English for Enogastronomy

Look at the following pictures and describe them. Here are my  tips for describing a photo or a picture in English Do:     • Look at your picture carefully and take a few moments to think before you start talking.     • Talk for all the time you are given. If you have one minute to do the task, use every second.     • Practise the useful language below so you can explain which part of the picture you are talking about. Don’t:     • Panic if you don’t know the words for all the things in the picture. You don’t need to know all the words for everything in the picture if you know what to say when you don't know an exact word.       • Get distracted and start talking about something else. Focus on the photo or picture.     • Panic if your mind goes blank ( se non ti ricordi nulla). Take a deep breath, look at the picture and start again.  Here is some language you can use: What is in the picture? In the picture I can see ... There’s / There are ... There isn’t a ... / There aren’t a

Una delle prove fondamentali  dell’esame di stato riguarda il colloquio , all’interno del quale troveranno spazio i percorsi per le competenze trasversali e per l’orientamento (ex alternanza scuola-lavoro). Il colloquio è volto ad accertare il conseguimento, da parte dei candidati, di quanto previsto dal profilo culturale, educativo e professionale degli studenti. Essi dovranno quindi esporre, mediante una breve relazione e/o un elaborato multimediale,anche  l’esperienza di alternanza scuola-lavoro ora denominata  “percorsi per le competenze trasversali e per l’orientamento” ( PCTO ) To support my students during the quarantine days I have prepared the following lesson plan:    When talking about your future plans you use the future tenses. In the following slideshare you have a presentation of the most used ones. ( thank you Professor  Raúl Cabezalí Blanco for sharing ) The Future - mind-map from Raúl Cabezalí Blanco And then a video as a  follow up...( thank

WARM UP Answer the following questions: What do you think of as typical British food? Have you ever tried fish and chips, Sunday roast or Sheperd's pie? Do you know what a Full English is? Whatch this video to find out about what people in the UK are eating these days. ( thank you British Council for sharing) This is the script of the video: Download the file and do the exercises     Check your answers     FOLLOW UP What is a Full English ? Sometimes also called a ‘fry-up’ , the full English breakfast consists of fried eggs, sausages, bacon, tomatoes, mushrooms, fried bread and often a slice of white or black pudding . It is accompanied by tea or coffee and hot buttered toast. This breakfast may also include baked beans and hash browns ( frittelle di patate). ( photo credits: travelfare.wordpress.com) Now download the following file and learn the new words and expressions ( use WORDREFERENCE to check meanings)