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Listening Lesson (Fast Food)
Pre-Intermediate level

Description

In this lesson students will listen to two documentaries on fast food. The documentaries are quite long, so I have split them into many parts. Before each listening there will be a gist and scan (listen for specific info.) task. If there is time, I will play 'Devil's Advocate' and generate a debate on 'Fast Food vs. Healthy Food'.

Materials

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Main Aims

  • To give students practice in listening for gist and specific information through authentic documentaries on 'Unhealthy Food'.

Subsidiary Aims

  • To introduce new vocabulary regarding the food industry.
  • To have students practice speaking for fluency.

Procedure

Lead In (2 minutes) • To elicit to topic of 'Unhealthy Food' to the class by asking who likes Mcdonald and BurgerKing

Ask the class who likes Mcdonald's vs Burger King? Start clip right away.

Listening #1 (Bring your own doc with Robert Kenner) (5 minutes) • To have sts listen for gist and specific information.

Teacher will set task beforehand. 1) How much does his order cost? 2) How much is broccoli? 3) Why does she feel guilty? Quick discussion..

Listening #2 (Bring your own doc with Robert Kenner) (3 minutes) • To have sts listen for gist.

What is she afraid of?

Listening #3 (Bring your own doc with Robert Kenner) (7 minutes) • To have sts listen for gist and specific information.

How is it inside the hen house? Introduce lexis: Mass production like an assembly line in a factory. Why do chickens plop down? Is it easier to catch chickens in the dark? Who works in the chicken factories? What happens to the dead chickens? Lexis: feces,plop down, mass production,assembly line,undocumented workers

Listening #4 (Bring your own doc with Robert Kenner) (5 minutes) • To have sts listen for gist and specific information.

Start by asking the class: 'What will happen if you eat McDonald's everyday for 30 days?' Is corn good for the cows? Is it natural? What do cows usually eat? Lexis: cattle

Listening #5 (Super-size me with Michael Moore) (5 minutes) • To have sts listen for gist and specific information.

Set tasks before 'supersize me' Ask class to listen for: what do you think will happen if he eats McDonalds for 30 days? How is he feeling after Day 1?

Listening #6 (Super-size me with Michael Moore) (5 minutes) • To have sts listen for gist and specific information.

How does he feel Day 3? What is a 3 day hump? Are nuggets made from normal chickens?

Listening #7 (Super-size me with Michael Moore) (2 minutes) • To have sts listen for gist

Is he happy?

Listening #7 (Super-size me with Michael Moore) (5 minutes) • To have sts listen for gist and specific information.

Day 18 Are the doctors shocked? How many pounds of sugar did he consume? How many pounds of fat? How much weight did he gain?

Speaking (10 minutes) • To practice speaking for fluency

Who would you like to see go first you or them? Do you think we should eat tomatoes in the winter? Is it the same here in Turkey?

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