EFL Conversation Lesson | NATURALLY Order Food In A Cafe

If your students are planning to study, live, or travel to an English-speaking country, they will probably want to know how to order something in a coffee shop. In this lesson, you will have them work with a partner, learn natural expressions to order from a real coffee shop, practice these expressions, and perform these conversations.

Class Objectives

Let’s go out and order some food. Where do you want to go?
Let’s go to a café.
​Sounds good. 
 
By the end of the class, you will have:

• learned and used new vocabulary and natural expressions
• become more confident when ordering in a cafe
• created ordering food conversations

 
Difficulty: Blue Belt and above (Lower-Intermediate)

Model Conversation:

Server:Hi, welcome to Starbucks, can I take yourorder?
Customer:Yes, |could I have acaramel macchiato, please?|
                          |I would like acappuccino with soy milk, please?|
                          |can I have atall Americano black with no sugar to go, please?|
Server: For here or to go?
Customer: To go, please.
Server: What size would you like?
Customer: A tall, please.
Server: Would you like it hot or cold?
Customer: Hot, please.
Server: Will there be anything else?
Customer: |No, thank you. That’s all.|
                   |Yes, can I have a chocolate muffin?|
Server: |That’ll be $4.76.|
             |Sure, anything else?|
Customer: |Here you are.|
Server: Out of 5? 24 cents is your change. Your name, please?
Customer: Jesse. 
Server: Thank you. |You can wait at the end ofthe counter.|
                                |You can have a seat, and we’ll call you when it’s ready.|
Customer: Thank you.

Easter Egg Lessons:

Practice Saying and Counting Money - Learn how to smoothly talk about money and calculate in English.

Confidence - If they are traveling, one of the first things they will have to do is to order something. Equip them with the confidence to speak in English about a familiar topic.

Fun - Let's not forget this is an objective for the students in our class. If they're not having fun, they're probably not learning.

​What else can you find?

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Vocabulary and Expressions

Take notes about the following words so you can understand the meaning. Use context, dictionary definitions, synonyms, explanations, example sentences, pictures,or any other creative way to learn the new words and phrases. NOTE: Please do NOT use your language to understand the concept.
 
Can I take your order? – Normal greeting for a server in a café.
Could I have a… - 
I would like a… -
Can I have a… -
To go (American) / Take away (British)
Here you are
___ out of___
Your change
At the end of ____ - 
Have a seat – 
We’ll call you when it’s ready.
 
MONEY and NUMBERS
Money and numbers are something that seem basic, but they can be a bit difficult. How would you say these prices and numbers? Say them out loud and write them down.
 
$0.89 – 89 cents/ eighty-nine cents
$4.76
$9.99
$12.55
$49.45
$314.75
$4,925.38
$27,366.69
$420,666.01

Your Task: Write A Conversation

Write a conversation between a customer and cashier in a coffee shop. Get as detailed as you can in your conversations.
 
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Good luck! Let me know how it works!

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