In the PPT presentation below Julia Brown (Dilworth School) introduces a range of vocabulary for sport and leisure activities and some structures (including préférer, jouer à and faire de...) so that students can communicate about what they enjoy doing or not.
offers a good range of downloadable Thinking Skills lessons, based on a range Thinking Skills strategies. "Au centre sportif" (the first activity listed) is a reading activity requested students to reorder the phrases to fit the graph.
Soccerlingua is a project funded by the EC to promote language learning among young football fans. This site contains games and activities to make language learning fun. The developers hope football can be a window to new cultures and friendships for young people all around the world. The "Espace Jeux" offers 5 different clever activities which, while refering to soccer, cover themes such as numbers, descriptions, clothes, personal information, likes and dislikes etc. The site also teach general vocabulary as well as some great football phrases to help users chat to fans from other countries.
Tu aimes le sport? - The PPT below introduces words for sports and gender. It evolves to introduce "aimer" for students to say which sports they like. The presentation has a clear objective and offers vocabulary practice activities. Find out more resources on this theme at www.primaryresources.co.uk