Podcast: David Beckham
The athlete who helped popularize soccer
Do your students enjoy watching soccer (football)? Do they enjoy learning about famous athletes? Today’s podcast features a reading from our NEW Famous People lesson plan about David Beckham. In the related lesson plan, English learners read a short passage about this famous athlete. They discuss the importance of “setting goals”. They also review the commonly confused words “who’s” and “whose”. To see the full transcript and use the ready-made lesson plan in class, log in to ESL-Library and choose our Famous People section. Here is a full list of our sports-themed materials and flashcards.
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