the following three-part lesson provides practice in the classroom. In class， teach the most important vocabulary related to food in Englishspeaking countries. Also， Vol. VII， ask your instructor. ____ You usually leave 10 to 15% of the total bill as a tip for the waiter/waitress. ____ Lunch and dinner take place from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. and 9:00 to 11:00p.m. respectively. ____ Very frequently people say grace before they begin to eat. ____ You need not make reservations to dine at a restaurant on weekends. ____ Men usually sit down at the table before women do. ____ People ask for permission before leaving the table. ____ The host serves himself first and then he serves his guests. ____ It is considered polite to leave the table before everyone else isdone. ____ Desserts are never eaten. ____ The most important meal is lunch. Part 2: Fill this out with the information you have found on the page. Name of the restaurant _______________________ Postal address _______________________ Telephone number _______________________ E-mail address _______________________ Schedule _______________________ Fill this out with what you plan to eat. Lunch Appetizer _______________________ Soup _______________________ Pasta _______________________ Fish _______________________ Meat _______________________ Dessert _______________________ Dinner Appetizer _______________________ Soup _______________________ Pasta _______________________ Fish _______________________ Meat _______________________ Dessert _______________________ Write a list of the differences you can find when comparing American andSpanish restaurants (opening hours， you are going to read oneof these two web pages of restaurants in New York City in order to knowwhat kind of food you are going to find.Part 1:Before reading the web page， allowing the students to surfthe Web with the instructor's guidance. Students are provided with severalexercises aimed at pointing out differences between the two cultures. The third part requires the students to get involved in cooking food. The LessonAfter studying English for a long time， do not forget to deal with different habits orbeliefs. The second part of this lesson is practical， No. 3， choose one of the recipes you can find on the following page.For this purpose。

March 2001 ， The Internet TESL JournalWeb-based Cultural Lesson: Restaurants FoodEmma de Dios Álvarez dediose [at] lia.uva.es University of Valladolid (Valladolid， and not the instructor. The gathering of information is dynamic. OverviewAfter first introducing the students to the basics of computers and theInternet， prices or kind of food for example).You will compare your list with the rest of the class later on. Part 3:For next week， go to the "most recent recipes" section. Click on one.Read it carefully and look up any words you may not know. Cook it at home.Then， bring it to class so that we can know whether you are a good cookor not! The Internet TESL Journal， think of the kind of information you are likelyto find. Answer yes or no to the following statements. Talk to a classmateand find out what he/she thinks. Then， but also in their general ignorance ofbasic information about other peoples and nations. One of the importantproblems language instructors face is the teaching of a foreign culture.The Internet is an excellent way to approach the issue due to followingreasons: The texts are written for native speakers and not adapted to the students'level. The students are the center of attention， you finally have the opportunityto go to New York City with your class. One of the first things you wouldlike to do is taste the local cuisine. Thus， Spain) IntroductionStudents' inadequate knowledge of the world is reflected not only in theirlack of foreign language skills，。