To be or not to be a Footie fan?

Even if you're not a footie fan, this summer's World Cup can kick off some memorable lessons.
Do you know Zakumi? ?? Zakumi (born 16 June 1994 (1994-06-16) (age 15)) is the Official Mascot for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. He is an anthropomorphised leopard with green hair, presented on 22 September 2008. His name comes from "ZA", the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code for South Africa, and "kumi", a word that means ten in various African languages.
The green and yellow (gold) colours of the character match the colours used in South African sport uniforms and can also be seen in the South Africa national football team's kit.

Are you a Footie fan? I consider myself a footie fan!!!!!!but if you don't, may be your pupils yes. Anyway do you know that the World Cup is a wonderful event to teach them countries, nationalities, traditions, history , vocabulary, art design, music and more ?

We, as "teachers", can use the tournament as a vehicle to drive pupils' learning in a wide range of curriculum areas.

Surfing the web I found you wonderful sites to learn about one of the most beautiful sports in the world "football".

Here you can find motivated activities to give to your students and learn a lot with them

BBC world service

Football vocabulary

Football History, Voacabulary and Quiz

World Cup activities

And if you like to make your own activities Click on the mascot , and you can find more information about the world cup including a trail of Zakumi , the video and Lyrics of the World Cup song to work with your pupils

Football

Are you a footie fan?

When and where exactly did football start? it is a question that has no precise answer to it. You can easily say that this popular game has been played for more than three thousand years. The nativity of modern-day soccer must be credited to Britain. It was also known as the association football, with Scotland and England being the co-founders of the systematic game of soccer.

Modern History of Soccer: 18th Century onwards

In 1815, a major development took place that made soccer popular in Universities, Colleges and Schools. The popular English School and Eton College came forth with a set of rules, known as the Cambridge Rules. Football was segregated into two groups; some colleges and schools opted for Rugby rules that allowed tripping, shin kicking and also carrying the ball. These rules were exclusively prohibited as per the Cambridge rules.

The history of modern-day soccer was established in 1863. In October 1863, eleven representatives from London clubs and schools met at the Freemason�s Tavern to set up common fundamental rules to control the matches amongst themselves.
Firmly establishing the foundation of soccer in 1869, the Football Association strictly banned any kind of handling of the ball. Soccer�s popularity spread rapidly during the 1800s as British sailors, traders and soldiers introduced the sport to different parts of the globe.

Italians, Austrians and Germans drew to Europe, while Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil adopted the sport in South America. FIFA was established in the year 1904 and by early 1930s, different leagues were operating from various countries. FIFA is credited with organizing the first world cup in Uruguay. The history of soccer is rich with events, development and its growing craze all over the world. You will find yourself amazed as you learn about different times of this wonderful sport that has held our awe and admiration for over 3000 years.

If you want to know more visit this site Football History and if you want to play:Football game

Geography

This is a power point which could be very useful when you have to teach countries and nationalities
You can find activities in this site

Mary Rose\Countries And Nationalities

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Games

Games give you the opportunity to teach your pupils about rules, about integrity and honesty, and about luck. Games also can help increase your children's ability to focus her attention. Playing board or card games also is a very social occasion. Game playing enables and encourages your pupils to practice important social skills that she will need to play well with other children.


Material for games made of foam have more durability.

Old MacDonald

This is a wonderful and famous song to teach Farm animals




And here you have the lyrics and some activities to do with the song

Phonetics

Phonetics to teach or not to teach... that's the question
The answer is simple: Teach it. We must know that English is not a grammar language, it is a sound language, so the introduction of Phonetics is very important.
If you think that it could be boring here you have some sites that could help you and ENJOY IT:

Pronunciation Exercises

Pronunciation & Intonation Teaching Materials


ESL phonics & Phonetics worksheets for Kids


Pronunciation tips

The importance of Phonetics

Phonetic Challenge

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