2026 FIFA World Cup French Project Booklet | KS3 French | World Cup Activities | Cultural Capital

Bring the excitement of the 2026 FIFA World Cup into your French classroom with this engaging and visually appealing 20-page French project booklet, designed to develop vocabulary, reading, writing and intercultural understanding through the theme of football.

Perfect for Years 7–9, transition activities, enrichment days, end-of-term projects or cover lessons, this booklet combines language learning with one of the world’s biggest sporting events. Updated specifically for the 2026 FIFA World Cup hosted by Canada, Mexico and the United States, it provides a motivating context for practising key French skills.

What’s included?

• Introduction to the 2026 FIFA World Cup and participating teams
• Activities based on the 2026 World Cup groups
• French countries and flags matching task
• Reading activity on international football players and national teams
• True or false comprehension tasks
• World Cup history timeline activity (1930–2026)
• Football-themed French vocabulary exercises
• Translation activities using opinion phrases
• French-to-English and English-to-French sentence-building tasks
• Football-themed word search
• Labelling activity on football equipment vocabulary
• Creative football kit design task
• Reading comprehension activities based on famous footballers including Kylian Mbappé, Jude Bellingham, Erling Haaland, Sadio Mané and Harry Kane
• Independent research and writing tasks on students’ favourite football players
• Reflection and celebration pages to conclude the project

Why use this resource?

✓ High levels of student engagement through a real-world sporting event
✓ Supports vocabulary acquisition and cultural awareness
✓ Encourages creativity alongside language development
✓ Suitable for mixed-ability groups with a variety of task types
✓ Ideal for collapsed curriculum days, enrichment weeks, sports-themed learning or independent projects

Curriculum links

This resource supports the development of key skills within the KS3 National Curriculum for Languages, including:

• Reading comprehension
• Translation skills
• Vocabulary development
• Sentence construction and writing
• Cultural understanding and international awareness

Although not written for a specific GCSE specification, the resource also provides useful reinforcement of high-frequency language and thematic vocabulary that can support progression towards AQA GCSE French.

File types included

• PDF (.pdf) – ready to print as an A4 booklet or use digitally via a virtual learning environment.

Whether you’re looking for a French World Cup project, football-themed French activities, a KS3 French booklet, or engaging end-of-term language resources, this booklet offers an exciting way to celebrate the FIFA World Cup 2026 while developing students’ confidence in French.

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