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ESL / EFL Lesson Plan on Nigeria 2 South Korea 2 - by Sean Banville

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LISTENING GAP-FILL

South Korea ____________________ through to the last 16 with a hard-fought draw against Nigeria. The Africans ____________________. They wanted their first points of the tournament. The Koreans knew a point would be ____________________ through, assuming Argentina didn’t slip up against Greece in the group’s other match. Nigeria ____________________ 12 minutes when Kalu Uche tapped in a cross. The Koreans ____________________ either side of half-time from Lee Jung-Soo and Park Chu-Young. Nigeria equalized in the 69th minute with a Yakubu penalty. The last 20 minutes were ____________________ game as each side went for the winner and ____________________. The loss meant Nigeria became the third African side to ____________________. Both European teams from Groups A and B joined them.

CORRECT THE SPELLING

South Korea did enough to get utrhohg to the last 16 with a hard-htgfuo draw against Nigeria. The Africans were playing for pride. They wanted their first pistno of the tournament. The Koreans knew a point would be good enough to go through, assuming Argentina didn’t slip up gitasna Greece in the group’s other match. Nigeria took the lead after 12 minutes when Kalu Uche teadpp in a cross. The Koreans hit back with goals either side of half-time from Lee Jung-Soo and Park Chu-Young. Nigeria zedleqaui in the 69th minute with a Yakubu yaptnel. The last 20 minutes were the liveliest of the game as each side went for the nreiwn and sdimes several enchsac. The loss meant Nigeria became the third African side to exit the tournament. Both European teams from Groups A and B joined them.

UNJUMBLE THE WORDS

South Korea to enough did to through get the last 16 with a hard-fought draw against Nigeria. The Africans were playing for pride. their wanted They of points first the tournament. The Koreans knew a point would be enough to go through good, assuming Argentina didn’t slip up against Greece in the group’s other match. Nigeria minutes took lead 12 when the after Kalu Uche tapped in a cross. The Koreans hit side either goals with back of half-time from Lee Jung-Soo and Park Chu-Young. Nigeria minute 69th the in equalized with a Yakubu penalty. the The 20 were liveliest last minutes of the game as each side for winner missed went the and several chances. loss became meant The Nigeria the third African tournament exit side the to. Both European teams from Groups A and B joined them.

STUDENT WORLD CUP SURVEY

Write five GOOD questions about the World Cup in the table. Do this in pairs. Each student must write the questions on his / her own paper.

When you have finished, interview other students. Write down their answers.

	STUDENT 1 _____________	STUDENT 2 _____________	STUDENT 3 _____________
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• Now return to your original partner and share and talk about what you found out. Change partners often.
• Make mini-presentations to other groups on your findings.

WORLD CUP DISCUSSION

STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)
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STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)
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 WRITING

Write about this game for 10 minutes. Correct your partner’s paper.

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HOMEWORK

1. VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Choose several of the words from the text. Use a dictionary or Google’s search field (or another search engine) to build up more associations / collocations of each word.

2. MY REPORT: Write a newspaper report about yesterday’s games. Read your report to your partner(s) in your next lesson.

3. WATCH TODAY’S GAMES IN ENGLISH: Write down all the new words you hear below. Bring them to class tomorrow to share with your classmates.

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