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Certificate of Achievement
has completed the following course:
Exploring English: Food and Culture
This course looked at British food and culture and used authentic video content to help improve English language skills.
4 weeks, 3 hours per week
Michael Bibby
English Global Product Manager
British Council
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Explore contemporary UK food culture
- Experiment with some recipes from the UK and beyond
- Develop your listening skills as you watch authentic examples of people speaking English
- Reflect on language in use
- Develop language skills and practise using new language
- Discuss UK eating habits from traditional dishes, to multicultural influences to veganism
Syllabus
The course looks at the role food plays in UK culture.
- What is ‘traditional’ British food and what do people in contemporary UK actually eat?
- UK restaurant culture. Explore the vibrant UK restaurant scene and look at the link between immigration to the UK and changing food culture.
- Changing eating habits. Healthy eating and the rise in veganism and vegetarianism
- How to cook some traditional British dishes
- Regional variety. Some traditional foods from the different parts of the UK
- Special occasions. What do British people eat at special times of the year?
Issued on 28th July 2021
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