Spanish Track & Field PQA

🏃♀️ Need to talk with your students about track and field in Spanish, but don't know the vocabulary?

This ready-to-use resource makes it easy to have authentic, engaging conversations about track and field (atletismo) in your Spanish classroom using a Comprehension-Based Communicative Language Teaching (CCLT/CI/ADI) approach.

Many students participate in track and field events, but many Spanish teachers have never learned the specialized vocabulary needed to discuss races, jumps, throws, records, medals, and competitions. This resource provides the language support you need to confidently connect with students about their real lives—in Spanish!

Whether your students compete in sprints, hurdles, relays, long jump, high jump, triple jump, pole vault, shot put, discus, or javelin, you'll have the vocabulary and question prompts necessary to keep the conversation flowing.

What's Included?

• Interactive slideshow with visuals, vocabulary, and conversation prompts
• Sample teacher-student conversations for a variety of track and field events
• Track and field glossary in Spanish and English
• Printable question bank organized by event category
• Support for real-time personalized questions and answers (PQA)

Track & Field Events Included:

• Sprint races (100m–400m)
• Distance running
• Hurdles
• Relay races
• Long jump
• High jump
• Triple jump
• Pole vault
• Shot put
• Discus throw
• Javelin throw

Perfect for:

• Spanish 1-4
• Comprehension-Based Communicative Language Teaching (CCLT)
• CI (Comprehensible Input) classrooms
• Personalized Questions & Answers (PQA)
• Community-building conversations
• Bell ringers and warm-ups
• Talking about student interests and extracurricular activities
• Teachers who want support with sports vocabulary in Spanish

Why You'll Love It

Instead of memorizing isolated sports vocabulary lists, students engage in meaningful communication about their own experiences. This resource helps teachers build relationships, increase student engagement, and create authentic opportunities for language acquisition.

Students love talking about their competitions, personal records, medals, teammates, and athletic goals and now you can confidently guide those conversations in Spanish.