5. England, Spain and Turkey
5. England, Spain and Turkey

Pre-conocimiento
Unidad 1 – Tema 1 – Podcast número 8 |
During this lesson, at least three countries have been mentioned: Serena and Blake in Turkey, CEOLS in Cornwall (England) and Angela in Toledo (Spain).
What cultural differences would you expect to find in these countries, for instance, regarding food and eating habits? Would you expect to find anything similar between such different countries?
Watch the videos below and be surprised!

You are going to watch two videos:
Delicious food in Istanbul | Delicious food in Mullion Cove | |
Can you see anything that is common between Turkish food and English food? Does it look similar to anything you might have in Spain?
Go to the forum and discuss the videos, comment aspects such as:
– location;
– food that appears (meat, fish, vegetables, cookies, cakes…);
– ways of cooking;
Things you could have discussed with your partner are:
– The Turkish street market resembles a touristy place in Spain;
– The fried fish is similar to Spanish fried fish; the take away could be found in Spain and England;
– The almond cookies the woman makes in the video are similar to Spanish Christmas almond cakes;