English lesson on Spartathlon

 English lesson on Spartathlon

Slovenia 

- Teacher Ester Trobec did an English lesson on Spartathlon. The idea for the lesson came to her mind during the Greek mobility where she attended the seminar in Marathon. 

The participants watched a movie 36 Hours to Sparta that talks about the runners that participate in this unique race and talks about what makes these people undergo such hard training sessions, participate and finish the race. I was deeply touched by the movie and decided to present this event to my students. 

First, we watched the video and students had to answer some questions I prepared for them. 

Later, we did a reading comprehension: I prepared a text, the pupils had to read it and answer some questions. They had to translate new vocabulary by scanning the QR-code of the online dictionary on their mobile phones and translate the words into Slovenian. 

At the end of the lesson they had to write their impressions about the movie. 

Pupils liked the lesson very much because they have never heard of Spartathlon, they learnt something new and were moved by the participants’ confessions.

Start date: 09/06/2022

End date: 09/06/2022