French breakfast, cultural comparison, breakfast traditions, continental breakfast, baguette, viennoiseries, breakfast foods, cultural exchange, language learning
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This document compares French breakfast traditions with those of other cultures, highlighting common and unique foods.
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[...] 25 min Period What makes up my intercultural breakfast. [CE - PE] After a brief oral review of the previous session, I ask the learners to record the foods of their breakfast in a designated frame in their portfolio. This is to prepare for the writing activity of period 2. The assignment is that their breakfast must include at least two common foods with those of the French breakfast (checked in their list during the second session), two others not common with the target culture that they particularly appreciate and a last one exclusively from their original culture. [...]
[...] As a teacher, I have to play a mediator's role, ensure the smooth running of this oral activity. In addition, as a native representative of the target culture, I participate in this exchange but with complete objectivity to provide a better view of the traditional French breakfast. List of comprehension questions, at my disposal, to help learners better integrate into the discussion: Did you know that?? / Have you ever had a French breakfast? / If not, would you like to try? / What do you think? [...]
[...] 15 min Period History of Breakfast. [CE - CO - PE - PO] After having taken knowledge of the proposed excerpt with the learners, I make sure of their good understanding by explaining the most complex terms to them. Now, the learners know the globality of breakfast with notably, the origin of coffee from Turkey under Louis XVI. Then, the task is to link, without the text, each era to its corresponding breakfast. (Annex Document 8 20 min Period Conversation around similarities with breakfast traditions of the target culture. [...]
[...] In common 15 min 3 Establish the difference between their culture and the target culture. [CE - PE Complete a table. (Document Compare the French breakfast and theirs. Explain the table to complete on breakfast traditions. Explain complex vocabulary. Cultural Mediator. In common and then individual to fill the table. 15 min Session 'Cross-Cultural Understanding.' Phase No. Title Learning Tasks Teaching Tasks Organisation / Animation Modalities Duration 1 History of Breakfast [CE - CO - PE - PO Reading, comprehension of a text. (Document Comprehension exercise (linking). [...]
[...] FRENCH BREAKFAST Table of Contents Introduction. Sequence. Session 1 - 'The contrastive approach.' Session 2 - 'Cultural intercomprehension.' Session 3 - 'Empathy.' Session 4 - 'Reconstructive approach to foreign culture.' Justification of the choice of the subject. Conclusion. Bibliography. Annexes. Annex 1 - Learners' Portfolio. Document 1 - Lecture. Document 2 - REMINDER Document 3 - Exercise. Document 4 - Breakfast Vocabulary. Document 5 - REMINDER Document 6 - Exercise. Document 7 - Reading. Document 8 - Exercise. Document 9 - Traditional French Breakfasts. [...]
