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Cockatoo

Episode of the series Animals & Creatures of Australia

CEFR: A1, A2, B1

In this episode

Illustrated slideshow
Glossary
Comprehension quiz (45 questions)
Cultural notes

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Extract: the first 30 seconds of the episode. The full episode lasts 4 min 1 s.

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The episode

The bird with a crest on its head. Cockatoos are big, noisy parrots from Australia: they have a crest on their head and a very strong beak, they live for a long time, and some can dance.

Episode worksheets (2)

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Teaching guide

Objective & content

This documentary episode presents cockatoos, members of the parrot family, of which fourteen types live in Australia. The narrator describes their crest and strong beak, what they eat, how pairs raise a chick in a hole in a tree, and the white, black and pink types, including the galah. The episode ends on how clever they are: they talk, dance and copy words such as "hello". The language focus is the present simple for facts, can for ability and adjectives of colour and size, with vocabulary on wild animals and body parts. Learners work on listening comprehension.

Materials & prerequisites

The episode folder holds a student sheet and a teacher sheet (PDF and HTML) and the printable text in markdown. Learners should already know be and have in the affirmative, singular and plural nouns, and the main colours.

Curriculum alignment

Tagged c3-child-and-living-world (cycle 3, 6e): the child and the living world. The episode targets CEFR level A1-.

Possible adaptations

Lower levels: Offer segmented listening and additional visual aids.
Advanced levels: Encourage an oral summary and a debate in English on the theme.
Large groups: Organise group work with differentiated roles.

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