English for Tourism - Restaurant Service Course

English is the main language of international communication and is essential for people working in the tourist industry. This course details the English necessary for working in restaurants in tourist areas or hotels. The first section explains how to take customer orders including asking and answering questions and recommending dishes. The second section details how to describe dishes and also defines the French terms used in restaurant English. The final section provides key English expressions for every stage of restaurant service. This free online course is ideal for tourism and restaurant workers who wish to advance to an intermediate level of English with a focus on the travel and hospitality industries. It will also be of interest to people with a basic level of English who wish to better understand the rules of the English language.

To qualify for your official ALISON Diploma, Certificate or PDF you must study and complete all modules and score 80% or more in each of the course assessments. A link to your Diploma certificate will then appear under the My Certificates heading of your My Account page.

After completing this course the learner will be able to: - Answer restaurant customer questions using the definite article and the indefinite article; - Recommend and compare restaurant dishes using adjectives and comparative adjectives; - Use the passive voice to describe restaurant dishes; - Describe restaurant dishes utilising past-participle adjectives; - Understand the correct expressions to utilise during the three stages of restaurant service;