El mundo del fútbol | The World of Soccer Spanish texts, activities, and game
Articles, infographic, and games to bring the excitement of the World Cup to your Spanish class
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Novice (Levels 1-2), Intermediate (Levels 2-4)
- Formats
- Pages
- 150 Pages
- Duration
- 3+ Days
Bring the excitement of the FIFA World Cup into your Spanish classroom with El mundo de fútbol, a high-interest Spanish unit packed with comprehensible input, communicative activities, and engaging cultural content for novice Spanish learners.
This acquisition-driven Spanish resource helps students build proficiency through reading, listening, discussion, and personalized communication while exploring soccer culture, international rivalries, and the World Cup. Perfect for Spanish 1 classes, novice learners, middle school Spanish, or high school Spanish programs, this unit keeps students engaged with meaningful, comprehensible content connected to a topic they already love: fútbol.
Whether you are looking for a mini-unit for the World Cup, Spanish sports activities, soccer-themed comprehensible input, or engaging culture lessons for Spanish class, this resource makes it easy to bring authentic excitement into your classroom.
What’s Included:
- Suggested lesson plans - detailed and sequenced!
- Slideshow for the shared readings, picture talk, PQA (personalized Questions & Answers) and classroom games.
- Jigsaw reading activity featuring 6 different World Cup countries
Students choose, read about, compare, and record information about participating countries while building interpretive communication skills. - 3 comprehensible Spanish readings with comprehension activities: ¿Qué es la Copa Mundial de Fútbol?, Rivalidades de fútbol en América, and La final del Mundial Catar 2022
- World Cup wins & losses infographic with gallery walk activity
- Grudgeball for engaging whole-class review
- Optional authentic resource extension: Blue Demon Jr. #authres video and Layered Listening activity to introduce Monterrey as a 2026 city.
These resources are perfect for end of year Spanish 1 and beyond.
Students will read, discuss, compare, react, and connect while learning about global soccer culture entirely through comprehensible, communicative Spanish.
Bring authentic excitement, cultural exploration, and meaningful communication into your Spanish classroom with this engaging World Cup Spanish unit!
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