You Are What You Eat: Food and Identity

In this C2 ESL lesson, students explore the relationship between food and identity, exploring how cuisine carries memory, signals belonging, and is continually reshaped by globalization.

Warm-up:

Students answer a few questions about the topic of the lesson.

Video:

Students watch a video titled “What School Lunch Looks Like Around The World.” After watching the video, they answer a few questions.

Reading:

Learners read a short text and answer questions. They also match the phrases or words from the text with the closest matching phrase.  

Exercises:

The students put connectors into the right category. Next, the learners pick a card, read the quote on it, and in their own words, summarize the speaker’s view. In the third exercise, they discuss a number of questions using words from a box. Finally, the learners match the words and phrases to the corresponding words and phrases with the closest meaning.

Discussion:

The students rank the effects of globalization on food.