Level 1
Unit 4 Food
5 Give students the list of research questions. Ask
Aims questions to ensure they’ve understood what they
• To research in detail the food culture of a country need to do. Tell them to search online to find the
• To produce an audio slideshow presentation answers.
6 Tell the students to find images online to use in their
presentations.
Introduction
In Unit 4 students learn food vocabulary, read about food 7 Advise the students to plan their presentations
in different countries, and practise talking and writing carefully.
about food. This project provides the students with an 8 Prepare the students for creating their digital
opportunity to use their new knowledge to find out more presentations.
about food culture in other countries.
Remember! Read the Digital Projects Teacher’s Notes
Project summary for more details.
In this project, students will work in pairs or in a group
to research the food culture of a particular country,
identifying its popular dishes and learning more about
Research questions
people’s eating habits. 1 What kind of dishes do people eat in this country?
2 Does this country have a famous dish?
Preparation 3 What do people often eat for breakfast, lunch, and
1 Choose a selection of countries the students can dinner?
research, for example, Italy, India, Brazil, or the UK. 4 Do children usually eat lunch at school?
2 Prepare a version of the final presentation (an 5 What food from this country do you like?
audio slideshow) as a model for the class. Use the
instructions in Unit 8 of the Secondary Digital Teacher
Training Course as a guide. Follow up
• Tell the students to upload their digital presentation
Procedure to the class blog.
• Ask all the students to write comments or questions
1 Show the class your example presentation.
about their classmates’ work.
Ask students questions about it to check their
understanding and raise their interest. For example: • Add the students’ grades to the LMS gradebook.
a What are the popular dishes in this country?
b Do you like any of these dishes? Option
2 Explain to the class that they are going to do a project • For a strong class or group, ask the students to
and that they will produce their own audio slideshow analyse a particular dish in more detail when they
about a country’s food culture. have completed the research questions; to find out
the ingredients and the recipe.
3 Arrange the students in pairs or groups.
4 Assign each pair or group a country to research, or
ask them which country they want to research.
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