Summary
This downloadable PDF lesson plan for English teachers helps B1 ESL students practice ordering food. This class material provides vocabulary, grammar, and role-play activities for a complete lesson on dining out and making polite requests in English.
This complete ESL lesson focuses on practical English for dining out. Students begin with a warm-up discussion, then learn key restaurant vocabulary through a matching game. A listening exercise about a favorite restaurant improves comprehension. The lesson explains how to make polite requests using modals, followed by a practice exercise. The class culminates in a fun and engaging role-play activity where students act as customers and waiters, using all the new language they have learned.
Activities
- Students start by discussing their dining preferences and then learn essential vocabulary with a fun matching exercise that covers terms like 'starter,' 'main course,' and 'bill' to build a solid foundation.
- A short listening exercise about a favorite restaurant tests comprehension and introduces new words. This is followed by a clear grammar focus on using 'I'd like' and 'Could I have' for polite requests.
- The lesson ends with a practical role-play activity where students work in pairs. They act out two different restaurant scenarios, practicing ordering food, making special requests, and solving common problems.
Vocabulary focus
This lesson introduces essential vocabulary for dining at a restaurant. Key terms include: menu, starter (appetizer), main course, dessert, waiter/waitress, bill (check), reservation, and tip. Students also learn phrases for describing how a steak is cooked (rare, medium, well-done).
Grammar focus
The main grammar point is making polite requests. The lesson contrasts the directness of 'I want' with the more polite 'I would like' ('I'd like'). It also teaches students to form polite questions using the modal verbs 'Could' and 'Can' (e.g., 'Could I have the bill, please?').
