Delicious Food

Designed by . . .

Bonnie, Vicky, Annie, Kaye For the Course “English Teaching

Methodology” 2003 Spring. Teacher: Yu-Chih Doris Shih

As Part of the “Media Workstation Designs” Assignments.

Modified by Kate Liu, 2003/8/12, for CEWeb.

Delicious Food

Conversation Conversation Station : : Ordering Food Photo/Experience Description Station:

Restaurants and Foods Available in Taipei Video Station: Making a Dish Yourself Listening and Viewing Station: Seasoning Search and Find Station (Internet): Cuisine Cuisine

of the Worldof the World News Report Station : Healthy EatingHealthy Eating

1. Conversation1. Conversation Workstation:Ordering Food Ordering Food

Outcomes: Let student learn how to order food in a coffee shop. Level: Freshmen & Sophomore College

Students (intermediate) Material: Conversation sample sheet Time: 20-25 minutes Role of teachers: Advisors

Process Process:1.Introduce a sample conversation and key words (Ref.

conversation practice and vocabulary: http://www.etweb.fju.edu.tw/daily_eng/conversation/index.htm;

discussion questions and vocabulary http://www.eng.fju.edu.tw/con&com_databank/conversation_act/food.html ).

2. Have students practice their own conversation, changing what they want to order, etc. Sometimes a new person can join to change the dynamic of their conversation.

Evaluation: oral performances

Conversation Sample Waitress ： Welcome! May I help you ？ Customer ： Yes, do you have any chocolate cake ？ Clerk ： Oh! Sorry! But we’re out of chocolate cake. Customer ： That’s ok ？ Do you have any waffles ？ Clerk ： Yes, we have very good waffles. Customer ： Ok! That’s a good idea! I want a waffle with honey.

Conversation Sample (cont’d)

Waitress ： Ok! Anything to drink ？ Guess ： Yes! I want a cup of milk tea. Waitress ： All right! To go or for here ？ Guess ： For here, please! Waitress ： Ok! Wait a moment! (preparing the food and drink.) Waitress ： Here you are. Guess ： Thank you!

Waitress ： You’re welcome! Guess ： Umm! It’s delicious!

2. Photo/Experience Description Station: Restaurants and Foods Available in Taipei

Outcomes: To learn how to introduce and describe to

others students’ favorite foods and restaurants with the help of information from books or the Internet.

Level: Freshmen & Sophomore College Students Material: Photos or books brought to class by

the students Time: 35-40 minutes

Process Role of teachers: Advisors and helpers Process:1. Find out some restaurants you like in

magazines (e.g. “Taipei Fun”), or on websites such as: Taipei Restaurants Guide: http://www.restaurants.com/World/WAlphabetResult.asp?Country=TW&City=Taipei

2. Name the dishes you like, take some picture of them, or have some actual experience of dining out. Write a letter introducing the food and/or restaurants to your friends, and then describe the restaurant/foods in class.

3. Video Workstation(1): Making a Dish Yourself

Outcomes: Let student learn how to make meatless noodle and

tiramisu and then introduce their own recipes. The teaching and learning of cooking whets students’ appetites and motivates them to learn vocabulary about cooking and recipe. Also, students can develop their listening as well as writing skills when they watch TV. English pronunciation and Chinese translation can help students to check and understand the content.

Level: Freshmen & Sophomore College Students (intermediate)

Material: video demonstration. Time: 30 minutes Role of teachers: Advisors

Process

1.Introduce the VCD (vegetarian noodle). 2. Play the VCD.3. Discuss the other varieties of noodle

making. (References)4.Tiramisu: Recipe and Worksheet:

http://www.eng.fju.edu.tw/etc/multimedia/methods/foods/worksheet_tiramisu.doc

Evaluation: Students’ own recipe (oral or written)

Meatless Noodle Recipe (1)

Video ~Meatless noodle~ ( 請以teacher, teacher 進英才網教室 )

Ingredients:

• green bean sprout

• leafy green

• shredded carrot

• sesame oil – a few drops

• white pepper – a dash, to taste

Meatless Noodle Recipe (2)

Directions:

1. Boil the water;

2. Put the noodle into the water;

3. Wait till the noodle float over the boiling

water, and then serve the noodle in a

bowl.

Meatless Noodle Recipe (3)

4. Put all the materials into the boiled water for about two minutes, and then

serve all them in the same bowl.

5. Mix up the noodle with salt, sugar, and sesame oil.

References: the Other Recipe Sites

Ramen Noodle (instant noodle) recipe http://mattfischer.com/ramen/

Noodle recipes from Cooks.com (http://www.cooks.com/ ):

http://www.cooks.com/rec/search/0,48-0,noodle+recipe,FF.html 通心麵食譜 http://www.feds.com.tw/Life/pasta.html

To fu and Noodle Recipes (with pictures): http://www.pulmuone-usa.com/recipes.asp

Meilleur du Chef: http://www.meilleurduchef.com/cgi/mdc

/l/en/index.html Its recipes may be too difficult for students, but its ‘Learning’ pages are

helpful. For instance, the Culinary Terms: http://www.meilleurduchef.com/cgi/mdc/l/en/apprendre/termes/l.html )

4. Listening and Viewing Workstation: Seasoning

Outcomes:

To improve students’ listening ability Level: Freshmen & Sophomore College

Students (intermediate) Material: Tape, tape player, and worksheet:

http://www.eng.fju.edu.tw/etc/multimedia/methods/foods/worksheet_seasoning.doc

Time: 30-35 minutes Role of teachers: Advisors

Process:

Students can divide into several groups listening to the tape with a story (Onions and Garlic).

After finishing it, they fill out a worksheet. Students draw their images of the two protagonists.

Then they get to view the video and talk about the differences between their mental images and what they video presents.

Student can then talk more in general about seasoning and/or how they like onion and garlic cooked/used in their foods.

References:

Recipe: • Onion and Garlic Rice http://www

.valuerecipes.com/index.php/article/articleview/390/1/10/

• Creamy Onion & Garlic Soup http://www.recipesource.com/soups/soups/20/rec2018.html

5. Internet Workstation: Cuisine of the World

Eating through the Net

Outcomes: The purpose of internet is that students will

discover different food of different culture or even multicultural diet. They can acquire

useful vocabulary and correct term about different delicious food. Also, they can find out which local flavor they prefer through a plan of food travel.

Level: Senior (intermediate) Materials: Computer, Maps & some food

pictures: http://www.eng.fju.edu.tw/etc/multimedia/methods/foods/map_food.ppt

Level: Senior (intermediate) Time: 30 minutesRole of teachers: Advisors

Process: 1.Go to one of the search engines below -- http://www.google.com/, http://www.yahoo.com/

http://www.atlas.com/, type a key word in the search space. For example, key in “Chinese food” if you want to know more about it

2. Or you can go to websites such as The Worldwide Gourmet http://www.theworldwidegourmet.com/countries/;

The Global Gastronomer: Cuisines of the World http://www.cs.yale.edu/homes/hupfer/global/gastronomer.html

3. Take some notes on information such as the name of the dish, its ingredients & nutritious values, price, where to get it or how to cook it.

Evaluation

Assume that you are a gourmet food guide. Design a plan (with maps and photos) about a delicious food trip for your customers with what you have found from the internet or based on your personal taste and experience.

1. sample maps and food pictures : http://www.eng.fju.edu.tw/etc/multimedia/methods/foods/map_food.ppt

2. Sample guide pages: from Taiwan Directory- offered by GIO, -http://202.39.225.132/jsp/Eng/html/travel_tour/index.jsp?class=11%2B11 )

6. News Report Workstation

Outcomes: Learn to be reporters and know more

about the concepts of healthy eating. Level: Senior (intermediate) Materials: Video recorder or Live

performance Time: 50 minutes Role of teachers: Advisors and helpers

Process

After finishing all the workstation, every group has to become a reporting team to introduce concepts of healthy eating food, and how to practice them (where to eat, how to cook, and how to eat).

They can present their news report in a video tape or live.

References:

Healthy Eating Tips http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/heal_eat.htm

Heathy Eating Net http://www.healthyeating.net/he_1.htm