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THEME 8 SPORTS

FUNCTIONS
F1 Reporting news
F2 Making interview
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11 GRADE F3 Talking about sports
2 Just Your Cup of Tea!

This activity enables students to interview with their classmates. It is a good activity to practice asking and answering
questions about skills and preferences. It also helps to improve active learning and critical thinking. When students share
ideas, they learn to build stronger arguments.

Materials and Preparation

Print out the photocopiable material on page 155 for each student.

Procedure

1 Tell the class they are going to work in pairs and give each student a worksheet.
2 Write some sports on the board e.g., tennis, swimming, cycling, archery, hiking, football, basketball, gymnastics.
Students can also add some sports.
3 Each pair joins with another pair to make a group of four. In their groups, the students discuss the sports available
on the board and say which skills are needed for each sport.
4 Pairs interview their partner about their skills and preferences and tick their partner’s answers on the worksheet.
5 They then summarize their partner’s skills and preferences and advise them on what sports would be suitable for
them based on their results.
E.g.
Let me see. You are good at control, strategy and concentration. You also like discipline and practice. Hmm, you don’t
like ball games. These are very important qualities for an archer. I think archery is just your cup of tea.
6 Finally, each student reports back to the class on the sports they chose for their partner explaining the reasons for
their choice.
E.g.
My partner told me s/he was good at control, strategy and concentration and s/he liked discipline and practice. S/he
also said that s/he didn’t like ball games. I think archery would be a good choice for her/him.

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