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      Olympic and Paralympic sports
      Submitted by TE Editor on 14 July, 2011 - 05:59

      In this lesson students learn the names of the Olympic and Paralympic sports in English, practise vocabulary, reading and speaking skills.

      Topic: Olympic and Paralympic sports

      Level: Elementary CEFR A2 (Teenage and adult)

      Timing: 60 minutes

      Aims:

      • To practise the vocabulary of Olympic and Paralympic sports disciplines, and common sports collocations.


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      Lesson plan: download

      Worksheet 1: download

      Worksheet 2: download

      Worksheet 3: download

      By Simon Manners

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      Sally Trowbridge's picture
      Sally Trowbridge
      TE Team
      Olympic sports flash cards
      Submitted on 30 September, 2011 - 12:59

      This is a great lesson to get in the mood for the 2012 London Olympics! There are some Olympic sports flash cards on LearnEnglish Kids that you could also use to practise Olympics vocab: http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/worksheets/olympic-sports-flashcards

      dxplorer's picture
      dxplorer
      The number of Olympic sports?
      Submitted on 22 April, 2012 - 09:58

      I'm about to use this lesson plan - I really like it, but there's something missing: The first question of the reading comprehension is "How many Olympic sports are there?" I'm puzzled. The lesson plan says that there ate 26 Olympic and 20 Paralympic sports. That's not mention in the text. What is mentioned is that there are 39 Olympic sports disciplines and 47 events... Wikipedia says there are 44 Olympic sports...

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      dxplorer
      The number of Olympic sports?
      Submitted on 22 April, 2012 - 09:59

      There are 39 listed in the lesson plan too...

      Victoria Kamchatka's picture
      Victoria Kamchatka
      First of all, thanks for the
      Submitted on 25 April, 2012 - 10:44

      First of all, thanks for the great resource and flashcards on the Olympics. I had used it today at the lesson. I encountered some problems as well. The second handout says that "relay" is "to throw a ball over a net, but sitting in a chair?" Are you sure about this? Isn't it wheelchair volleyball?

      Sally Trowbridge's picture
      Sally Trowbridge
      TE Team
      Thanks!
      Submitted on 30 April, 2012 - 11:14

      Hi dxplorer and Victoria,

      I'm going to investigate and we'll get the problems fixed very soon. Thanks very much for drawing our attention to these issues : )

      Sally

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      Sally Trowbridge
      TE Team
      Olympic sports
      Submitted on 2 May, 2012 - 11:56

      This lesson is good to use now. Hope you and your students enjoy it!