The FIFA World Cup continues in Brazil, and here are some more online resources for you and your students as you follow the matches:
Here is a collection of resources, organized by subject, from TES Connect: http://www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx?storyCode=6431265#.U6YWzqggXOV. Scroll down for languages.
Here is another annotated collection of links for wider reading about the World Cup: http://strattonplus.edublogs.org/2014/06/09/word-cup-wider-reading
Larry Ferlazzo continues to update his annotated list of resources: http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2014/03/09/the-best-sites-for-learning-about-the-2014-world-cup-in-brazil
Here is a reading list of books for children, many of them bilingual Spanish-English, about soccer: http://www.colorincolorado.org/read/forkids/soccer
Here are several different resources for learning more about Brazil:
Learn about THE typical dish of Brazil, feijoada, in this Smithsonian article: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/Celebrate-Brazil-with-Emerils-Feijoada-180951699
Learn how you can view Brazilian street art celebrating the World Cup on Google Maps: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/celebrate-world-cup-brazilians-take-streets-paint-them-180951717
Learn about the culture of the 12 cities that are hosting matches from Zambombazo: http://zachary-jones.com/zambombazo/encuentros-en-brasil-la-cultura-de-las-12-ciudades-del-mundial
Here is a reading list of books for children about Brazil: http://www.colorincolorado.org/read/forkids/brazil
Is it more exciting to view the World Cup in Spanish? Read this editorial: http://online.wsj.com/articles/its-a-matter-of-goal-vs-golazo-1402007205
Read a Spanish-language article about the languages of the World Cup: http://www.aporelmundial.com/la-guerra-de-los-idiomas-en-el-mundial-de-2014-espanol-ingles-y-portugues-pugnan-en-todos-los-campos/3386
Here are four short dialogues about soccer, in Spanish: http://spanishencasa.com/es/2014/06/12/4-dialogos-de-futbol-para-el-mundial
Here is some soccer vocabulary in Japanese from About.com: http://japanese.about.com/od/japanesevocabulary/fl/Soccer-Vocabulary-in-Japanese.htm?nl=1
H-Net, dedicated to the humanities, has a new Common Crossroads network dedicated to World Cup-related discussions. Join in at https://networks.h-net.org/world-cup-2014
Here is a German language site dedicated to the World Cup: http://www.zdf.de/ZDFmediathek/kanaluebersicht/158#/event/2107848/fifawm2014
Here’s an article, “Bundesliga Stars Shine at World Cup”: http://www.germany.info/Vertretung/usa/en/bg/P__WASH/2014/Bundesliga-Stars.html
Here are more World Cup articles having to do with Germany: http://www.germany.info/Vertretung/usa/en/08__Culture__Sports/06/02/WorldCup2014.html
And here is a World Cup photo contest from Germany.info: http://www.germany.info/Vertretung/usa/en/__pr/P__Wash/2014/06/18-Photo-Storify.html
| 