World Cup 2006
NEW - football dictionary you can edit
MFLE user Adam Bevan has recommended this online football dictionary. There are hundreds of definitions in many languages - if a particular phrase in your language is missing, you can fill it in yourself.
Football dictionary at EnglishRight website
Know your Fußball
Do you want to sound authentic when Germany strikes a goal? Do you want to know how to scream at the telly auf Deutsch? Then use the BBC's special audiovisual guide to learn how. The MFLE's favourites? 'Steh auf, wenn du für Deutschland bist' - 'Get up if you're supporting Germany' (sung to the tune of Go West!) - and 'Ihr könnt nach Hause fahr'n' - 'You can go home!'
Or maybe you want to talk about the fair game. Learn how to sound knowledgable on positions and football terms with this football game on the Voyage website.
Guess the headline
What do these tabloid headlines in German mean? Here's an example - 'WM-Aus für Rooney'! An entertaining bit of reading for the Cup from this BBC tabloid headline quiz.
Teams and stadia
Don't forget to find all the team news and stadia rundowns at the official FIFA World Cup site.
Or use this interactive map on the Voyage website to see what's going on at each stadium.
Free posters
Download free football posters in English, German, Spanish and Italian from the Soccer Lingua website.
Internet challenges
With this German internet challenge, students can check out the home team and book train tickets to the towns in which they might play.
Word file: World Cup 2006 internet challenge for German - train travel (38KB)
This German internet challenge asks students to find information from the official FIFA World Cup site, including the online shop. A good introduction to the World Cup. Thanks to Robert Dalzell of North Lanarkshire for providing it.
Word file: World Cup 2006 internet challenge for German - FIFA website (25KB)
Your students can find out more about the Serie A in Italy, and about visiting Pisa, with this Italian internet challenge. Thanks to Maura Carr of East Renfrewshire for providing it.
Word file: Football internet challenge for Italian (34KB)
Want to try more internet challenges? Visit the MFLE Internet challenges section.
Answers
You'll find the answers to the first internet challenge in the MFLE discussion forums. Not a member of the MFLE? It's easy to register. You'll find interesting discussions and practice-sharing from your colleagues.
NEW - German football exercises and word searches
Thanks to Beate Bowler of Hampshire for these two German word searches and a German exercise about footballers.
Word file: Word match and word search in German on football terms - 32KB
Word file: Word search on footballing nations - 33KB
Word file: Exercises about footballers Ballack and Rooney - 52KB
Thanks to Beate also for translating these exercises into German from the French originals by Jeff Marsh.
Word file: 'Ronaldo' exercise in filling gaps (suitable for S1) - 31KB
NEW - French exercise on Chelsea players
Thanks to Neil Jones of the Elliot School, London, for contributing this exercise, which is suitable for Levels D and E.
Word file: French exercise on Chelsea players and French soap opera 'Place Albert Camus' - 127KB
NEW - Quiz about Germany in English
Thanks to Kirsten Herbst-Gray of Dumfries and Galloway for contributing this cultural quiz to the MFLE.
Word file: Quiz about Germany - 45KB
Football exercises in French
The following Word documents provide fun and challenging exercises for students. From a 'Ronaldo' gap-filling exercise to the use of the perfect tense, there's something for all pupils up to around S4 level.
Thanks to Jeff Marsh of Stewart's Melville College, Edinburgh. for contributing these documents and advising on suitable levels.
Word file: 'Ronaldo' exercise in filling gaps (suitable for S1) - 36KB
Word file: 'Ça fait combien?' exercise in matching numbers to statements (suitable for S2) - 22KB
Word file: 'After...' exercise in the use of 'Après' and the perfect tense (suitable for S4) - 21KB
French puzzles
Thanks to Nan McGhee for providing these entertaining puzzles.
Word file: World Cup crossword in French (39KB)
Word file: World Cup wordsearch in French (26KB)
Word file: World Cup anagram puzzle in French (40KB)
French exercise on flags and countries
Thanks to Maura Carr for providing these exercises, which give information on the French World Cup team and ask students to match flags to countries.
Answers
You'll find the answers to the exercises in the MFLE discussion forums. Not a member of the MFLE? It's easy to register. You'll find interesting discussions and practice-sharing from your colleagues.
Resources from CILT and the Goethe-Institut
This PDF file contains resources and web links from CILT, the National Centre for Languages. Included are details of its partnership with the Goethe-Institut.
PDF file: World Cup resources and web links from CILT (18KB)
Design your own football T-shirt
Try this fun resource on the Goethe-Institut's website, where students can design their own T-shirts. Instructions are in German.
Primary World Cup resources
Learn German through football phrases and fun on the Voyage Kids website. Or see what's offer on the Naace Primary World Cup resources website. There are lots of games and activities which can be adapted to suit a modern languages lesson.
Other resources for your students
The German government has produced a World Cup site, Deutschland 2006, which you can enjoy in several languages including French, Portuguese and, of course, German.
Learn the German for 'sick as a parrot with this entertaining glossary of football terms from the British Embassy. Or visit the German version of the British Embassy's World Cup site.
PDF file: German-English glossary produced by the British Embassy - 125KB