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The future of food

AliceGrandi November 13, 2020
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Task description & scene summary

Task description:
Listening comprehension and talking about future trends (multiple choice, fill the gaps, open-ended questions)
Scene summary:
The video presents the challenges in satisfying the food needs of a rapidly growing population and alternatives that are currently being researched to solve the problem in the future
Video source: Future Food | The Menu of 2030
Video length: 3 minutes 34 seconds
Video genre: Edu or explainer video (e.g. TedEd, TED conference, home-made explainer)
Lesson type: Mixed practice
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Communicative function: how to make predictions in English
Copyright license: Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike License
First published: 2020-11-13, 17:31:27 (GMT+1)
About the author

KIERAN DONAGHY ABOUT ISLCOLLECTIVE VIDEO QUIZZES:

"iSLCollective Interactive Video Quizzes are highly engaging and motivating multimodal texts for English language students to learn vocabulary and improve their listening skills. They are the perfect complement to the creative and innovative lesson plans on Film English."

Kieran Donaghy,
Creator of FilmEnglish.com, a site with hundreds of high quality, free ESL/EFL lesson plans created around short films

Video quiz questions (printable)

1) How many people will we need to feed by 2050?

  • 9 billion
  • 19 billion

2) What are researchers doing?

Answer the question using your own words

3) What will be on our tables in 20-30 years?

  • critters
  • insects
  • Earthlings

4) How many edible insects are already out there?

  • 1900
  • 2 billion
  • 19000
  • 9 billion

5) Find the beatle!

6) What are insects rich in?

Answer the question using your own words

7)

Fill the gap: Scientists have already cultured ground beef from ________________________ cells

8) Why are algae considered a solution to the food shortage problem?

Answer the question using your own words

9) Algae are a good source of....

  • vitamins
  • minerals
  • proteins
  • nutrients

10) How many people will we have to feed in 20 years?

  • double
  • triple

11) What happend in 2011?

  • More fish were farmed than beef
  • Less fish were farmed than beef

12) What is GMO?

Fill the gap: Genetically ________________________ food

13) Are GMOs gnerally safe?

  • Yes
  • No
  • Only fruits and vegetables

14) What can you change in 3D printed food?

  • texture
  • taste
  • forms
  • colour

About the author

KIERAN DONAGHY ABOUT ISLCOLLECTIVE VIDEO QUIZZES:

"iSLCollective Interactive Video Quizzes are highly engaging and motivating multimodal texts for English language students to learn vocabulary and improve their listening skills. They are the perfect complement to the creative and innovative lesson plans on Film English."

Kieran Donaghy,
Creator of FilmEnglish.com, a site with hundreds of high quality, free ESL/EFL lesson plans created around short films

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