ES F19 INT Food

Conversation Class Lesson Summary

Language Resident Name: Blanca Barranco Lafuente

Day and Date: 30^th September

Language and Level (intermediate or advanced class): Spanish Intermediate

Class theme/topics discussed: Food

Goal of the class:

How did you structure the class?

Warm up: Students see different pictures of food and try to guess which one is Spanish.
Activity 1: I tell them that my favorite dish is the Spanish omelet and I explain them how to do it. Meanwhile students complete a worksheet about how to do a Spanish omelet.
Activity 2: Students think of their favorite food and explain the recipe to another classmate.
Activity 3: In groups students will become chefs and have to think of a super creative recipe. They receive three main ingredients that their dish must contain (they will be weird combinations) and they have to invent a name for the dish and a recipe.
Activity 4: Presentation of the dishes in front of the class and results from the jury.
Extra final activity: Showing them weird foods or strange food combinations that people eat and discussing whether they would try them or not.
Extra activity (2): Telling them a personal story about a cooking disaster.

What technology, media or props did you use? (internet resources, playmobiles, handouts, etc.)

What worked well in this class? What did not work?

They seemed to have fun while inventing their own recipe and they showed lots of interest during the warm-up activity discovering new Spanish dishes. They were also shocked by my cooking disaster; they really like these kinds of personal stories.

How could this class be improved/ modified?

The comprehension activity while I was providing them with some input was a bit confusing because there were two tasks in the same activity. It would have been better to simply put the statements in order and leave the part of matching statements with pictures only for fast-finishers.