • Social organization | Organisation sociale
  • Identity | L’identité
  • Presentation (PowerPoint, Google Slides)
  • I attest that this is true
Related tags:
Identities | Identités Social organization | Organisation sociale Identity | Identité

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