My first Thanksgiving: a video call home from Minnesota
Ji-woo, a Korean student, tells her brother about her first Thanksgiving with her American host family, from twenty guests and a mix-up over "dressing" to the thankful words before dinner; students listen for detail, practice feelings adjectives and the past perfect, and give advice to a guest at a big holiday dinner.
B1Adults45 minPhone call
About this lesson
A B1 listening lesson (phone call). Dialogues and stories to listen to, with transcripts, speed control and ready-made questions.
- Level
- B1
- Skill
- Listening
- Type
- Phone call
- Students
- Adults
- Time
- About 45 minutes
- Topic
- Thanksgiving
- Activities
- Key words, Speaking / writing task, Listening (read aloud), Multiple choice, True / False, Gap-fill, Table to fill in
- Key words
- host family, side dish, stuffing, pass, embarrassed, relieved, touched, exhausted
- Access
- Premium
By the end, students can
- Follow a personal story told in a phone call, for the main events and the speaker's feelings
- Use feelings adjectives (nervous, relieved, embarrassed, touched) and the past perfect for an earlier past action
- Give a guest advice about a big holiday in your country, in speaking and in an email