Cooking in Britain

Stage

Lead in

Food
vocabulary
exercise

Procedure
T draws a table and divides class into small
groups. Students have to think as many national
dishes as they can for they own county, Britain
and any other country. If they are struggling to
come up with ideas T gives them examples to
start them off.
Ss give different answers and T explains how
are these dishes made. Possible answers are:
pecenje, djuvec, kavurma, prebranac, sarma,
cvarci, kacamak, ajvar, baklava, pindjur.
Cheddar cheese, meat pies, pudding, fish and
chips, haggis, tea. Kebab, ratluk (Turkey), tacos
(Mexico), tavce gravce (Macedonia) pasta,
lasagna, pizza (Italy), Greek salad.
T divides students into pairs and asks them to
think of different food to match each adjective
in the table which is given to them.
Adjectives which students have to match with
food are: sour, sweet, salty, bitter, hot, spicy,
soft, hard, crunchy, crispy, creamy, chewy. T
will give Ss some clues to guess the food.
Answers:
This food is soft and it tastes sweet. It is made
from cream, sugar and fruit or
chocholate. It is eaten very cold, usually in
summer. (ice cream)
This food is crunchy and it can be salty or
sweet. It is often eaten in the cinema.
(popcorn)
This food is hard on the outside, but usually
soft in the middle. It is very versatile
and is used to make lots of sweet and savoury
dishes. In the UK people also eat it
on its own for breakfast or in a sandwich.(egg)
This food is usually hard and crunchy, and it is
red or green in color. People
often use it to make desserts, eg. pies. (apple)

Interaction

TSs

TSs

Aims

The aim of
this part of the
lesson is to get
students
interested in
the topic and to
develop their
food
vocabulary.

Aim is to help
students to
describe the
tastes and
textures of
food, and what
different dishes
are made from.

Time

6 minutes

5 minutes

Reading task

Reading task. Topic: Are Brits becoming more

adventurous in the kitchen?
Students have to read text about British cusine
and innovations

TSs

The task
should help to
develop
students'
reading
comprehension
skills.

7 minutes