Football fans
Lesson plan overview
This 7-page intermediate lesson is about football fans – the reasons why people become football fans, the types of football fans, good and bad behaviour of football fans, and measures to reduce football hooliganism. You can also check out the lessons “The stadiums of Euro 2024“, “Why is football so popular“, “Argentina wins the world cup”, “Qatar 2022: the world cup of controversy”; “Phrasal verbs: football”, “Using sports psychology to improve our everyday lives” and “Financial tips for athletes”.
Vocabulary: after an initial discussion, students work on vocabulary by matching football-related words and expressions to the correct photo (stands, dressing rooms, pitch).
Functional language: Students learn expressions used when talking about the team we support (I’ll cheer for, I support, I am backing, I am rooting for) and use the expressions to talk about the teams they support at the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.
Speaking: Next, students discuss the reasons why people become football fans and put the reasons given in order of importance for them. Then, they look at different types of fans and match them to their description.
Video: Students watch a video called “Football fan culture is changing but which type of supporter are you?” and complete 2 tasks. After that they engage in a post-listening discussion.
Next, students look at different types of behaviours and divide them into good and bad behaviours. Then they discuss which behaviours are common in their country.
Speaking: Students brainstorm different ways to prevent or reduce football hooliganism. After that they are given some ideas and they match key vocabulary (ban, fine, zero-tolerance policy) to the definitions given. Finally, students discuss the different measures.
The conversation cards provide further opportunities for speaking practice and revision of the vocabulary from this lesson.
You can combine it with other lessons about EUFA EURO 2024 as well as other sports-related lessons.
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