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Online dining latest craze in South Korea (29th January, 2014)

The Reading / Listening - Level 3

There is a new craze in South Korea that is very popular. It is watching other people eat online. The Reuters news agency reports there are over 3,500 people who eat live in front of their webcam. Thousands of people watch the shows. One of the most famous online diners is 34-year-old Park Seo-yeon. She is known as The Diva and has thousands of followers who watch her eat every day. She broadcasts her meals in real time for about three hours a day. She said she first tried it as a hobby, but then she started to get a lot of money. People click a link on her website to say they like her. She gets about nine U.S. cents per click. She now makes over $9,000 a month from her show and has quit her regular job.

Many people in Korea watch the online dining webcasts because they are lonely. More and more Koreans are living alone in big cities and have no one to eat with. Reuters said: "One-person households are set to increase from 25.3 per cent of the total population in 2012 to 32.7 per cent in 2030." This is the fastest rate of any rich country in the world. Ms Park says she feels like she is providing a benefit to society. She told Reuters: "It is comforting for people who eat alone. It feels great when people said, 'Thank you for a fun and delicious time'". She also said people write to thank her for helping them with their eating problems. She enjoys being part of a big online community and talking about food.

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Sources

http://www.reuters.com/video/2014/01/26/watch-me-eat-an-online-craze-in-south-ko?videoId=276590552&videoChannel=4

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The 40 Lesson Activities on the PDF Handout

WARM-UPS

1. EATING: Students walk around the class and talk to other students about eating. Change partners often and share your findings.

2. CHAT: In pairs / groups, decide which of these topics or words from the article are most interesting and which are most boring.

craze / popular / news agency / webcam / followers / meals / hobby / click / link / lonely / big cities / population / benefit / society / comforting / delicious / community

Have a chat about the topics you liked. Change topics and partners frequently.

3. ONLINE WATCHING: How useful or interesting might it be to watch people do these things live online? 10 = very useful; 1 = a total waste of time. Complete this table with your partner(s). Change partners often and share what you wrote.

Watch people…	Useful 1 - 10	Why?	Interesting 1-10	Why?
eat
exercise
play a computer game
do the gardening
talk on the phone
put on make-up

4. ONLINE DINING: Students A strongly believe watching other people eat online is very interesting; Students B strongly believe it's a total waste of time. Change partners again and talk about your conversations.

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5. WEBCASTS: Rank these and share your rankings with your partner. Put the best at the top. Change partners often and share your rankings.

• how to use technology

• someone eating

• speeches

• pronunciation practice

• religious services

• the weather in a city

• of a panda in a zoo

• a wedding

6. FOLLOWER: Spend one minute writing down all of the different words you associate with the word "follower". Share your words with your partner(s) and talk about them. Together, put the words into different categories.

BEFORE READING / LISTENING

1. TRUE / FALSE: Read the headline. Guess if a-h below are true (T) or false (F).

a.	The latest craze in S. Korea is eating at online restaurants.	T / F
b.	Over 3,500 people in S. Korea broadcast themselves eating.	T / F
c.	Thousands of people watch one woman eat three meals a day.	T / F
d.	The woman said she will quit her job next year.	T / F
e.	People watch webcasts of others eating because they are lonely.	T / F
f.	Around a third of South Koreans will live alone in 2030.	T / F
g.	The woman doesn't think what she is doing is so useful.	T / F
h.	The woman has never received any messages from her followers.	T / F

2. SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article.

1.	craze	a.	alone
2.	followers	b.	pace
3.	in real time	c.	everyday
4.	makes	d.	circle
5.	regular	e.	earns
6.	lonely	f.	fad
7.	increase	g.	good
8.	rate	h.	fans
9.	benefit	i.	rise
10.	community	j.	live

3. PHRASE MATCH: (Sometimes more than one choice is possible.)

1.	people who eat live	a.	who eat alone
2.	thousands of	b.	real time
3.	She broadcasts her meals in	c.	regular job
4.	She now makes over	d.	her for helping them
5.	quit her	e.	are set to increase
6.	have no one	f.	in front of their webcam
7.	One-person households	g.	a big online community
8.	It is comforting for people	h.	$9,000 a month
9.	people write to thank	i.	to eat with
10.	She enjoys being part of	j.	followers

GAP FILL

There is a new craze in South Korea that is very (1) ____________ . It is watching other people eat online. The Reuters news agency reports there are over 3,500 people who eat (2) ____________ in front of their webcam. Thousands of people watch the shows. One of the most famous online (3) ____________ is 34-year-old Park Seo-yeon. She is known as The Diva and has thousands of (4) ____________ who watch her eat every day. She broadcasts her (5) ____________ in real time for about three hours a day. She said she first tried it as a (6) ____________, but then she started to get a lot of money. People click a link on her website to say they like her. She gets about nine U.S. cents per (7) ____________. She now makes over $9,000 a month from her show and has (8) ____________ her regular job.

followers
hobby
diners
quit
popular
click
live
meals

Many people in Korea watch the online dining (9) ____________ because they are lonely. More and more Koreans are living alone in big cities and have no one to (10) ____________ with. Reuters said: "One-person households are set to (11) ____________ from 25.3 per cent of the total population in 2012 to 32.7 per cent in 2030." This is the fastest (12) ____________ of any rich country in the world. Ms Park says she feels like she is providing a (13) ____________ to society. She told Reuters: "It is comforting for people who eat alone. It feels great when people said, 'Thank you for a fun and (14) ____________ time'". She also said people write to thank her for helping them with their eating (15) ____________. She enjoys being part of a big online (16) ____________ and talking about food.

delicious
increase
community
rate
webcasts
eat
problems
benefit

LISTENING - Guess the answers. Listen to check.

1)	There is a new craze in South Korea that ______
	a. is very popularly b. is very poplar c. is very popularity d. is very popular
2)	there are over 3,500 people who eat live in front ______
	a. of their web camera b. of their webcam c. of their webcams d. of their webs cam
3)	She ______ in real time for about three hours a day
	a. broadcast her meals b. board casts her meals c. broad cast her meals d. broadcasts her meals
4)	she first tried it as a hobby, but then she started to get ______
	a. a lot for money b. a lot of money c. a lot from money d. a lot if money
5)	She now makes over $9,000 a month from her show and has quit ______
	a. her regularly job b. her regulars job c. her regular job d. her regulation job
6)	Many people in Korea watch the online dining webcasts because ______
	a. they are lovely b. they are loosely c. they are loony d. they are lonely
7)	Reuters said: "One-person households are ______
	a. get to increase b. let to increase c. set to increase d. bet to increase
8)	Ms Park says she feels like she is providing a ______
	a. benefit to society b. benefit too society c. benefit two society d. benefit at society
9)	people write to thank her for helping them with ______
	a. their eating problems b. their eating problems c. their eating problematic d. their eating problem is
10)	She enjoys being part of a big ______
	a. online community b. online communities c. online commune city d. online come mutiny

LISTENING – Listen and fill in the gaps

There (1) ___________________ South Korea that is very popular. It is watching other people eat online. The Reuters news agency reports there are over 3,500 people who eat (2) ___________________ their webcam. Thousands of people watch the shows. One of the most famous online diners is 34-year-old Park Seo-yeon. (3) ___________________ The Diva and has thousands of followers who watch her eat every day. She broadcasts her (4) ___________________ about three hours a day. She said she first tried it as a hobby, but then she started to get a lot of money. (5) ___________________ her website to say they like her. She gets about nine U.S. cents per click. She now makes over $9,000 a month from her show and has (6) ___________________ job.

Many people in Korea watch the online dining webcasts because they are lonely. More and more Koreans (7) ___________________ big cities and have no one to eat with. Reuters said: "One-person households are set to increase from 25.3 per cent (8) ___________________ in 2012 to 32.7 per cent in 2030." This is (9) ___________________ of any rich country in the world. Ms Park says she feels like she is providing a benefit to society. She told Reuters: "It is (10) ___________________ who eat alone. It feels great when people said, 'Thank you for (11) ___________________ time'". She also said people write to thank her for helping them with their eating problems. She enjoys being (12) ___________________ community and talking about food.

COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS

1.	What is now very popular in South Korea?
2.	How many people eat live online in South Korea?
3.	How old is The Diva?
4.	For how long each day does Park Seo-yeon broadcast?
5.	How much does Park Seo-yeon get per click?
6.	Why do South Koreans watch online dining webcasts?
7.	How many one-person households will there be in S. Korea in 2030?
8.	What does Ms Park believe she is giving to society?
9.	What do people think Ms Park helps them with?
10.	What does Ms Park enjoy being part of?

MULTIPLE CHOICE - QUIZ

1.	What is now very popular in South Korea?	6.	Why do South Koreans watch online dining webcasts?
	a) eating on Skype b) watching people eat online c) new crazes d) learning how to cook different food		a) because they are lonely b) because they want to learn good eating manners c) because they love food d) because TV is boring
2.	How many people eat live online in South Korea?	7.	How many one-person households will there be in S. Korea in 2030?
	a) around 3,500 b) just under 3,500 c) more than 3,500 d) exactly 3,500		a) 32% of young people b) 327,000 c) 3.27 million d) 32.7% of the population
3.	How old is The Diva?	8.	What does Ms Park believe she is giving to society?
	a) 24 b) 14 c) 44 d) 34		a) an eating superstar b) fun c) a benefit d) dinner
4.	For how long each day does Park Seo-yeon broadcast?	9.	What do people think Ms Park helps them with?
	a) 1 hour b) 3 hours c) 7 hours d) 11 hours		a) food problems b) Internet problems c) problems about what to have for dinner d) eating problems
5.	How much does Park Seo-yeon get per click?	10.	What does Ms Park enjoy being part of?
	a) nine U.S. cents b) $9,000 c) $1.19 d) 9 to 90 cents		a) the problem b) an online community c) feeling great d) the food chain

ROLE PLAY

Role A – How to use technology

You think how-to-use-technology webcasts are best. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them things that are wrong with their webcasts. Also, tell the others which is the least useful of these (and why): pronunciation-practice webcasts, panda webcasts or webcasts that show religious services.

Role B – Pronunciation practice

You think pronunciation-practice webcasts are best. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them things that are wrong with their webcasts. Also, tell the others which is the least useful of these (and why): how-to-use-technology webcasts, panda webcasts or webcasts that show religious services.

Role C – Pandas

You think panda webcasts are best. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them things that are wrong with their webcasts. Also, tell the others which is the least useful of these (and why): pronunciation-practice webcasts, how-to-use-technology webcasts or webcasts that show religious services.

Role D – Religious services

You think webcasts that show religious services are best. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them things that are wrong with their webcasts. Also, tell the others which is the least useful of these (and why): pronunciation-practice webcasts, panda webcasts or how-to-use-technology webcasts.

AFTER READING / LISTENING

1. WORD SEARCH: Look in your dictionary / computer to find collocates, other meanings, information, synonyms … for the words 'online' and 'dining'.

online

dining

Share your findings with your partners.

Make questions using the words you found.
Ask your partner / group your questions.

2. ARTICLE QUESTIONS: Look back at the article and write down some questions you would like to ask the class about the text.

Share your questions with other classmates / groups.
Ask your partner / group your questions.

3. GAP FILL: In pairs / groups, compare your answers to this exercise. Check your answers. Talk about the words from the activity. Were they new, interesting, worth learning…?

4. VOCABULARY: Circle any words you do not understand. In groups, pool unknown words and use dictionaries to find their meanings.

5. TEST EACH OTHER: Look at the words below. With your partner, try to recall how they were used in the text:

3,500
thousands
34
3
9
9,000

big
total
rate
feels
great
part

EATING SURVEY

Write five GOOD questions about eating in the table. Do this in pairs. Each student must write the questions on his / her own paper.

When you have finished, interview other students. Write down their answers.

	STUDENT 1 _____________	STUDENT 2 _____________	STUDENT 3 _____________
Q.1.
Q.2.
Q.3.
Q.4.
Q.5.

Now return to your original partner and share and talk about what you found out. Change partners often.

Make mini-presentations to other groups on your findings.

EATING DISCUSSION

STUDENT A's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)

a)	What did you think when you read the headline?
b)	What springs to mind when you hear the word 'dining'?
c)	What do you think of the online dining craze?
d)	Would you like to watch people eating online?
e)	Why do you think people like watching others eat online?
f)	What would you like to watch people doing online?
g)	Why do people want others to watch them eating online?
h)	Would you let people watch you eat if you got money for it?
i)	What do you think of someone getting $9,000 a month for eating?
j)	What would you really like to watch someone eat?

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STUDENT B's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)

a)	Did you like reading this article? Why/not?
b)	Should eating be a private thing?
c)	What should people do when they eat if they are lonely?
d)	Is there a problem when there are so many one-person households?
e)	What do you do when you are lonely?
f)	Is it better to eat alone or with someone else?
g)	What benefits is Ms Park providing to society?
h)	Does online dining show society is becoming less friendly?
i)	Would you like to be part of an online dining community?
j)	What questions would you like to ask Ms Park?

DISCUSSION (Write your own questions)

STUDENT A's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)
1.	________________________________________________________
2.	________________________________________________________
3.	________________________________________________________
4.	________________________________________________________
5.	________________________________________________________
6.	________________________________________________________

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STUDENT B's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)
1.	________________________________________________________
2.	________________________________________________________
3.	________________________________________________________
4.	________________________________________________________
5.	________________________________________________________
6.	________________________________________________________

LANGUAGE - CLOZE

There is a new craze in South Korea that is very (1) ____. It is watching other people eat online. The Reuters news agency reports there are over 3,500 people who eat (2) ____ in front of their webcam. Thousands of people watch the shows. One of the most famous online (3) ____ is 34-year-old Park Seo-yeon. She is known as The Diva and has thousands of followers who watch her eat every day. She broadcasts her meals (4) ____ real time for about three hours a day. She said she first tried it as a hobby, but then she started to get a lot of money. People (5) ____ a link on her website to say they like her. She gets about nine U.S. cents per click. She now makes over $9,000 a month from her show and has (6) ____ her regular job.

Many people in Korea watch the online dining webcasts because they are (7) ____. More and more Koreans are living alone in big cities and have no one to eat with. Reuters said: "One-person households are (8) ____ to increase from 25.3 per cent of the total population in 2012 to 32.7 per cent in 2030." This is the fastest (9) ____ of any rich country in the world. Ms Park says she feels like she is providing a benefit to society. She told Reuters: "It is (10) ____ for people who eat alone. It feels great when people said, 'Thank you for a fun and delicious time'". She also said people write to thank her for (11) ____ them with their eating problems. She enjoys being part of a big online (12) ____ and talking about food.

Put the correct words from the table below in the above article.

1.	(a)	polar	(b)	popular	(c)	populated	(d)	popularity
2.	(a)	living	(b)	live	(c)	lively	(d)	livelihood
3.	(a)	dins	(b)	dines	(c)	dinners	(d)	diners
4.	(a)	of	(b)	in	(c)	at	(d)	on
5.	(a)	clack	(b)	clock	(c)	cluck	(d)	click
6.	(a)	end	(b)	finish	(c)	quit	(d)	stop
7.	(a)	lonely	(b)	loosely	(c)	lovely	(d)	luckily
8.	(a)	bet	(b)	get	(c)	set	(d)	let
9.	(a)	limit	(b)	time	(c)	interest	(d)	rate
10.	(a)	comforting	(b)	comforts	(c)	comfortable	(d)	comforter
11.	(a)	helping	(b)	helped	(c)	helper	(d)	helps
12.	(a)	community	(b)	conference	(c)	constellation	(d)	configuration

SPELLING

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4.	ellsofrwo who watch her eat every day
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6.	quit her auegrrl job
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8.	25.3 per cent of the total tiaoponulp
9.	she is providing a benefit to yceosti
10.	It is omgrifcnto for people who eat alone
11.	Thank you for a fun and iulecdsio time
12.	part of a big online ucnitmoym

PUT THE TEXT BACK TOGETHER

Number these lines in the correct order.

( )	over $9,000 a month from her show and has quit her regular job.
( )	a link on her website to say they like her. She gets about nine U.S. cents per click. She now makes
( )	alone in big cities and have no one to eat with. Reuters said: "One-person households are set to increase
( )	from 25.3 per cent of the total population in 2012 to 32.7 per cent in 2030." This is the fastest
( )	to society. She told Reuters: "It is comforting for people who eat alone. It feels
( )	as The Diva and has thousands of followers who watch her eat every day. She broadcasts her meals in real time for about three hours
( )	them with their eating problems. She enjoys being part of a big online community and talking about food.
( )	people watch the shows. One of the most famous online diners is 34-year-old Park Seo-yeon. She is known
( 1 )	There is a new craze in South Korea that is very popular. It is watching other people eat online. The Reuters news
( )	rate of any rich country in the world. Ms Park says she feels like she is providing a benefit
( )	Many people in Korea watch the online dining webcasts because they are lonely. More and more Koreans are living
( )	a day. She said she first tried it as a hobby, but then she started to get a lot of money. People click
( )	great when people said, 'Thank you for a fun and delicious time'". She also said people write to thank her for helping
( )	agency reports there are over 3,500 people who eat live in front of their webcam. Thousands of

PUT THE WORDS IN THE RIGHT ORDER

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4.	like to on click her say her a they website link People.
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CIRCLE THE CORRECT WORD (20 PAIRS)

There is a new craze in South Korea that is very popularity / popular. It is watching other people eat / eating online. The Reuters news agency reports there are more / over 3,500 people who eat lively / live in front of their webcam. Thousands of people watch the shows. One of the best / most famous online dinners / diners is 34-year-old Park Seo-yeon. She is known as The Diva and has thousands / thousand of followers who watch her eat every day. She broadcasts her meals in really / real time for about three hours a day. She said she first tried it as a hobby, but then she started to get a lot of money. People click a link on her website to say they like her. She gets about nine U.S. cents par / per click. She now makes over $9,000 a month from her show and has quit her regular / regularly job.

Many people in Korea watch the online dining webcasts because they are lonely / lovely. More and more Koreans are living alone in big cities and have no one to eat for / with. Reuters said: "One-person households are get / set to increase from 25.3 per cent of the totally / total population in 2012 to 32.7 per cent in 2030." This is the fastest late / rate of any rich country in the world. Ms Park says she feels like she is proving / providing a benefit to society. She told Reuters: "It is comforting / comfortable for people who eat alone. It feeling / feels great when people said, 'Thank you for a fun and delicious time'". She also said people write to thank her for helping her / them with their eating problems. She enjoys being part of a big online community / communities and talking about food.

Talk about the connection between each pair of words in italics, and why the correct word is correct.

INSERT THE VOWELS (a, e, i, o, u)

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PUNCTUATE THE TEXT AND ADD CAPITALS

there is a new craze in south korea that is very popular it is watching other people eat online the reuters news agency reports there are over 3500 people who eat live in front of their webcam thousands of people watch the shows one of the most famous online diners is 34-year-old park seo-yeon she is known as the diva and has thousands of followers who watch her eat every day she broadcasts her meals in real time for about three hours a day she said she first tried it as a hobby but then she started to get a lot of money people click a link on her website to say they like her she gets about nine us cents per click she now makes over $9000 a month from her show and has quit her regular job

many people in korea watch the online dining webcasts because they are lonely more and more koreans are living alone in big cities and have no one to eat with reuters said "one-person households are set to increase from 253 per cent of the total population in 2012 to 327 per cent in 2030" this is the fastest rate of any rich country in the world ms park says she feels like she is providing a benefit to society she told reuters "it is comforting for people who eat alone it feels great when people said 'thank you for a fun and delicious time'" she also said people write to thank her for helping them with their eating problems she enjoys being part of a big online community and talking about food

PUT A SLASH ( / ) WHERE THE SPACES ARE

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world.MsParksaysshefeelslikesheisprovidingabenefittosociety.S
hetoldReuters:"Itiscomfortingforpeoplewhoeatalone.Itfeelsgrea
twhenpeoplesaid,'Thankyouforafunanddelicioustime'".Shealsos
aidpeoplewritetothankherforhelpingthemwiththeireatingproble
ms.Sheenjoysbeingpartofabigonlinecommunityandtalkingabout
food.

FREE WRITING

Write about eating for 10 minutes. Comment on your partner's paper.

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ACADEMIC WRITING

Watching other people eat online is good for lonely people. Discuss.

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HOMEWORK

1. VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Choose several of the words from the text. Use a dictionary or Google's search field (or another search engine) to build up more associations / collocations of each word.

2. INTERNET: Search the Internet and find out more about eating. Share what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson.

3. EATING: Make a poster about eating. Show your work to your classmates in the next lesson. Did you all have similar things?

4. ONLINE DINING: Write a magazine article about watching other people eat on the Internet. Include imaginary interviews with people who are for and against it.

Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Write down any new words and expressions you hear from your partner(s).

5. WHAT HAPPENED NEXT? Write a newspaper article about the next stage in this news story. Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Give each other feedback on your articles.

6. LETTER: Write a letter to an expert on human relations. Ask him/her three questions about lonely people watching other people eat online. Give him/her three of your opinions on this. Read your letter to your partner(s) in your next lesson. Your partner(s) will answer your questions.

A Few Additional Activities for Students

Ask your students what they have read, seen or heard about this news in their own language. Students are likely to / may have have encountered this news in their L1 and therefore bring a background knowledge to the classroom.

Get students to role play different characters from this news story.

Ask students to keep track of this news and revisit it to discuss in your next class.

Ask students to male predictions of how this news might develop in the next few days or weeks, and then revisit and discuss in a future class.

Ask students to write a follow-up story to this news.

Students role play a journalist and someone who witnessed or was a part of this news. Perhaps they could make a video of the interview.

Ask students to keep a news journal in English and add this story to their thoughts.

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ANSWERS

TRUE / FALSE (p.4)

a

F

b

T

c

T

d

F

e

T

f

T

g

F

h

F

SYNONYM MATCH (p.4)

1.	craze	a.	fad
2.	followers	b.	fans
3.	in real time	c.	live
4.	makes	d.	earns
5.	regular	e.	everyday
6.	lonely	f.	alone
7.	increase	g.	rise
8.	rate	h.	pace
9.	benefit	i.	good
10.	community	j.	circle

COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS (p.8)

1.	An online dining craze
2.	Over 3,500
3.	34
4.	3 hours
5.	9 U.S. cents
6.	Because they are lonely
7.	32.7% of the population
8.	A benefit
9.	Eating problems
10.	An online community

MULTIPLE CHOICE - QUIZ (p.9)

1.

b

2.

c

3.

d

4.

b

5.

a

6.

a

7.

d

8.

c

9.

d

10.

b

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