COOKING IN BRITAIN TODAY

 

Source: British Council_teachingenglish.org.uk

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Language Level - Intermediate: B1                                                                           

SUBJECT: FOOD, COOKING

TOPIC: Modern British cooking and restaurants; the popularity of celebrity chefs

Estimated TIME/SESSIONS: About 2 hours

LESSON OBJECTIVE:

• To learn or revise vocabulary relating to food, restaurants, tastes and textures

• To develop reading and comprehension skills

• To develop speaking skills/ discussing preferences and attitudes towards food and restaurants

CONTENTS/SKILLS:

• Brainstorming exercise

• Food vocabulary exercise

• British food quiz

• Reading task (1): article and comprehension questions

• Reading task (2): restaurant reviews, discussion questions and creative task

• Food proverbs exercise

DESCRIPTION:

https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/article/cooking-britain-today

Kate Joyce, British Council

Lesson plan: guide for teacher on procedure including answers to tasks.

Download lesson plan 118k pdf

Worksheets: exercises which can be printed out for use in class. The worksheet contains:

• Brainstorming exercise

• Food vocabulary exercise

• British food quiz

• Reading task (1): article and comprehension questions

• Reading task (2): restaurant reviews, discussion questions and creative task

• Food proverbs exercise

MATERIALS:

Lesson plan: guide for teacher on procedure including answers to tasks.

Download lesson plan 118k pdf

For the students: Download worksheets 142k pdf

For more information about this topic you can visit this BBC sites:

• http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/programmes

A different site/activity, but a useful resource, which I have always enjoyed, 6 minutes English. 

To my surprise, they have organized some of their recording and pooled them according to content.

BOX SET: 6 Minute English - 'Food and Drink' English mega-class! One hour of new vocabulary!

Improve your English vocabulary and speaking with this 'food and drink' 6 Minute English compilation from BBC Learning English!

0:00 The smell of coffee

6:12 Why pay for bottled water? 12:18 Street food: why is it becoming popular? 18:23 How much sugar do you really eat? 24:28 Would you eat less meat to save the environment? 30:33 The food delivery revolution 36:39 The future of food 42:45 Are food allergies more common? 48:52 What do foodies really know? 54:56 Food made in space

You can find the transcripts, quizzes, vocabulary and activities on the website: 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish...