Food and Culture: Superstitions Explored
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Food and Culture: Superstitions Explored

This engaging food and culture lesson for ESL students focuses on superstitions about food in different cultures. Aimed at adults and teens at the B2 level, the 60-minute lesson enhances reading and speaking skills through various tasks, including matching superstitions with foods and discussing cultural beliefs. Students will explore intriguing facts about food-related superstitions and share personal insights, making this ESL food and culture lesson both informative and interactive.

Skills

  • Can read straightforward factual texts on subjects related to their field of interest with a satisfactory level of comprehension.
Online Interactive
Based on CEFR
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1

Have you ever heard of superstitions? What are they? Choose the correct answer.

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What is a superstition?
2

Read the article about food superstitions in different cultures. Which ones did you know? Which ones surprised you the most?

3

Choose the correct answer according to the text.

4

Match these foods with what they are used for. Do you believe in these superstitions?

5

Read more facts about superstitions in different countries. Are any of them common in your culture?

6

Answer the following questions.

7

Share your opinion.

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