Using Sports Communication in the English Classroom

• Activity 1 Introducing Sports Communication
• Activity 2 Activating Prior Knowledge
  1. ‘What We Know’ Word Web
  2. Sports Idioms in Everyday English
  3. Olympic Games Crossword

Supporting materials for Unit 1

Worksheets

• Activity 1 Worksheet 1: Introducing Sports Communication – Response Sheet
• Activity 2 (b) Worksheet 1: Sports Idioms in Everyday English
  • Answer Key

• Activity 1 Introducing Sports Articles
• Activity 2 Identifying the Structure and Language Features of a Sports Article
• Activity 3 Expanding Sports-related Vocabulary
• Activity 4 Planning a Sports Article
• Activity 5 Writing a Sports Article
• Activity 6 Creating an Effective Title for a Sports Article

Supporting materials for Unit 2

Handouts

• Activity 5 Handout 1: Writing a Sports Article

Worksheets

• Activity 2 Worksheet 1: Identifying the Structure and Language Features of a Sports Article
  • Answer Key
• Activity 3 Worksheet 1: Expanding Sports-related Vocabulary
• Activity 4 Worksheet 1: Planning a Sports Article

Teacher Notes

• Activity 2 Teacher Notes: Identifying the Structure and Language Features of a Sports Article
• Activity 4 Teacher Notes: Planning a Sports Article

Assessment Form

• Activity 5 Assessment Form

• Activity 1 Identifying a Sports Personality
• Activity 2 Setting the Task Requirements
• Activity 3 Paraphrasing Technical Language
• Activity 4 Paraphrasing Card Game
• Activity 5 Preparing for an Interview
  1. Categorising Information
  2. Revising Question Forms
  3. Preparing Prompt Cards
• Activity 6 Conducting an Interview

Supporting materials for Unit 3 

Handouts

• Activity 2 Handout 1: Setting the Task Requirements

Worksheets

• Activity 3 Worksheet 1: Paraphrasing Technical Language
• Activity 5 (a) Worksheet 1: Categorising Information
• Activity 5 (b) Worksheet 1: Revising Question Forms

Game Cards

• Activity 4 Game Cards: Paraphrasing Word Cards
• Activity 4 Teacher’s Guide: Paraphrasing Card Game

Assessment Form

• Activity 6 Assessment Form

• Activity 1 Understanding the Process of Conducting a Survey
• Activity 2 Trialling the Survey Questions
• Activity 3 Planning and Conducting a Survey
  1. Describe the Background
  2. Develop a Research Question
  3. Write the Survey Questions
  4. Trial the Survey Questions
  5. Design a Questionnaire
  6. Administer the Questionnaire
• Activity 4 Tabulating and Interpreting the Data
• Activity 5 Reporting Survey Results
• Activity 6 Presenting the Survey Report

Supporting materials for Unit 4

Handouts

• Activity 3 Handout 1: Questionnaire Exemplar
• Activity 4 Handout 1: Data Tabulation Exemplar
• Activity 5 Handout 1: Reporting Findings

Worksheets

• Activity 1 Worksheet 1: Understanding the Process of Conducting a Survey
  • Answer Key
• Activity 2 Worksheet 1: Trialling the Survey Questions
  • Answer Key
• Activity 4 Worksheet 1: Interpreting the Data

Audio Tapescript

• Activity 1 Audio Understanding the Process of Conducting a Survey
• Activity 1 Tapescript Understanding the Process of Conducting a Survey

Assessment Form

• Activity 5 Assessment Form

• Activity 1 What is a Fan?
• Activity 2 Exploring a fan Page
• Activity 3 Profiling an Athlete
  1. Identifying the Information in a Profile
  2. Identifying the Tone of a Profile
• Activity 4 Creating a fan Page

Supporting materials for Unit 5 

Worksheets

• Activity 2 Worksheet 1: Exploring a Fan Page
• Activity 3 Worksheet 1: Profile of an Athlete
  • Answer Key
• Activity 3 Worksheet 2: The Tone of a Profile
• Activity 4 Worksheet 1: Planning a Fan Page

Assessment Form

• Activity 4 Assessment Form

• Activity 1 Introducing the Purpose of Product Reviews
• Activity 2 Identifying the Structure of a Product Review
• Activity 3 The Language of Product Reviews: Complexity of Structure and Use of Technical Terms
• Activity 4 Evaluating a Product review
• Activity 5 The Language of Product Reviews: Being Objective
• Activity 6 Writing a Sports Product Review

Supporting materials for Unit 6

Handouts

• Activity 2 Handout 1: Identifying the Structure of a Product Review
  • Answer key

Worksheets

• Activity 3 Worksheet 1: The Language of Sports Product Reviews
  • Answer key
• Activity 4 Worksheet 1: Evaluating a Sports Review
  • Answer key
• Activity 5 Worksheet 1: The Language of Sports Product Reviews
  • Answer key

Assessment Form

• Activity 6 Assessment Form

• Activity 1 Rapid-fire Card Matching
• Activity 2 Come on – Ask me!
• Activity 3 What does it Mean?
• Activity 4 What is in the Survey?
• Activity 5 Call the Editor!
• Activity 6 Slick Pitch
• Activity 7 I’m Hearing You!

Supporting materials for Unit 7

Worksheets

• Event 2 Worksheet 1: Come on – Ask me!
• Event 3 Worksheet 1: What does it Mean?
  • Answer key
• Event 4 Worksheet 1: What is in the Survey?
  • Answer key
• Event 5 Worksheet 1: Call the Editor!
  • Answer key
• Event 7 Worksheet 1: I’m Hearing You!
  • ​Answer key

Game Cards

• Event 1 Game Cards: Rapid-fire Card Matching
  • Answer key

Audio Tapescript

• Event 7 Audio I’m Hearing You!
• Event 7 Tapescript I’m Hearing You!

Assessment Form

• Event 6 Assessment Form