Conversation Class Lesson Summary
Language Resident Name: Blanca Barranco Lafuente
- Credit: Ivan Lucic
Day and Date: 4th March
Language and Level (intermediate or advanced class): Spanish Intermediate
Class theme/topics discussed: Sports (2)
Goal of the class:
- To learn about cultural facts related to sports
- To exchange information about famous athletes
- To simulate a sports interview and record it for the conversation project
How did you structure the class?
- Warm up: Students create a list with the sports that they believe are the most famous in the United States. They do the same with Spanish sports. Then they see the real rankings.
- Activity 1: Each student receives a sport and students have to look for the best athlete of that sport. They will have to fill in a table with concrete data (e.g. trophies, salary, funny facts about childhood, etc.). Then they share their person with a classmate and discuss some extra questions (e.g. which sport is more difficult or which one deserves a better salary).
- Activity 2: Role-play. Students act as sport journalists and athletes. They answer a set of questions as if they were the famous person about whom they made some research.
- Extra final activity: Speaking about unsportsmanlike actions and reading about some of the most polemical cases. Agreeing on the suitable punishments for each of those actions.
What technology, media or props did you use? (internet resources, playmobiles, handouts, etc.)
- PowerPoint Presentation
- Handout with table and interview questions
- YouTube
What worked well in this class? What did not work?
- The interview worked well and some of them were really creative with their responses. They also did a very well job while researching about famous athletes.
How could this class be improved/ modified?
- The research part was individual and took quite long, so it would be better to look for fewer questions so that they can focus more on the speaking part without spending too much time working individually.