'Catering and hospitality vocabulary' tutor notes

This module is designed specifically to help adults who are studying to improve their basic skills in the workplace. However, we very much hope that any adult who has catering-related responsibilities or an interest in cooking will find this material useful and engaging.

After lots of consultation with tutors, professional bodies, workplace providers and the votes you cast over the summer of 2003 we shortlisted childcare, care, retail and construction trades as the other four workplace vocabulary areas we will be focusing on. We chose these five on the basis of your votes and your feedback and because we felt they offered lots of scope to be of interest to people in their daily lives as well as at work.

The primary aim of the module is to enable learners to 'spell correctly words used most often in work and daily life', but the exercises within this module cover a multitude of other Level 1 curriculum points (please see below).

Other areas on the site which particularly link in with some of the learning points covered in this module are:
'Root words'
'Prefixes'
'Suffixes'
'Look, Say, Cover, Write and Check'

How does this tie in with the curriculums?

• England
  Ww/L1.1 - 'spell correctly words used most often in work, studies and daily life'.
  Rw/L1.3 - 'recognise and understand an increasing range of vocabulary'.
  Also -
  Wt/L1.6 / Ws/L1.1 / Ww/L1.2 / Rw/L1.1/
• Wales
  As England.
• Northern Ireland
  As England.
• Scotland
  See www.aloscotland.com for details of the Scottish curriculum.

In the Skillswise module you'll find:

Catering vocabulary factsheets
There are four factsheets in this module. The first three are word lists, while the fourth factsheet offers some hints and tips on ways to remember spellings.
If you or your learners would like to contribute their mnemonics or tips for spelling and vocabulary please email them to skillswise.feedback@bbc.co.uk

Catering vocabulary quiz
Three levels of quiz with texts based on real-life catering material for learners to get stuck into words commonly used in the catering industry.

Catering vocabulary crossword
This is an interactive crossword that sits within the game page and encourages learners to practise their spelling and understanding of words often used in catering and hospitality.

Catering vocabulary worksheets
Here you'll find printable exercises for further practice. So far, there are worksheets on reading menus and wine lists, with more on the way.

If you have any comments on these worksheets, or if you would like to contribute a worksheet of your own, please do get in touch at skillswise.feedback@bbc.co.uk

Technical help:

To get the most out of this topic area you need the following 'plug-ins':

• Flash
  The game in this module uses the Flash browser plug-in. This is free to download and should only take a few minutes. You can follow the BBC WebWise instructions to download it to your machine.
  Find out more.
  If you don't have Flash the same learning points are covered in the quiz and in the worksheets and factsheets.

If you are new to the web, why not try the BBC WebWise online course, Becoming WebWise? It's free, you can do it in your own time from any computer and it will take you through everything you need to know to use the web successfully in your teaching.
Find out more about WebWise.

You can find out more about the technical requirements for Skillswise in our Help - Technical Information section.

Taking it further:

With Skillswise:
Don't forget to check out the Skillswise Lesson plans and Teaching inspirations areas for more ideas about teaching vocabulary.
If you have any worksheets or ideas about teaching vocabulary, especially in any of the four work areas we will be looking at (building trades, retail, catering / hospitality and childcare) don't forget to share! Just email us at skillswise.feedback@bbc.co.uk

Skillswise Numbers: Measures
The Skillswise 'Measures, shape and space' section contains a range of activites to help learners understand various measures including temperature, something essential to understand when working in the catering industry.
 

On the web:
We have only been able to find a couple of resources which help with teaching catering vocabulary. If you know of any great online resources, please do let us know at skillswise.feedback@bbc.co.uk
We can, however, offer you a range of links that should provide you with a wealth of catering-related materials you can adapt and use in class.

• Health & Safety Executive: Catering/hospitality
  The Health & Safety Executive has lots of information describing different safety situations that may arise in catering environments and how to handle them. They offer a wide selection of free leaflets which can be downloaded and adapted for use in the classroom.
   
• learndirect Catering Services
  learndirect provides information and careers advice for a wide range of jobs in the catering industry, including what qualifications are needed for different jobs and where training can be obtained from.
   
• BBC Business News
  BBC News provides lots of information on British catering organisations and employment news. Much of this information could be adapted by tutors to inspire worksheets and lessons based on catering vocabulary.
   
• bbc.co.uk/food
  bbc.co.uk/food provides plenty of tips to help around the kitchen as well as a vast database of recipes which could be used as starting points for exercises based around food, perhaps for learners who want to get involved in the cookery side of the catering business.
   
• Springboard UK
  Useful links and careers advice for those pursuing careers in catering and hospitality.
   

Please note that the BBC is not responsible for the content of other websites.

Do you know of any great online resources for practising catering vocabulary? Tell us about them!