SKYPE LESSON PLAN – INTERMEDIATE – FOOD AND CUISINE
Hi, I’m Wendy from My English Prof. This is the preparation material for an English conversation lesson about FOOD AND CUISINE. Watch the video above and then learn the vocabulary in the list below (use the dictionary http://www.wordreference.com to check the meaning of the word or to translate the word). When you are ready to discuss the questions with a teacher, contact http://www.myenglishprof.com to arrange your Skype lesson. Your teacher will send you the grammar exercises.
LESSON OBJECTIVES:
1. To learn, understand and correctly apply the Past Simple and Past Continuous tenses.
2. To learn the vocabulary associated with food and cuisine.
3. To express an opinion, using the vocabulary learned, about food and cuisine in general.
GRAMMAR FOCUS: Past Simple and Past Continuous tense
VOCABULARY FOCUS: Food and Cuisine
LIST OF VOCABULARY FOR THE LESSON:
FRUIT AND VEGETABLES
(Fruit): Apple, banana, orange, pear, plum, lemon, mandarine, grapes, apricot, cherry, peach, nectarine, grapefruit, passion-fruit, strawberry, pineapple, kiwi
(Vegetables): Potatoe, carrot, peas, pumpkin, broccoli, cauliflower, bean, corn, eggplant, zucchini, mushrooms, onions, garlic, spinach, artichoke, asparagus, cabagge, beetroot, cuccumber, lettuce
MEAT: Beef, pork, ham, sausage, lamb, veal, chicken, turkey, rabbit, duck
FISH AND SEAFOOD: Cod, sea bream, trout, tuna, salmon, sardine, prawn, oyster, mussel, lobster, squid, scallop, crab
DAIRY: Milk, yoghurt, cream, ice-cream, cheese
SWEETS: Sweets, cake, buscuit, chocolate, pudding
DRINKS: Soft-drink, Beer, Juice, Mineral water, Wine, Milkshake, coffee, tea, hot chocolate
CUISINE:
Food – Condition adjectives: Fresh, off, past its sell-by date, raw, ripe, rotten, tough, under-cooked, unripe, over-cooked, chewy, tender, stringy
Food – Taste adjectives: Bitter, bland, fresh, creamy, crispy, crunchy, hot, mild, salty, savoury, sickly, sour, tangy, spicy, stodgy, sweet, tasteless
Food – Types (nouns): Barbecue, buffet, four-course meal, picnic, snack, TV dinner, frozen meal, take-away, doggy-bag, left-overs
Food – Eating and Drinking verbs: Bite, chew, crunch, swirl, swallow, sip, slurp, munch
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:
1. Is there any kind of food that you could eat every day? If yes, please explain.
2. Is there any kind of food that you cannot eat? If yes, please explain.
3. Have you ever reluctantly tried something, but then loved it? If yes, what was it? Why didn’t you want to try it?
4. Have you ever wanted to try something, but then hated it? If yes, what was it? Why didn’t you like it?
5. Are you a picky eater? How about when you were younger?
6. Which cusine is the best in the world?
7. Which is your favorite meal of the day? Is it breakfast, lunch, or dinner? Why?
8. What is the best meal that your have ever eaten? Why was it so good?
9. What is the strangest dish you have ever tried? How was it?
10. What is the most disgusting dish you have ever tried? Why was it so bad?
11. If you had to give up meat in your diet, could you? Why/not?
12. If you could take a pill as a substitute for food every day, would you? Why/not?
13. Do you regularly eat a well-balanced diet? Why/not?
14. What kind of food can’t you go without for a long time? Why?
16. What dish (or dishes) is your country or hometown famous for? Please explain.
FOLLOW-UP WORK:
IF YOU LIKED THIS LESSON AND WOULD LIKE TO TALK DIRECTLY TO A TEACHER, GO TO http://www.myenglishprof.com AND BOOK A SKYPE LESSON NOW. WHEN YOU BOOK YOUR LESSON YOU WILL RECEIVE A LESSON PACKAGE OF MATERIALS ( VOCABULARY LIST, DISCUSSION QUESTIONS, AUDIO-VISUAL LINKS, GRAMMAR EXERCISES, READING ARTICLE, IDIOMS AND A WRITING TASK). AFTER THE LESSON, DO THE GRAMMAR EXERCISES AND WRITING TASK AND SEND THEM TO YOUR TEACHER FOR CORRECTION AND FEEDBACK.
Hi, I’m Wendy from My English Prof. This is the preparation material for an English conversation lesson about FOOD AND DRINKS. Watch the video above and then learn the vocabulary in the list below (use the dictionary http://www.wordreference.com to check the meaning of the word or to translate the word). When you are ready to discuss the questions with a teacher, contact http://www.myenglishprof.com to arrange your Skype lesson. Your teacher will send you the grammar exercises.
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