Hey guys,
Here's a lesson I made on Western Table Manners and Etiquette. Lesson objectives served several purposes:
-Teach Western Etiquette when eating
-Introduce our students to a table setting found in higher-end restaurants
-Have the students learn the vocab of a table setting
-Learn the order of a typical meal
-Give cultural differences as to eating habits in different countries
I taught this lesson with a complete set of forks, knives, spoons, plates, bowls and paper napkins for each student. This serves as Realia for the student and promotes kinesthetic learning.
Important: I should also mention that the T should mention that there are many similarities between Western Etiquette and Korean Etiquette. We don't want to send a message that Koreans don't also follow some aspects of Western table manners.
The Lesson may take up to two classes.
Usually the first class goes something like this:
Class 1:1. Introduce the cultural differences of different countries eating habits
2. Introduce the Western table setting.
3. Ss write down in the blank spaces as you go through the order of the meal (decoration plate could be changed to dinner plate if you prefer).
4. Then you review with the game "Tell me its name." Have the SS get into groups, with a white board marker and eraser. T writes a number on the board (for example #44 is butter knife, have the SS teams write butter knife on their white boards). First team wins a point.
5. Then go on to Activity and have the Ss distinguish the differences between glassware, flatware and tableware. Then onto the order of the meal, they can use the pictures below (activity b) of bread, soup, salad, main course and dessert to help them. Be sure to have them do this in teams and award points to increase motivation.
6. Then go onto Activity B and have the Ss teams write down in the blanks what they would need to use (dinner fork, soup bowl etc) for each course of a meal.
As a review or during the lesson you can play this video. The dude looks a little bit freaky/psychoish, but it's still pretty good for English learners:
Class 2:
1. Review. Show the SS just the picture of the table setting on the PPT. Point to a number and have Ss volunteers answer by giving the name (soup spoon, butter knife etc) of the flatware/tableware/dinnerware.
2. Put the Ss into teams and have one team member come to the front to get forks, knives, plates, bowls and napkins for each student in their team.
3. Have the SS arrange the table setting on their desks, go around and check each setting. Award points to the first team done.
4. Note: Check the Ss on how they hold a spoon or fork. You may want to teach them the proper way of doing this.
5. Review once again the names of the each piece by have the students hold it up in the air (this reduces the Affective Filter by allowing the students to do it as a group, and allowing the students who hold up the wrong piece to look around and make the correction on their own).
6. Then go through the order of the meal with them. They can practice eating and cutting food. For example, the spoon going away from the person, putting the napkin on the lap, (use this video link to further explain cultural differences between North American and Europe :
For the last 25 min of class:
1. Go over activity D and have the Ss do it in groups (for higher levels) or together as a class (lower levels) with help from the KET (For example
Don't eat and drink at the same time).
2. Go over activity E. This is purely up to the person, there is no right/wrong answer, but you can discuss the situation context (for example a McDonalds hamburger or a Smith and Wollensky's hamburger in NYC!)
3. The pictures on the last page are also for review. The Ss must write down which sentence from Activity D goes in the space (the first one is
Don't eat with your mouth open)
4. The world search I never used and only gave it to the bad students whom I isolated (as part of my discipline scheme)
5. There's a Sentence Scramble Game you can use as a review if you have time for it.
You can also use this video as a review. Pause the video and the Ss teams can shout out which sentence from the Do's/Don'ts it pertains to.
All of this COULD be done in two classes, but it's a lot of material for my lower levels. This lesson is also a great summer camp lesson (my school paid for our group to go out to Outback Steakhouse to "practice in a real life situation," awesome!)
