Snack facts - recording vocabulary | TeachingEnglish | British Council

This lesson is for teenagers or young adults with a language level of A2-B2 and focuses on improving vocabulary around the topic of snacks.

Introduction: In this engaging series of activities, which use four short texts about 'snack culture', students will discuss different ways of recording vocabulary. They will learn how to notice patterns in vocabulary and how to speculate about the meaning of new vocabulary based on suffixes and word-building patterns. If you have internet access, your students will also have an opportunity to use the British Council's LearnEnglish Teens website.

Topic: Snack food, eating habits

Aims:

To develop students’ awareness of vocabulary features (chunks, suffixes, etc.)
To help students discover some ways to record vocabulary
To encourage students to keep a record of new vocabulary
To encourage students to work together on a collaborative task.

Age: Teenagers and young adults

Level: A2-B2

Time: 60 minutes +

Materials:

Lesson plan
Student worksheets
Either internet access to the Snack facts text on LearnEnglish Teens or the Snack facts original texts (A, B, C and D) if no internet access.
Dictionaries

By Katherine Bilsborough