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 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
of the World
News Report Station : Healthy Eating
1. Conversation Workstation:
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/foo
d.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
WaitressWelcome! May I help you
CustomerYes, do you have any chocolate
cake
ClerkOh! Sorry! But were out of
chocolate cake.
CustomerThats ok Do you have any
waffles
ClerkYes, we have very good waffles.
CustomerOk! Thats a good idea! I want a
waffle with honey.
Conversation Sample (contd)
Waitress Ok! Anything to drink
GuessYes! I want a cup of milk tea.
Waitress All right! To go or for here
GuessFor here, please!
Waitress Ok! Wait a moment!
(preparing the food and drink.)
Waitress Here you are.
GuessThank you!
Waitress Youre welcome!
GuessUmm! Its 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=T
W&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~ (
teacher, teacher )
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
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/fo
ods/map_food.ppt
Level: Senior (intermediate)
Time: 30 minutes
Role 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_f
ood.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