Overview

Theme: Biadh is Slàinte (Food and Health)

BBC iPlayer clip: A short piece about the importance of healthy eating (e.g. BBC Bitesize: Why is the food we eat important?)

Watch this https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zhfcvwx/articles/zw6n6g8

Goal: Discuss food groups, nutrition, and healthy eating while practising Gaelic vocabulary and conversational skills.

Discussion Questions

(in English and Gaelic)

  1. What foods help us stay healthy?
    Dè na biadhan a chuidicheas sinn gus fuireach fallain?

  2. Which food group do you eat the most?
    Dè an seòrsa bìdh a dh’itheas tu as motha?

  3. Why is it important to eat fruit and vegetables?

    Carson a tha e cudromach measan is glasraich ithe?

  4. Do you have a favourite healthy meal? Describe it.
    A bheil biadh fallain as fheàrr leat? Mìnich e.

Vocabulary Focus

Key Words (Faclan Cudromach):

  • biadh – food

  • fallain – healthy

  • measan – fruit

  • glasraich – vegetables

  • aran – bread

  • iasg – fish

  • feòil – meat

  • uighean – eggs

  • bainne – milk

  • càise – cheese

  • ola – oil

  • cumhachd – energy

  • vitamain(ean) – vitamin(s)



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