Objectifs linguistiques : Shoe and company vocabulary.
Objectifs travaillés : Video comprehension
Resources :
Video: A couple of sneakerheads
Contents
Vocabulary
Write the words, and their translations into your copybook.
Translations should be written in pencil, until they have been checked.
- CEO (Chief Executive Officer) (n.)
- collab(oration) (n.)
- collectible (n.)
- counterfeit / fake (adj.)
- customise (v.)
- eco-friendly (adj.)
- endorsement / support (n.)
- environment (n.)
- ethics (n.)
- exhibition (n;)
- fabric (n.)
- icon (n.)
- iconic (adj.)
- kicks / sports shoes (n.)
- leather (n.)
- Nike
- retailer (n.)
- rubber (n.)
- second-hand (adj.)
- shoe company (n.)
- sneakerhead (n.)
- sneakers (n.)
- sole (n.)
- sustainable (adj.)
- trademark (n.)
- vintage (n.)
A couple of sneakerheads
Copy the table, and complete it using the information in the video.
Next, copy these questions and complete them:
A: Does the second man wear his shoes? Why (not)?
B: Match the dates with the events they correspond to:
mid 1800s •. • Black urban communities became the new sneaker market.
1917. •. • Goodyear invented the vulcanised rubber sole.
1980s. •. • Converse created the first canvas top.
C: Tick the correct statements:
☐ Both men are sneakerheads.
☐ The sneaker culture is different from the hip-hop and streetwear culture.
☐ Sneakers are sometimes like art, that is why they are exhibited in museums.
☐ Owning a pair of famous sneakers is absolutely not a status symbol.
☐ The men estimate their total expenses on sneakers up to $50,000.
Evaluation
Answer questions about this lesson.
Test yourself with questions about this seance