English for Enogastronomy

If you think that you already know everything about Halloween, then you should read this post. An amazing video ,  interesting facts about the Pagan festival and some  tasks to follow...  We wish to thank the British Council for sharing the following teaching resource  TRICK or TREATS? Flying witches, pumpkin lanterns, trick or treat... What do you know about Halloween? Here are some Halloween facts to get started. Halloween is celebrated on 31st October. This isn’t a public holiday in Britain. Halloween is the night before the Catholic festival of All Saints and the pagan Celtic festival of Samhain (1st November). Halloween is also sometimes called All Hallows' Eve, All Hallowtide and can also be written Hallowe’en. Halloween colours are orange and black. Orange is related to harvests because the end of October is the end of the harvest (the time when fruit and vegetables are collected). Black is related to death. In the UK Halloween trad...

A quick and easy multimedia lesson to carry out in class or at home as a flipped approach. Click on the pop-out icon  for a zoomed version. Teaching resources at the bottom, plus an amazing video to talk over.

When you turn up facing the great challenge of leaving the kitchens/bars premises and take your classes to theatre ( "An Ideal Husband" and " The importance of being Earnest"by Oscar Wilde!), you may be in need of a quick and inspiring lesson plan to motivate the students and contextualize what they're going to see. That's it. Something about Victorian Age and one of its most outstanding authors ever.  A lesson plan about " The importance of being Earnest" ( courtesy of professor Simonetta Antonioni)

One of the greatest challenges in teaching writing skills is paraphrasing. Paraphrasing means writing the same things using different words such as nouns and verbs synonyms as well as linkers and connectors .  When paraphrasing, it is important to keep the original meaning and to present it in a new form. Basically, you are simply writing something in your own words that expresses the original idea.     Let's see  how it works and...mind the colours! ( courtesy of Prof. S. Antonioni - excerpts taken from "Between Courses" ed. Hoepli  )  RED= nouns and verbs synonyms BLUE= linkers and connectors VEGETARIAN DIETS Vegetarian diets are usually associated to/connected to /linked to  the philosophy of living in harmony with nature. There are different kinds of vegetarians: vegans, lactovegetarians, ovovegetarians and fructarians. 1. Generally speaking VEGETARIANS usually eat vegetables, fruit, grains, n...

A Summary is a brief account of a text.It is a long text distilled to its essentials.The sentence structure and the vocabulary have been changed, but the main ideas remain. The length of a summary must provide all the necessary information contained in the text but in few , simple words. When you write a summary you mustn't copy words or sentences , especially those of the author. You should re-organize and re-write the main points trying to give the same impressions and ideas as far as possible. Never write personal opinions: objectivity is essential. Writing a summary you should: -Keep to the text ; -Follow the logic of the text, -not write your personal ideas or commentaries - be clear Methodology - Read the text twice and highlight the main points - Eliminate all the words , details, passive forms and expressions that are not useful or relevant. -Highlight keywords and key sentences - Write down the summary and verify weather it keeps to the general ideas...

When food becomes an enemy...  An interesting lesson plan and something more to follow.  ( Thank you Discovery Education for sharing! )

SLOW FOOD or FAST FOOD? What do you stand for? The fat,  tasty a n d cheap meal or the fine dining and expensive one?  This simple and straightforward question throws into crisis my students most of the times.They're often undecided about it even though I always try to make up their minds and push them towards healthy, traditional, clean and fresh food...though it's a tough job! At least we can discuss a little bit about the issue! Let's go flipped! Look at the following pictures : What different situations do they show? In your personal opinion, what are the main differences between fast food and slow food? Which one do you prefer? Why? How often do you eat at fast foods? What do you usually eat at fast foods? Have you ever eaten at fine dining restaurants ? If yes, how was your experience? What is the story and philosophy of the “ Slow Food” movement? Want to find out more? You can ...