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Tourism English: Food/Cuisine

By Donruethai  Laphasradakul
        Introduction
Collection of Videos and websites
Teaching Activities
WebQuests
Tests/Quizes/Games
Useful Links



Introduction

        This website is created for ESL/EFL teachers who are preparing to teach Tourism English especially in the  Food/Cuisine topic.  The target students should be at the intermediate level.  The website provides interesting information related to food/cuisine tourism English as the collection of videos and websites about food, cuisine, food festivals, culture of eating like how to use chopsticks.  Based on these information, the website creates some teaching activities such as role-play, conversation practice, and 'WebQuests'.  Moreover, quizes, tests, and games are also provided for both evaluating and having fun.  The website also offers teachers a varieties of useful links like the book of 'food tourism around the world'.



The collection of Videos and Websites


Cuisine (Videos)


Cooking show

Deep dish pizza

Thai food 'sweet sticky rice with mangos'

Thai food 'satay with peanut sauce

Thai food 'Pad Thai'

Paula's home cooking

Bulgogi

Chicken Fajitas

Eat korean BBQ

Korea Kimchi



Food festivals (Videos)

Food and drink festival

Food Network South Beach Wine and Food Festival

Marathon Sea Food Festival Saturday March 10, 2007

Taste of Byron 2006

Festa Italia


Famous Restaurants (Websites)

The 10 Best Restaurants in Gainesville

Restaurants in Gainesville: Rating

Top 10 Gainesville Restaurants of 2006

Where is the best food in ...?

Famous Chefs, Celebrities & Restaurants In The USA


Culture of Eating (Videos)

Dining Tutorial

How to use chopstick

Chopstick table manner

How to eat spahgetti
 
How to eat sushi

Dining Thai way


Culture of Eating (Websites)

Table manners

American table manner
British table manners
Chinese table manners
French table manners
Indian table manners
Japanese table manners
Malay table manners
Pakistani table manners
Philippine table manners
Russian table manners
Thai table manners

Formal Eating





Teaching Acivities



Vocabulary

Vocab: ordering food
Food Vocabulary


Role-Play:

Going to Restaurants 

A Role-play for Ordering Food
(restaurant cloze activity/ restaurant crossword/restaurant and food survey activity)

Survival English for Travellers

Conversation Practice: 

Dialogue1
Dialogue2



WebQuests




What is a webquest?

German Food Webquest

You have the chance to spend an entire week in a part of Germany described in our textbook, Komm Mit. What are you going to eat? Are you adventurous, do you still want to eat like an American, or are you somewhere in between?

Insects As Food

Pizza, hamburgers, fries, and Coke are all favorite American foods. Lobster, caviar, and escargot are considered a delicacy by some people. What about eating insects? Would you ever consider eating them? Are there places in the world today where insects are part of the people's diet?

Fiesta, Food and Fun

Hola, Hello!  You are invited to a fiesta Fiesta means party in Spanish.  Who doesn’t like a party?  So let’s see ” what’s cookin’ ” and get ready for a celebration as we explore some foods of Mexico.



Tests/Quizes/Games



Test 1: Eating out
 
Vocabulary test (matching exercise): with the topic 'Eating out',  teachers ask students to match the words on the right with the items on the left and they can check the answer. 
                                       

Test 2:  Food

Reading Comprehesion Test - Food: with the topic 'Coming for tea', teachers ask students to read the text and choose the correct answer.  Students have 10 minutes to complete the test.



Quiz1: 

Vocabulary quiz: with the topic 'food', teachers ask students to
choose a letter from each box to create a word then check the answer.  This quiz is part of the HTML-Only Self-Study Quizzes which is part of Activities for ESL Students, a project by The Internet TESL Journal

Quiz2:

Vocabulary quiz: with the topic 'food and food-related words', teachers ask students to choose the appropriate word from five choices and then, click the answer button to see the answer.

Game1:


The crossword puzzle: with the topic 'food quantifiers', teachers ask students to click on the boxes and type the correct letters.  The situation is about
"You have just moved into your own apartment.   Your mother is worried about you.  She brings you two big bags of groceries.   As you unpack, this is what you find..."


Useful Links




Book

Food tourism around the world

TESL Resources


 HTML-Only Self-Study Quizzes

 Activities for ESL Students

The Internet TESL Journal