Meal traditions in English- speaking countries
Overview
Teacher of English
Irina Kurdziuk
OER Teaching activities
Meal traditions in English- speaking countries
Objective: Meal traditions in English-speaking countries
Level of culture: all 3 levels of culture
Skills: speaking and writing
Step 1: The teacher divides the class into groups of three or four students. Each group chooses an English- speaking country (it can be a student's own, the USA, and other English- speaking countries).
Step 2: Each group should surf the Internet and find material about meal traditions in the chosen country. They have a day before the lesson for this task.
Step 3: On the day of the lesson every student brings a material, that he founded. Then they do a project together on the A3 list draw or write information about meal traditions in the chosen country. Then present this information to the class.
Step 4: During the presentation of one of the groups, other groups write down the most interesting facts of the presented traditions.
Step:5 After each presentation each student will share the opinion about the most interesting facts and ask questions.
In this way, 3 levels of culture are involved in this activity: meal traditions of student's own country, of the USA, and other English-speaking countries. All the students share their findings and opinion.