Preparation Write out a simple menu.
If you feel your learners can cope comfortably, it could be written in katakana and activity 1 on page 99 of Talk Japanese used as a guide. Using the OHP menu, start by ensuring that everyone understands the menu and encourage people to ask about any new items using . . . 2 Give everyone a copy of the menu and ask them to imagine they are in a restaurant. Their objective is simply to order a meal from the menu and something to drink and to answer any questions put to them. OR in groups of four or five, learners sit round several small tables and you take the role of waiter and take orders, etc. as above.