The 2015 Rugby World Cup organization (A) A. The Rugby World Cup The 2015 Rugby World Cup will be the eighth Rugby World Cup. The World Cup takes place every four years. It will be hosted by England from September 18 to October 31 of 2015 and Japan will host the ninth Rugby World Cup. Over 90 nations participated in the regional qualifying competitions that started in 2011. The twelve quarter-finalists from the 2011 event automatically qualified, and eight further nations have qualified. This World Cup will see 20 nations contesting 48 matches over 44 days. The matches will be spread between eleven English cities B. Now, work in pair: ask questions to your neighbour using the simple past and write down the date to complete your timeline Student A

a. Rugby federations around the world: a timeline 1871 (England) Rugby Football Union (RFU) 1___ Scottish Rugby Union 1874 Southern (Australian) Rugby Union 1___ Irish Rugby Football Union 1880 Welsh Rugby Union 1___ Northern (Australian) Rugby Union 1889 South African Rugby Board (renamed South African Rugby Union in 2005) 1___ New Zealand Rugby Football Union 1899 Argentina Rugby Union 1900 _______ Rugby Federation 1919 French Rugby Federation 1926 _______ Rugby Football Union 1928 Italian Rugby Federation 1931 _______ Rugby Federation 1949 Australian Rugby Union b. Look at the nationalities. Give the name of the corresponding countries. Then translate both in French. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ c. Write the adjectives corresponding to the following countries: Argentina – Japan – England. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Now replace the countries taking part into the RWC 2015 on the map:

Argentina – Australia – England – Fiji – France – Ireland – Italy – New Zealand – Scotland – South Africa – Tonga – Wales – Canada – Georgia – Japan – Namibia – Romania – Samoa – The USA

EUROPE

The venues

London London Cardiff Manchester London Twickenham Wembley Stadium Millenium Stadium Manchester City

Stadium Olympic Stadium

Newcastle

Birmingham St James’ Park Villa Park

Leeds Leicester

Elland Road Leicester City Stadium

Gloucester Milton Keynes Kingsholm Stadium Stadium Mk

Exester Brighton

Sandy Park Brighton Community Center

C. Now, watch the video, take notes and find the following information

What type of video is it? How can you tell? (use the vocabulary you learnt to describe what you saw)

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Where does the scene take place? (Can you recognize famous places in this video? Which ones?)

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In this video, there are dates and teams. Watch the video and write down those dates and the country which won the RWC

Date Country

In the video, some words appear: which are they? In your opinion, why do they appear in this video? What is the aim of such process?

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D. Now, you’re the journalist: Using all the documents you learnt, write a short paragraph presenting the organization of the 2015 Rugby World Cup and its history.

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The 2015 Rugby World Cup organization (B) A. The Rugby World Cup The 2015 Rugby World Cup will be the eighth Rugby World Cup. The World Cup takes place every four years. It will be hosted by England from September 18 to October 31 of 2015 and Japan will host the ninth Rugby World Cup. Over 90 nations participated in the regional qualifying competitions that started in 2011. The twelve quarter-finalists from the 2011 event automatically qualified, and eight further nations have qualified. This World Cup will see 20 nations contesting 48 matches over 44 days. The matches will be spread between eleven English cities B. Now, work in pair: ask questions to your neighbour using the simple past and write down the date to complete your timeline Student B

a. Rugby federations around the world: a timeline 1___ (England) Rugby Football Union (RFU) 1873 Scottish Rugby Union 1___ Southern (Australian) Rugby Union 1879 Irish Rugby Football Union 1___ Welsh Rugby Union 1883 Northern (Australian) Rugby Union 1___ South African Rugby Board (renamed South African Rugby Union in 2005) 1892 New Zealand Rugby Football Union 1899 Argentina Rugby Union 1900 German Rugby Federation 1919 _______ Rugby Federation 1926 Japan Rugby Football Union 1928 _______ Rugby Federation 1931 Romanian Rugby Federation 1949 _______ Rugby Union b. Look at the nationalities. Give the name of the corresponding countries. Then translate both in French. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ c. Write the adjectives corresponding to the following countries: Argentina – Japan – England. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Now replace the countries taking part into the RWC 2015 on the map:

Argentina – Australia – England – Fiji – France – Ireland – Italy – New Zealand – Scotland – South Africa – Tonga – Wales – Canada – Georgia – Japan – Namibia – Romania – Samoa – The USA

EUROPE

The venues

London London Cardiff Manchester London Twickenham Wembley Stadium Millenium Stadium Manchester City

Stadium Olympic Stadium

Newcastle

Birmingham St James’ Park Villa Park

Leeds Leicester

Elland Road Leicester City Stadium

Gloucester Milton Keynes Kingsholm Stadium Stadium Mk

Exester Brighton

Sandy Park Brighton Community Center

C. Now, watch the video, take notes and find the following information

What type of video is it? How can you tell? (use the vocabulary you learnt to describe what you saw)

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Where does the scene take place? (Can you recognize famous places in this video? Which ones?)

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

In this video, there are dates and teams. Watch the video and write down those dates and the country which won the RWC

Date Country

In the video, some words appear: which are they? In your opinion, why do they appear in this video? What is the aim of such process?

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D. Now, you’re the journalist: Using all the documents you learnt, write a short paragraph presenting the organization of the 2015 Rugby World Cup and its history.

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