What’s on family dinner tables in fifteen different homes around the globe?
Photographs by Peter Menzel from the book “Hungry Planet” and published in Time Magazine.
Instructive !!
MC Poussard
Hello everyone,
1 ) Here are a few videos about banning smoking. Click on the following links :
Now complete the document : type of document, country, description, message and tone of the document.
2 ) Imagine you are taking part in a debate about banning smoking from public places. Pick up a card, think about your role, and answer the questions.
3 ) Now it’s your turn : imagine a commercial to tell younger students they should stop smoking… You can find help on this link (audio + subtitles) : How to stop smoking or on this one, explaining the concept of Non smoking day
Group 1 : ad for teenagers
Group 2 : ad for adults
P. Couturier
Hello everyone,
1 ) Watch this video twice. During the 2nd play, try to repeat what you hear and then, I will have a few questions for you :
Instructions to the new waiter
2 ) Now list all the questions clients may ask you from the moment they arrive, to the moment they leave. Then, let’s see how you can answer those questions…
3 ) Imagine a menu of your choice, including 2 starters, 2 main courses and 2 desserts
4 ) Here’s the website of a famous American restaurant : The Cheesecake Factory
Look at the menu. What do you think ? Write your comments on the blog.
5 ) Now look at the menu of the restaurant “La Belle France”. Explain some of the dishes in English…
P. Couturier
Dear MS2 students,
You wanted to talk about the different ways people could meet or date other people.
Here are 5 videos pointing at the dangers of Internet dating :
The surprises of Internet dating
1 ) Complete the document : type of document, description, targeted viewers, tone of the video, message
2 ) Watch video 5 again. Try to write down what the girl says.
3 ) Now imagine a poster to explain the dangers of online dating to teenagers.
4 ) Imagine you are parents and your children often use Internet. Discuss the following questions :
5 ) After reading the text about the concept of speed dating, imagine questions you really want to ask someone you meet during 2 minutes :
P. Couturier
Dear students,
Congratulations for coming to school during holidays to speak English.
I hope you will enjoy your time and I hope you will speak as often as you can…
P. Couturier
Saturday, February 14th : today is Valentine’s day. Many people thoughout the world celebrate this day to tell the one they love how much they love him/her. They offer flowers or chocolates, they buy special presents, and they write Valentine’s cards.
Dear H2 H2′ students (A2-B1 group), here are some more videos about our topic. Watch them twice, and let’s talk about that… I will give you a document to complete.
Stop the bullets, kill the guns
Now here’s another document… of course… it’s a little ironic… what do you think ?
Mother encouraging gun violence (funny…)
P. Couturier
This is a video called Lamb Curry Song, written by Leigh Haggerwood and sung and played by Jamie Oliver.
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You know Jamie Oliver is a Chef, but did you know he is also a musician and a drummer?
So, enjoy and sing with him to learn professional vocabulary while having fun !!
MC Poussard
