Black crape and Whitby jet: an audio guide to Victorian mourning
A museum audio guide in which a curator explains a widow's dress, jet jewellery, hair brooches, memorial photographs and black-edged writing paper, correcting popular myths; students listen for detail, stance and implication.
C2Adults60 minTalk
About this lesson
A C2 listening lesson (talk). Dialogues and stories to listen to, with transcripts, speed control and ready-made questions.
- Level
- C2
- Skill
- Listening
- Type
- Talk
- Students
- Adults
- Time
- About 60 minutes
- Topic
- Halloween
- Activities
- Key words, Speaking / writing task, Listening (read aloud), Multiple choice, True / False, Gap-fill
- Key words
- mourning, crape, matt, widow, jet, keepsake, pauper's funeral, macabre
- Access
- Premium
By the end, students can
- Follow an expert commentary for detail, attitude and implied meaning
- Understand precise vocabulary for clothing, materials and social customs
- Discuss how societies express grief, sensitively and in depth