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French, Spanish and German Elementary and Middle\/High Resources!<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The 2026 FIFA World Cup will be hosted across three countries for the first time in history. These free French, Spanish and German resources provides key vocabulary, cultural context and ready-to-use activity ideas to bring the tournament into your classroom!<\/span><\/p>\n

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Football Bingo<\/b><\/h5>\n

Use the bingo cards with the football words in the target language, the teacher then says the word in english and then the student crosses it off!<\/span><\/p>\n

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Flag Colouring<\/b><\/span><\/h5>\n
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Get your students to colour in the flags of some of the World Cup countries and label them in a different language. Can they say the country name in French, German or Spanish?<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Goal Song<\/span><\/strong><\/h5>\n

Learn to sing “Ol\u00e9, Ol\u00e9, Ol\u00e9” together and add simple football words in each language. Clap along to the beat!<\/span><\/p>\n

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Match Commentary<\/b><\/h5>\n

Students pair up and commentate on a short clip of a match in the target language. Encourage use of key vocabulary and present tense narration.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Country Profiles<\/span><\/strong><\/h5>\n

Each group researches a competing nation and presents a poster in the target language covering geography, culture and star players.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Chant Creation<\/span><\/strong><\/h5>\n

Students write and perform a short football chant in French, German or Spanish. Great for practising pronunciation and rhythm.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\ud83c\uddeb\ud83c\uddf7 “Allez les Bleus !” \u2014 Come on, the Blues! (French national team cheer)<\/span><\/p>\n

\ud83c\uddeb\ud83c\uddf7 “Quel beau but !” \u2014 What a beautiful goal!<\/span><\/p>\n

\ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddf8 “\u00a1Vamos, Espa\u00f1a!” \u2014 Let’s go, Spain!<\/span><\/p>\n

\ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddf8 “\u00a1Golazo! \u00a1No lo puedo creer!” \u2014 What a goal! I can’t believe it!<\/span><\/p>\n

\ud83c\udde9\ud83c\uddea “Tor! Tor! Tor!” \u2014 Goal! Goal! Goal! (classic German commentary)<\/span><\/p>\n

\ud83c\udde9\ud83c\uddea “Deutschland ist Weltmeister!” \u2014 Germany are world champions!<\/span><\/p>\n

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