Table for Two - Writing a Review

Short overview of the lesson:

• Discuss restaurant recommendations and what makes a review convincing, using guided questions.
• Read and analyse authentic restaurant review extracts, focusing on atmosphere, staff, food, and overall evaluation.
• Infer the reviewer's opinion from descriptive language before reading the final recommendation.
• Learn and practise advanced vocabulary for describing atmosphere, service, and food in restaurant reviews.
• Match key vocabulary with definitions and check understanding through concept-checking questions.
• Replace simple adjectives and phrases with more precise, sophisticated alternatives suitable for reviews.
• Complete controlled vocabulary tasks and identify words used correctly in context.
• Analyse how different reviewers express positive, negative, and balanced opinions.
• Identify the typical structure of a restaurant review and examine the purpose of each paragraph.
• Explore useful language for opening reviews, contrasting ideas, softening opinions, and making recommendations.
• Plan and write a restaurant review using an appropriate structure, advanced vocabulary, and natural evaluative language.
• Review and improve writing using a checklist focusing on organisation, vocabulary, cohesion, and overall effectiveness.