Warm-up

Two dogs dining (6:48) There’s no language, but it is fun to watch (Year 7-9)
Los Angeles’ Best Restaurants (2:38) A presentation of various restaurants (Year 9)

Vocabulary

Restaurant Conversation (1:55) An example of a restaurant visit with subtitles (Year 6-7)
Restaurant Eating and Requesting Bill Common phrases with audio (Year 7-9)
Restaurants Downloadable vocabulary worksheets on restaurants (Year 7-9)
Worksheets Several vocabulary worksheets to download (Year 7-9)
English Restaurant Phrases (2:19) An instructional video about North American restaurants (Year 8-9)

Lesson Plans

United Nations asks us to eat insects A reading / listening text with various activities (Year 7-9)
British food best in the world A reading / listening text in two levels and with various activities (Year 8-9)

Listening

Heavenly Pies Restaurant A listening comprehension with vocabulary exercises (Year 7)
Restaurant Dialogues 16 types of dialogues, each with three versions, from easy to more elaborate (Year 7-9)
A Bad Steak (0:29) A little warning for restaurant visitors (Year 7-9)
Eating in a restaurant There are three ways you can use this: Listen to the whole dialogue (Year 9), question by question (Year 8) or with the script and quizzes (Year 7)

Watching

The Bad Waiter (3;27) This may bring up a discussion in the classroom: What was wrong? Does anyone have their own, good or bad, experiences? (Year 7-9)
Food in Britain (4:17) Eating out in Britain today (Year 7-9)
Increasing Number of US Restaurants Goes ‘Green’(4:16) A documentary of an environmentally conscious restaurant (Year 9) The script is shown below (Year 8-9)
Should We All Be Eating Insects? (3:04) Have you had any crickets yet? (Year 8-9)
How to order a meal (2) Watch a video about a dog ordering a meal. Check Part 1 under Writing, in case you wish to do that first.

Writing

How to order a meal (1) Watch the video and write a dialogue. See Part 2 under Watching

Speaking

Menu in a Restaurant An example menu to use with restaurant discussions (Year 7-9)
Conversation Questions Interview each other. Choose the questions to suit your group (Year 7-9)Restaurants Downloadable discussion worksheets on restaurants (Year 7-9)
Restaurant Role Cards presenting useful requests (Year 8-9)

More Materials

97 FREE ESL Restaurant worksheets (Year 7-9)

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