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Fast Food & Globalization ESL Discussion Questions

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A1–A2 BeginnerB1–B2 IntermediateC1–C2 Advanced

Use these fast-food-globalization ESL discussion questions for pair work, small-group speaking or whole-class conversation. Choose the level that fits your learners, or move through all three sections as the questions become more challenging.

A

Beginner · A1–A2

Start the conversation

  1. 01

    What is your favorite food from another country?

  2. 02

    Have you eaten a dish abroad that tasted different from the one at home?

  3. 03

    Why do big chains change their menus in different countries?

  4. 04

    When a dish changes in a new country, is it still that country’s food?

  5. 05

    Is it a problem if cities around the world start to look and taste the same?

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B

Intermediate · B1–B2

Explore the issue

  1. 01

    What is your favorite food that came from another country?

  2. 02

    Have you eaten a foreign dish abroad that tasted nothing like the version at home?

  3. 03

    Why do you think global chains change their menus instead of keeping them the same?

  4. 04

    When a dish changes in a new country, is it still that country’s food?

  5. 05

    Does it matter if cities around the world start to look and taste alike?

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Would you like the world with that?

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C

Advanced · C1–C2

Challenge the idea

  1. 01

    Which dish from another country has become part of your everyday life?

  2. 02

    Have you eaten a dish abroad that tasted nothing like the version at home?

  3. 03

    Why might global chains adapt their menus rather than insist on one size fits all?

  4. 04

    When a dish takes on a life of its own abroad, whose food is it?

  5. 05

    Is a city that becomes a melting pot gaining culture, or slowly losing its own?

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Perspective English · Complete lessons

Turn the discussion into a full lesson.

Continue with the complete Fast Food & Globalization lesson at the level your class needs. Perspective lessons combine reading, vocabulary, discussion and deeper speaking tasks around one conversation-worthy topic.

A1–A2

Discuss spending on things and experiences, social media, showing off and whether experiences really make people happier.

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Explore experiences, possessions, authenticity, status and whether buying memories has changed what we consume.

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Challenge the experience economy, bragging rights, authenticity and whether materialism has simply taken a new form.

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