Listening plan

Objectives:

Identify different accents between two people in a daily conversation. Understand the main topic exposed about differences between two countries’ food.

Context:

Grade: Third year of high school

Number of students: 45

English level: intermediate

Resources: data show, white board, personal computer, speakers

Time: 90 minutes

Product:

A similar dialog created by the student, in which he/she could show the understanding of the topic and demonstrate how they will be able of using it in the real world.

Activities:

Teacher introduces the subject giving general ideas of the topic

Teacher asks for previous knowledge about the subject

Teacher gives previous vocabulary

Listening one: they listen to the audio file, they identify main ideas.

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1. Does Steph prefer Spanish cooking or English cooking?

2. What is Steph's favourite Spanish food?

Listening two: they listen it again and then answer more complex questions

1. Where did Step live before she came to Spain?

2. Why does she think that Spanish cooking is better that English cooking?

3. Why has Steph's cooking become more Spanish since she moved to Spain?

4. Does Steph prefer eating out in restaurants or cooking at home? Why?

5. Why doesn't Steph want to open her own restaurant?

Listening three: they listen to the audio file for the last time completing the next task:

- Steph, welcome to Mansion Ingles. How long have you been __________in Spain?
- We've been living here just over five years now.
- And where did you live _______________?
- We lived right in the centre of London.
- Uh ha, and can you tell us what ______________there are between Spanish cooking and English cooking?
- Well, personally for me I find Spanish cooking is much _____________. Their ingredients are much better. They have more ________________________, and they use a lot of olive oil, so this is very healthy.
- I see, and do you think that your cooking has become more Spanish since you _____________________________here?
- Yes, because obviously you're used to the ingredients that are available in the supermarkets and also the markets, and it's ____________________________and has a lot of flavour.
- What's your _________________________Spanish dish, Steph?
- Ooo, I would say paella because that is very healthy, and I also love the tortilla.
- Do you prefer cooking erm.. at home, or eating out in restaurants?
- Well, I love cooking, but I must be honest and say that when you eat out in restaurants there's _________________________not much work there.
- So no _______________________, Stephanie
- Exactly!
- Okay, and er.. would you like to open your own restaurant one day?
- I think now I'm ___________________, but it would have been very nice perhaps many years ago.