Aims, contents, assessment

As these units have been thought to be taught in English, it is important that teachers not only focus in the Physical Education aims and contents, but also in the English ones. I have mentioned the P.E. aims and contents in each unit. The English aims I want my pupils to achieve and the contents I want them to learn are the following:

(These units can also be used by other teachers involved in the teaching of Physical Education to primary children as long as teachers speak English. However, some teachers may have some English knowledge and they can understand the developed units, but they don not feel confident enough to teach them in English. In this case, they can teach these units in their own language and focus in the Physical Education aims and contents).

Aims:

To follow the physical education lessons, in which the communicative language is English.

To understand the different explanations that the teacher gives to pupils in English using non-verbal communication to make it easier.

To ask questions and explanations using the English language.

To understand and to use the everyday vocabulary used in the classroom as a routine.

To try to speak English all the time, with the teacher and with the other pupils.

To learn the English vocabulary related to the apparatus and materials used in the physical education classes, as well as the name of the actions and movements that pupils usually do during the lessons.

Contents:

Communicative Functions Lexic

To say hello and to say goodbye

To thank

To give and ask for information

To express sensations, ideas, opinions...

To ask for and to offer things

To accept or refuse something

Parts of the body,

Numbers

Vocabulary related to dances

Vocabulary related to games

Vocabulary related to the sports.

Months of the year (seasons)

Days of the week

Food

Colours

Animals

Actions

Other vocabulary
Grammatical categories
Expressions

Adjectives

Possessive pronouns

Interrogative pronouns

Adverbs

Verbs (actions)

Prepositions

Auxiliaries

To advance 3 steps

To retire 3 steps

To stand besides

To stand in couples

To step/go forward (two steps)

To step/go backwards (two steps)

To step/go sideway (2 steps)

 

To score a rounder

To be chosen

To be captured

To be out

To be tagged

To get caught

To guess the identity of the...?

 

To be on the other side

To play against the other

To trap the ball

To cross the end line

To cross the centre line

To keep stick low

To time the pass, etc.

 

Assessment

I will assess the use of English in the Physical Education classes using the following assessment sheet for each pupil.

English Assessment in the P.E. classes

Name:

Year:

ORAL PRODUCTION

 

N

FT

ST

VO

A

Does he/she say words in English?

 

 

 

 

 

Does he/she say sentences in English?

 

 

 

 

 

Does he/she use the expressions given by the teacher to use in the class?

 

 

 

 

 

- looking at them

 

 

 

 

 

- without looking at them

 

 

 

 

 

When he/she cannot manage to say something in English, which strategies does he/she use?

 

 

 

 

 

- Say it in Catalan

 

 

 

 

 

- Ask the teacher

 

 

 

 

 

- Look at the flashcards (with the expressions given)

 

 

 

 

 

- Other solutions

 

 

 

 

 

Does he/she make the effort of speaking in English?

 

 

 

 

 

Does he/she use the vocabulary related to the apparatus and the name of the actions and movements that pupils usually do during the lessons.

 

 

 

 

 

Can he/she follow the physical education class?

 

 

 

 

 

ORAL COMPREHENSION

Can he/she understand the teacher's explanations/instructions?

 

 

 

 

 

Can he/she understand his/her classmate when they say something in English?

 

 

 

 

 

WRITTEN COMPREHENSION

Can he/she understand the meaning of the expressions given by the teacher to use in the class?          
 

TARGETS:

N: never

FT: few times

ST: sometimes

VO: very often

A: always