At the restaurant

INTRODUCTION

Going to a restaurant and having a meal is usually something people do, mostly when they are on holidays because it helps them to know more about the food and customs from the place they are visiting. Also, dialogues at the restaurant are quite helpful for language learners because it is a place where they need to use the language they know or at least try.

In the Gallery and UK/US section you will find photos, videos and information for creating a conversation at the restaurant.  

THE TASK 

You have to work in small groups of 3/4 people. You will have to create a video acting out a situation at the restaurant in which you have to order food and/or be the waiter. The dialogue must include at least one person with a British accent and another one with American accent and you will have to order starter, main course and a dessert.

The final video have to last at least 1 minute and a half and you can take the video at the Webquest section as a model.  

PROCESS

First, you will dicide in the groups the character you want to dramatize. You will choose between the waiter/waitress or customers. 

After that, you will prepare the speech with the help of the notes you can find in the resources section. You can also find help with the videos at the restaurant and with all the information about pronunciation in UK/US section. After you have your speech prepared, you can start to practice the accent you will use. 

After having all the speeches ready and the pronunciation practiced, you can start to record the video with your mobiles or cameras. 

Remember to check the volume of your voices and to sound as clear as possible. 

Finally, when you have your video ready you can send it to your teacher to biancaabranyg@gmail.com 

EVALUATION

These are the points to be considered to pass the task:

• Creativity (feel free to use any other object or vocabulary in the video to make it original) 
• Fluency (to be able to distinguish the difference in the accents chosen)
• Accuracy (the apropiate use of tenses, vocabulary and phrases related with ordering food).
• Ask and answer about a starter, main course and dessert.  
• The lenght must be at least one minute and a half, but not longer than five minutes.
• The quality of the image and the audio must be comprehensible.
• The date of the presentation is two weeks from today, where you will have to show to your partners your production and tell them about the process. 

CONCLUSION

As the students have to present their videos to the class, there they will talk about the process and they will say a short conclusion about the group work and about the task itself. 

They also will answer some questions from the teachers or from the students about the process. 

CREDITS

For producing this Webquest I took material from:

• Google images
• Youtube videos
• Teacher own resources