Fish & Chips: A British Classic
Episode of the series The World on a Plate
The episode
Britain's most famous meal. Hot white fish, thick fried potatoes, salt and vinegar: a very simple dish whose story starts in two different places at once.
Episode worksheets (2)
- Student sheet In your teacher account
- Teacher sheet In your teacher account
Teaching guide
Objective & content
This A1- documentary presents fish and chips, a famous British meal, and tells how fried fish and fried potatoes met in the 1860s. The script names John Lees, who opened a shop in the north of England, and Joseph Malin, who opened one in London. It also explains why the meal suited factory workers and how the trains helped it spread. The language focus is the present simple to describe a dish, with food and cooking vocabulary and singular and plural nouns ("We call these potatoes 'chips'."). The main skill is listening comprehension, then the in-app quiz.
Materials & prerequisites
- Student sheet and teacher sheet (PDF and HTML versions) from the episode's printables.
- Prerequisites: a, an and the, some, and basic food and meal words.
Curriculum alignment
Tagged to the cycle 3 (6e) axis "the child and the wider environment".
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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