Activity using Authentic Material

Title:“Harmful consumption of alcoholic beverages”

Class: 12th Grade.

Objectives:
The students will be able to identify different ideas by giving their opinions about an article based on the alcohol consumption in Chile
The students will be able to analyze a topic by defending their positions in a debate about the alcohol consumption in Chile

Introduction:

To introduce the topic, the students will read aloud a press article entitled “Chile tops charts for alcohol consumption in Latin America”. in order to create a debate where the students express their ideas about this topic.

Development:

 Then the teacher will ask the students what are their opinions about the article

After that, the teacher will show the students a short video about an American television show that shows a very popular bar in Chile called “La Piojera”. 

The teacher will ask the students to form two groups in order to debate about the topic.

The students will express some pros and cons about alcohol consumption 

Closing

To finish the activity the students will read some quotes of famous people about alcohol consumption.

Authentic Material

Article “Chile tops charts for alcohol consumption in Latin America”

According to a report from the World Health Organization into substance abuse, Chile currently tops the regional charts with 9.6 litres of alcohol consumed on average per capita each year.

In Latin America and the Caribbean, people consume 8.4 liters of alcohol each year, an estimated 2.2 liters more than world average, according to BBC Mundo.

“Something is changing in Latin America,” Maristela Monteiro, coordinator of the unit for Management of Substance Dependence from the Mental Health and Substance Dependence Department at the World Health Organization comments.

“There never used to be a marked drinking culture in the region, but economic development and new values as a result of globalization are making excessive consumption and binge drinking a trend,” she adds.

Argentina and Venezuela follow Chile, at 9.3 liters and 8.9 liters respectively.

“Alcohol reaches everywhere, the distribution chains have improved, there are more establishments and offer, plus the pressure made by the industry on local governments is negligible, so alcohol prices remain low and unregulated.” Monteiro adds.

http://latincorrespondent.com/2015/07/chile-tops-charts-alcohol-consumption-latin-america/#esjzuWPfoDEsz5Qw.97

Video: La Piojera - Drinking Terremotos in Santiago Chile TEA MAGE TV

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5IeDMskEQA

Quotes: The best drinking quotes of all time

https://www.timeout.com/newyork/bars/best-drinking-quotes-of-all-time

1. “I drink to make other people more interesting.” —Ernest Hemingway.

2. “After the first glass, you see things as you wish they were. After the second, you see things as they are not. Finally, you see things as they really are, and that is the most horrible thing in the world.” —Oscar Wilde.

3. “A man's true character comes out when he's drunk.” —Charlie Chaplin.

4. “I may be drunk, Miss, but in the morning I will be sober and you will still be ugly.” —Winston Churchill.

5. “I work until beer o’clock.” —Stephen King.

6. "Milk is for babies. When you grow up you have to drink beer." —Arnold Schwarzenegger.

7. “Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.” —Benjamin Franklin.

8. “Alcohol may be man’s worst enemy, but the Bible says love your enemy.” —Frank Sinatra.

9. “Wine is the most healthful and most hygienic of beverages.” —Louis Pasteur

10. “Here’s to alcohol, the cause of, and solution to, all life’s problems.” —Homer Simpson, The Simpsons