MLC 110 Week #8 Activities

[Simrun Bal]

This week, I have been focusing on learning words and expressions relevant to ordering food in a restaurant, and in talking about food as a way to make conversation with others.  When I met with my language partner, we went over a list of foods that I would need to memorize, and we practiced saying the words aloud and asking questions relevant to food. In India, the foods are, for the most part, quite different than in America, so I had to learn the names of many different dishes, vegetables, and fruits.  I learned the phrases for how to order a dish in a restaurant, and how to ask others what the taste was like (good/bad), etc.  I have learned the colors, but I am still working on the adjectives that are specific to food (sweet, sour, bitter, etc).  For listening practice, I listened to the GLOSS Foreign Language Center's audio segment about food (specifically, about coconut), but I did not find it very relevant to my focus on learning about how to order in a restaurant.  It was still good practice for listening, however.  My language partner also had an online menu in which I could try to understand the different dishes listed, and that was great practice for pronunciation of the different foods.  My reading practice this week was reading the different types of Indian food dishes in a restaurant, and I am also working on reviewing all the vocab I have learned so far this semester as a mid-semester review.