This course is designed to reinforce the reading, writing, speaking and presenting skills already acquired by third-year students through the study of a subject both essential to our bodies and dear to our hearts: food. The content-focus of this class includes a variety of topics such as food and culture, food in writing and social media, and new trends in the production and consumption of food in modern society. Required readings, short videos and/or podcasts will be assigned every few weeks, which students should come to class prepared to discuss. In this course, students will have the opportunity to explore and document their individual relationships with food, research and write summaries of various food-related texts, and work collaboratively to devise, script and film their own original food programme. ELTU 3415 will help students to become more fully aware of food, its provenance and production, history and fads, and to understand how their own food choice s are made and the impact those choices can have on society. Additionally, by strengthening their English proficiency through digital and online mediums, students will be encouraged to perceive their everyday media practices as a rich field of English language production and contribute to global discourses on food.



