T: What are cocoa beans made into? Only chocolates?
– What are cocoa beans made into?
T: S1, What do you think cocoa beans are made into?
S1: They are made into chocolates and cocoa, right?
T: Yes, cocoa beans are made into chocolates and cocoa, cocoa powder. Cocoa beans are also called cacao beans. It is confusing, isn’t it? Also hot cocoa is called hot chocolate.
What are cocoa beans made into? という質問は極めてシンプルな上に、誰もが答えを知っているものですが、ここでは、前回の展開でbe made fromを使ったのに合わせて、be made intoを使わせたかったので、あえてペアで質問させてみました。このように、学んだ表現を実際のコミュニケーションで使うことは、その表現を含む文法問題に答えることよりはるかに「定着」を促します。表現や語彙、文法など、コミュニケーションを目的に学ぶことは、コミュニケーションから学ぶべきです。
T: Now, when do you crave for chocolates? “Crave” means to have a strong desire to have something.
— When do you crave for chocolates?
T: S2, when do you crave for chocolates?
S2: I love chocolates, so I crave for them every time.
T: How about your partner? When does she crave for chocolates?
S2: She craves for chocolates when she is tired.
T: S3, when do you crave for chocolates?
S3: When I’m sleepy. At night, I drink hot chocolate before I study.
T: Cocoa contains caffeine, so chocolates make you feel awake.
ここでは、「内容」としては、カカオ豆にカフェインが含まれていることからチョコレートに眠気覚ましの効果があること、「英語」としては、contain という動詞やmake you feel awake などの表現を学んでいます。
We have learned that the largest producer of cocoa is Ivory Coast. Now, what country is the largest consumer of cocoa? What country is the biggest lover of chocolates?
– What country do you think the largest consumer of chocolates is?
T: S4, what country do you think the largest consumer of cocoa is?
S4: Belgium?
T: Ah, Belgium is famous for Godiva chocolate, but Belgium is not the largest consumer. What country does your partner think the largest consumer of chocolates is?
S4: He says the U.K.
T: Ah, Kit Kat chocolate was born in the U.K, but the largest consumer is not the U.K. The largest consumer of chocolates is Switzerland. People in Switzerland are big lovers of chocolates. In Switzerland, averagely a person consumes about 8.8 kg of chocolates a year. In Japan people averagely consume about 1.2 kg of chocolates a year. Do you know what company produces Kit Kat? Nestlé. Nestlé is one of the biggest food producing companies in the world and it is a company in Switzerland.
前回 the largest producerという表現を使って最大の生産国について話したので、今回は the largest consumer という表現を使って最も多くチョコレートを消費する、つまり食べる国についてやりとりをします。