Project Time: Goal or not?

Goal line technology 

by Rodrigo Lares, FCE

"Goal-line technology is a method used to determine when the ball has completely crossed the goal line with the assistance of electronic devices and at the same time assisting the referee in awarding a goal or not. "

Rodrigo has given his presentation using a power point, which included pictures and youtube videos.

"The GLT must provide a clear indication as to whether the ball has fully crossed the line, and this information will serve to assist the referee in taking his final decision."

In December 2012, FIFA announced it would introduce goal-line technology in a competitive match for the first time: at the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. The GoalControl system was installed in each of the 12 stadiums.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eB3zw9o2cYo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-bSsv3Z-3E

Rodrigo's activity for his classmates:

Open cloze: write only one word in each space that fits on the text. There are 15 spaces.

HUMAN ELEMENT IS LOST

Much of the criticism comes from FIFA itself including FIFA president Sepp Blatter. Apart ________ the criticisms revolving around the technical aspects ______the two proposed technologies, critics point _______that such technology would impact on the human element of the game and remove the enjoyment _______debating mistakes. Sepp Blatter has been quoted ________ saying "Other sports regularly change the laws of the game _____ react to the new technology. ... We don't do it and this makes the fascination and the popularity of football".

It would ____ really expensive implementing the technology at all levels of the game and particularly ______ smaller football associations. FIFA referees have expressed ___ preference for 'better refereeing' ____ well ____ more match officials over implementing the technology.

The introduction of ______ so-called "fifth official", the extra assistant referee standing beside the goal-line, was partly ____order to facilitate the decision of the referees ____ similar situations.

Rodrigo reading the activity out loud for his blind classmate.

Project Time

Following the series of  Project Time, here's Anaclara Sigales' project: Greece and Nikolaos Anastopoulos.
Level: Beginner
Age: 11

Her product: poster
Anaclara delivered her presentation in ten minutes, giving information about the country and footballer she selected.

 Her activity: a wordsearch

Her classmates trying to solve the activity. 

A plus: Fuleco

Project Time @ La Casona

Project Time is my favourite time of the year. Teachers come up with an agreed topic and then have to design clear instructions to give students according to their levels.Thus, every student is working on the same topic. Students' challenge is to give a presentation which will satisfy the most (worst) demanding audience: their own classmates. This is only one of the gruelling tasks, not to mention the chance to be part of La Casona's Hall of Fame. What is that?It is the collection of Best Projects teachers have kept over the years and which are shown to students so as to get an idea of what is expected of them. Among those favourite projects, some will remember Octavio Tognola's Bloody Sunday, Ernesto Aime's Big Ben, María Eugenia Montiel's Harry Potter, etc.
This time the topic is The World Cup.
For beginners, the task was to design a poster of one of the countries taking part in Brazil World Cup 2014 and one of their footballers. Each teacher will customize it to cater for their own needs. Take, for example, J2 will also include sentences about the footballer and his routine using: MUST, MUSTN'T, DOESN'T HAVE TO, SHOULD, SHOULDN'T, SHOULD.
For intermediate and advanced students, the task also included an activity for their classmates which resembles an exam exercise.
Here are some selected projects and their activities:

Lucía Pérez FCE
"Fuleco"
Activity: Open Cloze

For questions 1-15, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only one word in each space.

Fuleco

Fuleco, as he(1)_____been named, is a Brazilian three-banded armadillo. The species of armadillos (2)____special. Fuleco is one (3)_____the only two armadillos that(4)______roll into a ball while threatened, hence the association with football. It is also native to Brazil and lives only in a small area of Brazil just below the equator, it is(5)_____”caatinga”.

According to research, the mascot creates positive vibes and emotion with people and children, and(6)______­representing the words “Brazilian”, “Nature”, “Friendly” and “Passion for football”.

Another very important reason (7)_____the mascot to(8)_____ popular, is the (9)______that the Brazilian three-banded armadillo is unfortunately part of an extremely endangered species. Reasons(10)_____deforestation and people hunting in its habitat.

(11)_____February 2014 the Brazilian Environment ministry stated it will create a strategy(12)_____ protect the armadillo’s environment. There are plans to educate people about(13)____risk of the armadillo’s extinction if people keep on hunting. The final concrete plans to save the animal(14)_____be presented by the end(15)_____2014.

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