A Summer of Sport - A selection of language activities to celebrate a summer of sport

Oct 20, 2026

Uploaded by dawugda

A Summer of Sport presents a curated set of classroom language activities built around international sporting events. The resource supports starters, stand-alone tasks, or complete lessons, with teacher instructions, answer keys after each activity, and optional printable PDFs. Activities include multilingual greetings, sport-themed word searches and country-language challenges, role-play story writing, mascot design, teamwork nation tasks, football sayings translation, snack research prompts, and German and French scenario practice.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryExam

FormatPPTX

Pages18

Reading Time45 min

AccessFree to download

Pick and mix menu

Bonjour from Paris!

Sport word search

Allez les langues! Let's go languages!

Say hello!

Welcome! What’s your story?

Who is your mascot?

Team up!

Stadium snacks

Auf geht's! Let’s go!

Guten tag from Germany!

A Summer of Sport A selection of language activities to celebrate a summer of sport UNTITLED TEXT Celebrating a summer of sport This summer will see multiple international sporting events, capturing the gaze of millions across the globe. What better way to inspire learning a new language than preparing to speak to tourists, athletes and fans, discussing what to see, who you are, as well as celebrating and making friends. To celebrate a summer of sport, we’ve built a selection of fun games and classroom activities for you to try with your students. 2 Celebrating a summer of sport Dip into these language activities as starters, stand-alone activities or for a whole lesson. Some activities may also be suitable for flipped learning or homework. Answers are provided after each activity. Some tasks include printable PDF. Keep track of student scores if you wish to find and reward an overall class winner. How to play: instructions for teachers Pick and mix menu 2 Language activity menu 1. Bonjour from Paris! 2. Sport word search 3. Allez les langues! 4. Say hello! 5. Welcome! What is your story? 7. Team up! 8. Stadium snacks 9.Auf geht's! Let’s go! 10. Guten tag from Germany! 11. Broadcasting to the world! 6. Who is your mascot? 12. Where next? Bonjour from Paris! Explore greetings, introductions, and basic questions in French. Role-play scenarios like welcoming tourists or asking for directions around Paris. Example scenarios: ‘We need directions to the Arc D’Triomphe, could you help?’ ‘Do you know a good Boulangerie on the way to the Eiffel Tower?’ ‘How do we get to the Stade De France, do we take a metro?’ ‘Can you tell me the best way to get to Musee D’Orsay?’ ‘Welcome to Paris, where do you need to go?’ 2. Sport word search . A T H L É T I S M E T G W G B M I E K L U B V Y R E W Q P N L X S D N M T Y U I O N P A E S A N C K K J H I G F L D T A L Y Z A B S N M I M A S P O C I A U Y T O R T T P L K L V J H G V F I I E S C R I M E T A J O Q N M D A R S S O N U N U E W C R O F M O N D E E A F C B N G T E V O L I Can you find 9 French words for: Athletics Cycling Rowing Fencing Gymnastics Judo Swimming Tennis Sailing 2. Sport word search . A T H L É T I S M E T G W G B M I E K L U B V Y R E W Q P N L X S D N M T Y U I O N P A E S A N C K K J H I G F L D T A L Y Z A B S N M I M A S P O C I A U Y T O R T T P L K L V J H G V F I I E S C R I M E T A J O Q N M D A R S S O N U N U E W C R O F M O N D E E A F C B N G T E V O L I Athletics - Athlétisme Cycling - Cyclisme Rowing - Aviron Fencing - Escrime Gymnastics - Gymnastique Judo - Judo Swimming - Natation Tennis - Tennis Sailing - Voile 3. Allez les langues! Let's go languages! Name as many countries participating in the summer games, the name of the country in their own language and the language they speak. COUNTRY NAME LANGUAGE France La France (République Française) Francais / French Germany Deutschland Deutsch / German 4. Say hello! Match the greetings to the language. Hello translations Language 1. Bonjour 2. أهلا 3. Ciao 4. 안녕하세요 5. Hola 6. こんにちは 7. Hallo 8. Merhaba 9. Olá 10. Habari Japanese Arabic Turkish Portuguese French Italian Spanish German Swahili Korean 4. Say hello! Click on the links to practise your pronunciation of each greeting. Hello translations Language 1. Bonjour French 2. أهلا Arabic 3. Ciao Italian 4. 안녕하세요 Korean 5. Hola Spanish 6. こんにちは Japanese 7. Hallo German 8. Merhaba Turkish 9. Olá Portuguese 10. Habari Swahili 5. Welcome! What’s your story? In a chosen language, students can create their own sports story, explaining who they are, what part of the world they are from, what sport they are competing in, what they are most excited about and what they hope to see while they are in Paris. Use this interaction to not only practice basic phrases, but also descriptive conversation. 6. Who is your mascot? In a chosen language, students can pick a team taking part at the Olympics and design their own mascot.. Explain who the

FAQs

How can teachers use the activities in lessons or at home?

The activities can be used as starters, stand-alone tasks, or for a whole lesson, and some may suit flipped learning or homework.

Do the activities include answers or printable materials?

Answers are provided after each activity, and some tasks include printable PDF versions.

What kinds of language skills do the sports-based tasks practice?

The tasks focus on greetings, introductions, basic questions, descriptive conversation, vocabulary (such as sport and snack terms), and translation/interaction through role-play and teamwork.

Oct 20, 2026

Uploaded by dawugda