7 metodika indd

Activity 1a What do you know about Olympic symbols? 3 min

Objective: to prepare for the lesson

Establish what the pupils know about the symbols of the Olympic Games. If they do not know much, say they will learn about them in the lesson.

Activity 1b Find the words in the Wordlist. Listen and repeat. 6 min

Objectives: to introduce the new words; to enable pupils to work with the Wordlist

STEP 1: Ask the pupils to find the new words in the Wordlist.

STEP 2: Check the answers together.

Activity 2a Work in pairs. Read and answer. 7 min

Objective: to expand pupils’ knowledge about the Olympic Games

STEP 1: The pupils in pairs read and answer the questions. Ask them to cover the text in 2b.

STEP 2: When they finish, say they will check their answers in Activity 2b.


NB: You can use the notes below to help the pupils answer the questions.

The Olympics Motto – Citius, Altius, Fortius. A friend of Baron Pierre de Coubertin, Father Henri Martin Didon of the Dominican order, was the principal of Arcueil College, near Paris. An energetic teacher, he used the discipline of sport as a powerful educational tool. One day, following an inter-school athletics meeting, Didon ended his speech quoting three Latin words: Citius, Altius, Fortius (Faster, Higher, Stronger). Struck by the succinctness of this phrase, Baron Pierre de Coubertin made it the Olympic motto, pointing out that “Athletes need ‘freedom of excess.’ That is why we gave them this motto ... a motto for people who dare to try to break records.” The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win but to take part. The International Olympic Committee. The IOC is the organisation that governs the games. It decides which sports and events are held at the games. The IOC also selects the host city for the summer and winter games, at least seven years before they take place. Cities that want the games must show that they have enough stadiums for all events.