This document provides details on an activity to teach 8th grade students about food from around the world. The activity includes matching pictures of food and country flags, asking and answering questions about different cuisines, reading short texts using the present perfect tense, and having students tell the class about food they have eaten. The activity covers source, target, and international cultures by including Mongolian, American, and other global foods. Last year, students shared their experiences and learned food names using the target grammar. Modifications may be needed if classes resume next month.

1. 1.Description of activity
Topic: Food around the world
For: the 8th grade
Objective: STWBAT talk about Food around the world and share their own ideas.
Level of culture: all 3 levels (Source, Target, and National)
Skills: speaking, reading, writing,
Use of grammar: Present perfect tense.
Resources: pictures of different food, names on pieces of a paper, reading
worksheet.
Activities:
1. I write food names on a piece of paper and give them pictures of different food
names and their country flags. The students match the food and their names and
flags.
2. The students ask and answer questions about different food. For example:
- Which picture is Mongolian/ Chinese / Russian/ Italian/ Japanese/ American
traditional food?
- Have you ever eaten sushi / horhog / spaghetti / hamburger/ dumpling?
3. Read about short texts about food around the world and study the grammar usage
of the Present perfect tense.
4. Read again and answer the questions.
5. Tell the class. Check answers as a whole class.
6. Write 2 or 3 sentences about they have eaten interesting food in their life and tell
the class.
2. For me, all 3 levels of culture are included with this activity. Source culture is Mongolian
traditional food Horhog, target culture is a hamburger, and international culture is other
traditional food such as Chinese, Italian, and Japanese. Last year, I taught this topic. The
students shared their own ideas using the grammar usage of the Present perfect tense and
recognized different food names of some foreign countries. In addition, if the Pandemic is
reduced, the classes could start in my country next month. So, I think that I need to change
some activities to support students’ creativity and motivate them.

2. Using materials: flags of country and food