Food in Britain

Topic – Food in Britain
Elementary level
For 10-11 year old children

Aim – to practise listening skills, vocabulary related to the topic food
Subsidiary aims – to encourage peer-teaching and working in teams, to introduce the traditional British food to students

Lead-in
Quiz
Rational - to generate students’ interest in the topic. Students can find the answers to the quiz after having watched the video

Pre-teaching vocabulary
Test-Teach-Test framework
1) Discuss which words they know/don’t know
2) Try to match the words, understand the meaning
3) Practise pronunciation
Rational – getting rid of vocabulary difficulties

First part
Breakfast in Britain, packed lunch
Pre-watching question
1st watching
Matching exercise
2d watching
Rational – getting to know how a British breakfast looks like, what a packed lunch is

Second part
A take away
Pre-watching questions
1st watching
Filling in the gaps, place the lines in the right order
2d watching
Rational – getting to know what a take away, practising vocabulary

Third part
Pre-watching questions to generate interest
Matching pictures with lists of ingredients, names of dishes
Practising pronunciation
1st watching
Rational – to get to know some of the traditional British dishes

Checking quiz
Students can count how many points they have scored in the quiz on British food