This document describes a series of workstations designed to teach English related to food and dining. The workstations include a conversation station about ordering food, a photo station about restaurants in Taipei, a video station on making dishes yourself, a listening station about seasoning, an internet search station on world cuisines, and a news report station on healthy eating. Each station provides the objectives, level, materials, time, and process for completing the activities.

1. Delicious Food

2. 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.

3. Delicious Food
 ConversationConversation Station :: Ordering FoodOrdering Food
 Photo/Experience Description Station:
Restaurants and Foods Available in TaipeiRestaurants and Foods Available in Taipei
 Video Station: Making a Dish YourselfMaking a Dish Yourself
 Listening and Viewing Station: SeasoningSeasoning
 Search and Find Station (Internet): CuisineCuisine
of the Worldof the World
 News Report Station : Healthy EatingHealthy Eating

4. 1. Conversation1. Conversation Workstation:
Ordering FoodOrdering 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

5. 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

6. 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.

7. 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!

8. 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

9. 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.

10. 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

11. 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)

12. 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

13. 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.

14. 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.

15. 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 )

16. 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

17. 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.

18. 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

19. 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.

20. 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

21. 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.

22. 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 )

23. 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

24. 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.

25. References:
 Healthy Eating Tips http://www
.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/heal_eat.htm
 Heathy Eating Net
http://www.healthyeating.net/he_1.htm