Ordering Food in a Restaurant

Ordering Food in a Restaurant

Learning Objective

At the end of the lesson, you will be able to order food, ask for recommendations, send the food back and ask for the check in a restaurant.

Introduce the learning objective and explain why it's important to know how to order food in a restaurant.

What do you already know about ordering food in a restaurant?

Vocabulary

Menu, waiter, recommendation, order, appetizer, entrée, dessert, check

Introduce the important vocabulary words that will be used throughout the lesson and explain their meaning.

Looking at the Menu

Look at the menu and decide what you would like to order. If you're not sure, ask the waiter for a recommendation.

Explain how to look at the menu, and how to ask for a recommendation.

Ordering Food

When the waiter comes to your table, tell them what you would like to order. Start with your appetizer, then your entrée, and finish with your dessert.

Explain how to order food, and the order of the courses.

Sent it Back

If there is a problem with your food, tell the waiter and they will fix it. If you don't like it, you can send it back and order something else.

Explain how to send food back if there is a problem, and how to order something else.

Asking for the Check

When you are finished eating, ask the waiter for the check.

Explain how to ask for the check.

Practice Time

Pair up with a partner and practice ordering food, asking for recommendations, sending food back, and asking for the check.

Give students time to practice what they've learned with a partner.

Role Play

Divide into groups of three. One person is the waiter, one is the customer, and one is the observer. Practice ordering food, asking for recommendations, sending food back, and asking for the check.

Have students role play a scenario where they practice their skills with a partner.

Quiz Time

Take a quiz to test your knowledge about ordering food in a restaurant.

Give students a quiz to see how well they learned the material.

Review

Review the important vocabulary words and the steps to ordering food in a restaurant.

Review the important vocabulary words and the steps to ordering food in a restaurant.

Write down 3 things you learned in this lesson.

Have students enter three things they learned in this lesson. With this they can indicate their own learning efficiency of this lesson.

Write down 2 things you want to know more about.

Here, students enter two things they would like to know more about. This not only increases involvement, but also gives them more ownership.

Ask 1 question about something you haven't quite understood yet.

The students indicate here (in question form) with which part of the material they still have difficulty. For the teacher, this not only provides insight into the extent to which the students understand/master the material, but also a good starting point for the next lesson.