Conversation 1ºESO

• Topic: Gastronomic Culture

• Using food culture as a base, compare differences and similarities between contrasting cultures.

• Explore other countries, especially how geography and climate change the diet of these countries.

• Express opinions about whether these diets are healthy or not.

• Use superlatives and comparatives to compare these diets to the students own.

• The students need to video themselves preparing food from their chosen country and then express their opinions on the food produced.

Contents: 2nd term

• Topic: Who am I?

• Using the format of an online video, explore the student's passions and hopes for the future.

• Discuss and compare different types of hobbies and free-time activities.

• Using future tenses, discuss the student's hopes and aspirations.

• Support students in discovering, developing and sharing their ideas.

• Help students develop presentation literacy skills whilst connecting with those around them and globally.

Contents: 3rd term

• Topic: Moving Abroad

• Using the idea of moving to the UK with a group of friends to get a job, discover a little about what becoming an independent adult requires.

• Learn vocabulary about housing, transportation and employment and use real world online resources to find relevant information.

• Practice job interviews via role plays using relevant vocabulary.

• Discover the culture, music, sports and history of different regions. Students have to justify why they have chosen the town they are moving to based on the regional culture and lifestyle.

• Work on group skills such as organisation and distribution of work to produce their presentations and finally show them to the class.