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Vocabulary and speaking: Diet and nutrition

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Intermediate+/B2
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Food
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45-60 min
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Overview

In this first upper-intermediate lesson on the topic of food, students will focus on advanced vocabulary and engage in detailed discussions about diet and nutrition. They will learn new terms and expressions that describe various aspects of this topic, such as nutrients and their benefits. This lesson aims to broaden their vocabulary while encouraging them to express their thoughts and opinions about this area in more sophisticated English.

The lesson plan starts with a boardwork example that shows one way to warm up your students for this topic. Building on this, they will then engage in a couple of collaborative classroom activities. These activities involve discussing the nutritional value and benefits of different foods and sharing personal insights into their own diets. The lesson ends with a fun group game, further reinforcing the topic's vocabulary.

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Boardwork
1Nutrient table
2Pair discussion
3Strange foods
Games
1Charades
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Classroom activities

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Use of the board

Start by eliciting or adding four food-related topics to the board. Then discuss concepts and vocabulary related to each one. Use this spider diagram as a guide.

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Nutrient table

Students build a table that connects the different nutrients to their benefits and the foods that contain them.

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Pair discussion

The students will work in pairs and discuss questions related to their diets.

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Strange foods

A pairwork activity in which students give their opinions on some of the weirdest cuisines found around the globe.

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Charades: What am I cooking?

One student pretends to be a TV chef while the other students attempt to guess what they are cooking.

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