Pre-intermediate students need to feel that they are moving on, that they are increasing their knowledge, improving their skills, and expanding the number of contexts in which they can use English effectively- At the end of each File there is a Revise & Check section. | b Focus on the article and on the words in the box. Ask SS how many of the words they know. Elicit teach the meaning of new words. Get SS to underline the stress in referee. Give SS five minutes to read the article and complete it with the words from the box. Get them to compare their article with a partner s before checking answers. 1 match 2 stadium 3 fans 4 team 5 players 6 scored 7 goal 8 referee 9 champions 10 pitch c Set SS another time limit to read the text again and number the events A F in the order they happened. Get SS to compare their order with a partner s before you check answers. ID 2B 3C 4F 5A 6E Deal with any other vocabulary problems and ask SS to choose five words or phrases they want to learn from the text and get them to write them in their notebook. d Focus on the task. Give SS several minutes to think about the most exciting sporting event they have ever seen and to prepare their answers to the questions. Help them with any vocabulary they may need especially to answer question 5. Extra idea Do the activity yourself and get SS to interview you first. e Put SS into pairs. SS take turns to ask a partner about the sporting event. Monitor and help while SS are doing the activity. Get feedback from a few pairs of students. 5 SONG Ji We ore the champions Here SS listen to a song originally recorded by Queen which is often heard at sporting events. If you want to do this song in class use the photocopiable activity on . CD2 Track JO We are the champions I ve paid my dues Time after time I ve done my sentence But committed no crime And bad mistakes I ve made a few I ve had my share of sand kicked in my face But I ve come through And we mean to go on and on and on and on We are the champions my friends And we ll keep on fighting till the end We are the champions We are the champions No time for losers Cause we are the champions of the world I ve taken my bows And my curtain calls You brought me fame and fortune and everything that goes
