View Content #17515

From http://frenchteachernet.blogspot.co.uk

Former French teacher and blogger Steve Smith writes,

I've been looking around for good video listening material … and discovered that there are a myriad of useful short videos featuring cooking recipes. Many are short enough (up to about 4 minutes is good) and easy enough to be very usable in the classroom or for homework.

As with all listening resources you need to find language which is clear and not too fast. With recipes you have the great advantage that the visuals follow the language very closely so comprehension is facilitated. In addition, most students would find at least some interest in following recipes.

Videos like this can be exploited in a number of ways. Here are a few:

 True/false/not mentioned
 Gap fill
 Matching starts and ends of sentences
 Vocabulary list completion
 Oral recounting of the recipe to a partner
 Adapting the material to produce a written account in past tense
 Making the recipe at home to be brought in for a class tasting.
 Focusing on an aspect of grammar (e.g. imperatives and il faut)
 Focusing on cooking vocabulary which can be re-used when describing another recipe orally or in writing

View the full blog post at http://frenchteachernet.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/recipes-make-for-good-listening-material.html