Cooking Up Language Skills
ESL Lesson PlansCooking Up Language Skills

Cooking Up Language Skills

This 60-minute A2+ ESL cooking lesson plan for adults focuses on reading and writing skills. Students will discuss favorite foods, match cooking vocabulary with definitions, read a Chinese recipe, and answer comprehension questions. The lesson concludes with learners writing their own recipe or a social media post, reinforcing key vocabulary and practical language use.

Skills

  • Can understand straightforward, factual texts on subjects relating to their interests or studies.
  • Can offer advice on simple matters within their field of experience
Online Interactive
Based on CEFR
Fully Customizable
1

Let's talk about cooking! Discuss these questions with your partner.

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What is your favorite food to cook?
2
Do you like to help in the kitchen?
3
Do you like following a recipe?
4
Do you enjoy trying new recipes?
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How do you feel when you cook something very tasty?
2

You are going to read recipe instructions. Before you begin, look at the list of words and match each word with its definition.

3

Use the words from the previous exercise to complete these sentences.

4

Now, read the recipe. Would you like to cook this meal?

5

Based on the text, answer the questions.

6

Unscramble the words to write the cooking instructions.

7

Now you're going to write your own recipe. Choose one of these options and use the words you've learned.