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Haggis: A Scottish Mystery

Episode of the series The World on a Plate

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 3 min 19 s.

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The episode

The famous food of Scotland. Some people say the haggis is a small animal in the hills. It is a joke! Haggis is a dish, and people in Scotland eat it on Burns Night.

Episode worksheets (2)

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Teaching guide

Objective & content

This A1- documentary presents haggis, a traditional Scottish dish, and starts with the joke that Scottish people tell tourists about an animal called the wild haggis. It then describes the real ingredients (sheep meat, onions, oats and salt) and the poet Robert Burns, who wrote about haggis in 1786. The script ends with Burns Night on January 25th, served with "neeps and tatties", and vegetarian haggis today. The language focus is the present simple to describe a dish, with food and cooking vocabulary and the articles a, an and the. 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: the present simple, a, an and the, and basic food 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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