Learning activity 1

Evidence: Forum “Football vs the others”

Colombia has always been an outstanding country when it comes to sports.

Names such as Martin Emilio “Cochise” Rodriguez, Antonio Cervantes “kid
Pambelé” and more recently, Mariana Pajón and Nairo Quintana, are points of
reference when talking about cycling, boxing and BMX.

But, although we have excellent athletes in all these sports, football is by far the
most popular and most supported sport in our country. A great part of the budget
that is designated to sports goes just to football. Most of the sporting events
broadcasted on national television are related to football. This can be seen as
unfair with other sports where athletes have to make a bigger effort to receive
support and attention from the government.

Answer the following questions in your participation in the forum:

• What sport do you follow in Colombia and why? (If you don’t follow sports
here, or at all, explain why not.)

ANS: Really the sports that I follow son cycling, Colombian football, since
son a pride in the last years in the sport and triple jump, the athletes are
leaving in high the name of the country.

• What do you think about the popularity of football and the fact that it receives
more attention from the government than other sports? Is it fair?

ANS: I really Colombian athletes have been summoned by the best teams
in the world for the participation of championships, we must highlight the talent
that has progressed in the last years as I said before.

• What can we do in order to help athletes in other disciplines to have better

conditions and support?

ANS: Well, the discipline discipline to improve sportsmen we lack enough

equipment, economic investment and support from Colombia and even
more that lately we noticed the reflection of the sportsmen worldwide.

• How can we motivate national channels to broadcast a wider type of sport

programs and not just football?

ANS: I really we can inform according to the news that are generated of the
events where Colombia reflects the sport, that we have an incredible potential to
be able to continue beating the best, to make campaigns recognizing and blurring
the information of the good athletes that we can potentiate for A better prestige
in sport

Use adverbial clauses in your answers (at least 4 examples), and vocabulary and
ideas about sports studied in this learning activity (at least 6 words from the
vocabulary). Remember to use connectors and punctuation.

For the second part of this activity you have to read your partners’ posts, select
one and through the link “Responder” write your opinion about it. Use the
vocabulary and ideas about sports studied in this learning activity. Remember to
use connectors and punctuation.

Steps to participate in the forum:

• Click the Activity 1 button in the main menu. Then click on Evidence: Forum
“Football vs the others”.
• Enter to the sequence, click on Responder, then click on Enviar.

• Select one of the partner’s commentaries and then express your opinion
clicking on the button Responder.
• Type the subject and the content with your opinion, then click on Enviar.

Criterios de evaluación
• Describe situaciones empleando clausulas adverbiales de tiempo y opinión
teniendo en cuenta la estructura y el vocabulario requerido.

• Emplea vocabulario técnico relacionado con actividades físicas.