Chapter 2European Football Championship EURO 2024

Use one of this year's sporting highlights, the European Football Championship EURO 2024 in Germany, as an opportunity to talk about football in the classroom. In this unit, which consists of four interactive worksheets that can be printed out or completed on the computer, students research interesting facts about the history of the European Football Championship. They create profiles of their favourite players, discover the venues of the matches in Germany and get an overview of the participating teams and countries. Interactive vocabulary and grammar exercises and motivating speaking and writing activities are provided for each topic.


Worksheet 1: Football rules the World!
Language Level: A2-A2+
Time: 60-90 minutes
Learning objectives:
Students:

• will be able to search the Internet for information on the EURO (European Football Championship)
• acquire information on the history of the European Football Championship
• will be able to give dates and various facts.

Worksheet 2: Who is your favourite football player?
Language Level: A1
Time: 45-60 minutes
Learning objectives:
Students will be able to:

• ask and answer questions about personal data
• search for information on the Internet and create profiles
• describe a person's appearance
• express themselves in simple sentences about football players

Worksheet 3: In which cities will the European Football Championship 2024 take place?
Language Level: A2
Time: 45-60 minutes
Learning objectives:
The students:

• search the Internet for information about EURO 2024
• acquire information about the EURO 2024 host cities
• will be able to answer questions about EURO 2024

Worksheet 4: Do you know this? – Focus on National Football Teams
Language Level: A1+/A2
Time: 45-60 minutes
Learning objectives:
The students:

• will be able to search for information about EURO 2024 on the Internet
• will be able to answer questions about EURO 2024
• know the names of different countries

The worksheets were created by authors Aleksandra Łyp-Bielecka und Justyna Sobota.