Talking Face to Face

Session 1 Talking Face to Face Being All Ears

Section I Talking Face to Face Lead in Follow the Samples Act out Put in Use

Lead in Warm-up Questions Menu

Lead in Warm-up questions 1. If you want to eat at a restaurant, what would you do before ordering food? I would ask for the menu to see what to order. 2. What’s the difference for paying the bill between eating at a fast food shop and at a restaurant? You have to pay for the bill before eating at a fast food shop, but after eating at a restaurant.

Lead in Many Americans like to eat a large meal at a restaurant. Now let’s look at the menu of a restaurant and try to use it to practice two short dialogues.

Questions for Understanding the Menu 1. What food is served according to the menu? Steaks and chops served with salads, vegetable and choice of baked potato, French fries or dinner roll. 2. What dishes are served? New York Steak, T-bone Steak, Sliced Steak on Garlic Bread and Pork Chops with Apple Sauce. 3. Is there any onion soup served? How much is it? Yes. It is $1.50. 4. Is orange juice served there? Yes. 5. How much does a cup of Iced Tea cost? It is $1.00.

Follow the Samples Warm-up Questions Sample 1 Sample 2

Warm-up Questions 1. Do you know how to order food or drinks at a restaurant in English? A. Please let me see the menu first. B. Well, what’s special on the menu today? C. I know Beijing Roast Duck is popular in China. I’d like to try it. D. I’d like something typically Chinese. E. I would like some vegetable dishes. F. I’d like to try some Shanghai cooking. 2. Do you know how to take an order as a waiter at a restaurant in English? A. Would you like to have Chinese food or Western food? B. What else would you have, sir? C. What would you like to begin with? D. Well, I’ll bring your order right now.

ACT OUT Task One Task Two Task Three Task Four Task Five

Section II Being All Ears Listen & Decode Listen & Respond Listen & Read Listen & Match Listen & Conclude

Listen and Decode Listen to Dialogue 1 and decode the message by finding the correct choices in the brackets according to what you hear. 1 (Jim, Kim, Tom) and his friend are waiting for 2 (breakfast, lunch, supper) in a restaurant. They have been waiting for a long time since they ordered their meal. Kim is 3 (angry, worried, sorry) and complains that the service is really 4 (bad, hard, slow). But his friend thinks that they needn’tbe in a 5 (anger, hunger, hurry), because the 6 (waiter, waitress, boss) is very busy. Script

The slow service there. Kim. Listen and Respond Listen to the dialogue again and answer the following questions orally. 1. Who is complaining about the restaurant? 2. What is he complaining about?

The waitress says it will be ready any minute. More than 20 minutes. His friend asks him not to be in a hurry. 3. How long has he been waiting for the food? 4. What does his friend say to him? 5. When will his food be ready? Script

Listen and Read Now listen to something more challenging-a passage with some blanks for you to fill in. The words in the brackets will give you some hints. A glance beforehand at the word list provided below will be of some help to you. Eating Out When Americans eat out, they usually 1 (do what?) _______ certain customs. To get a waiter or waitress’sattention, they may raise their hands to 2 (do what?) _______ his or her eye, or say “Waiter" or “Waitress.” In the U.S., many restaurant workers are 3 (how?) _______ paid, so they depend on tips. Most customers tip waiters and waitresses 4 (how much?) ___________ of the bill. The tip isn’tusually written on the bill, so you have to 5 (do what?) _______ it yourself. The customer usually leaves the tip on the 6 (what?) _______. Some restaurants serve more food than people can eat at one time. When that happens, many customers ask for a doggie 7 (what?) _______ to take the leftover food 8 (where?) _______. Some people may actually 9 (do what?) ___________ to their dogs, but most often they eat it 10 (who?) ______________ at another time. follow catch poorly 15 percent add table bag home give the food themselves Script

Listen and Match Listen to the passage again and match the information in Column A with the choices in Column B. c c

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Script: Eating Out When Americans eat out, they usually follow certain customs. To get a waiter or waitress’s attention, they may raise their hands to catch his or her eye, or say “Waiter”or “Waitress.” In the U.S., many restaurant workers are poorly paid, so they depend on tips. Most customers tip waiters and waitresses 15 percent of thebill. The tip isn’t usually written on the bill, so you have to add it yourself. The customer usually leaves the tip on the table. Some restaurants serve more food than people can eat at one time. When that happens, many customers ask for a doggie bag to take the leftover food home. Some people may actually give the food to their dogs, but most often they eat it themselves at another time.

Listen and Conclude Write out the general idea of the passage by answering the following questions. 1. What do Americans usually do to get a waiter’sattention in a restaurant? 2. Why do people often give waiters tips? 3. What is the amount of the tips? 4. Where and when people leave their tips? 5. What do people do with their leftover food ? 6. Who will eat the leftover food? Reference

Reference In American restaurants, people usually raise their hands to catch a waiter’seye, or say “Waiter”to get his attention. Because waiters are poorly paid, people often give them tips. The amount of a tip is usually 15 percent of the bill. And people leave the tips on the table before they leave. If people can’teat all their food at one time, they may take the leftover food home, either for their dogs or for themselves to eat at another time.

Assignments for This Session Oral Work Preparation Work

Oral work (Presentations are required in the next class.) 1. Group work for this session The students work in groups of 4 or 6. They first make up dialogues about having dinner at a restaurant. Then one student plays the role of a waiter, and the others the customers. The dialogues should include ordering the table, food and drinks. The students should also make some comments on the food. 2. Pair work One student plays the role of a waiter and the other the customer. The waiter introduces some local special dishes to the customer and tries to persuade the customer to have a meal at the restaurant.

Preparation work 1. The students read Passage I for several times. 2. The students prepare all the exercises for Passage I.

Talking Face to Face