This chapter, Sports and Health, will explore the mental and physical health benefits of, and some of the injury concerns in playing sports.

Section 1:

The first section includes a New York Times video and and an Aeon article on brain injury in contact sports, and a TED video and a New York Times article about how playing teams sports can benefit mental and physical health, particularly adolescents with a history of trauma.  Each of these resources is followed by a comprehension quiz. You need to complete the different activities in the first section in order (from 1 to 5). Once you have finished an activity, the next one will open up. (The approximate study time is indicated for each activity.)


title type of activity study time
1A and B)
↓
 video, listening comprehension 20 minutes
2A and B)
↓
 article and reading comprehension 35 minutes
3A and B)
↓
 video and listening comprehension 
 15 minutes
4A and B)
↓
 text and reading comprehension  20 minutes
5) Forum discussion
 writing
 15 minutes


Section 2: English

The second section is made up of grammar and vocabulary lessons and exercises.

topic
graded activity
study time
accents in English video review
 15 minutes
sports expressions   review and crossword puzzle
 20 minutes
conditional tenses video review and quiz
 20 minutes