Learning
a new language means learning those words we use every day.
Let's
take for example , being in a kitchen.
What are
the utensils we use in a kitchen:
Pots and pans tea kettle. A coffee pot
Dishes cups and saucers glasses
Silverware: forks, teaspoons, soup spoons, knives
Serving dishes
Soup ladles, cheese grater, colander
Potato peeler, salt and pepper shakers
Bread basket
Timer
How do
we cook:
To
fry to boil to bake to grill
To
barbecue to roast, to broil, to sauté
What
appliances we use:
A
microwave oven, a stove, an oven, a toaster
A
refrigerator, a sink
A
pressure cooker , a coffee maker, a blender, a mixer
A
can opener, a bottle opener, a corkscrew
A
dishwasher
Other
useful kitchen items
An
apron, a dishtowel, a pot holder, an oven mitt, a hot plate
A
cookbook
The teacher
can prepare many activities for this subject.
1) Use magazine photos of kitchens and have the students
label the furniture and objects found. Ex. Cabinets,
fridge, oven….
2) A young group of students can decorate a cut out of
an
apron and oven mitt, using expressions like: I love to
cook, I love cake, I need help!! This is MY apron!!!
3) Using a photocopy of a refrigerator, the students
can list all the things that you put in it. Ex. Butter,
eggs, milk, soda, cheese….
4) Again for young students, they can look up
recipes
for cakes. (with the teacher's help!) They can copy the
ingredients and then draw a picture of the cake. If the teacher
likes to bake she can prepare a cake for the children to taste. Why not???
5) They can "set a table", drawing the appropriate
items, glass, dish, fork, knife, spoon, napkin. The teacher can
find some photos of tables that are set for dinner, letting them
note where the items are placed.
6) Students can write up short dialogues using as many of these
"kitchen words" as possible. Subject. "What's for dinner?"
A Nice Though
"There is no love sincerer than the love of food."
George Bernard
Shaw