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Listening activity: Soul Food

Mardi Gras is the biggest celebration the city of New Orleans hosts every year. This magnificent, costumed, beaded and feathered party is laced with tradition and every year thousands of people enjoy the parades, concerts, festivities and of course, authentic New Orleans cuisine.
The Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans. Photo.
Image: skeeze / CC BY-SA 4.0

Pre-listening activity

Watch the following video (1:28 min.) and find out: what exactly is a New Orleans style King Cake? Afterwards, try and summarize an answer to that question to a classmate. You might need to watch the video more than just once.

Main task

Listen to the following talk between two teachers planning a project for their students called “Down South - Soul Food”. You can choose between listening to it with or without the below transcript.

Two different approaches:

  1. Check your understanding: Listen to the dialogue and answer the questions provided.
  2. Practice for the first part of the oral exam: Listen to the dialogue several times and take notes in order to be able to give a detailed summary of what the text is about.
Vegetables hanging to dry at a market. Photo.
Image: Free-Photos / CC BY-SA 4.0

Down South – Soul Food

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Audio: NSI lydproduksjon AS / CC BY-SA 4.0


Check your understanding:

  1. Explain why the new topic is called “Down South - Soul Food”.
  2. What is Mardi Gras?
  3. What vegetable reminds Nina of bells?
  4. What prop does Nina want to use to make her ‘grand entrance’?