Board Plans

Hi class! Here are the board plans from class.

Cafe phrase pronunciation:



How to prime the machine:

Hi

Welcome!

Look at the previous class's blogs:

http://sweetsweetsweetcafe.blogspot.com/
http://arvocafe.blogspot.com/
Then, follow these blogs in order:
http://cafeskills.blogspot.com/2009/05/resumes.html
http://cafeskills.blogspot.com/2009/05/skills.html
http://cafeskills.blogspot.com/2009/07/more-study.html

Hazards

Hazards - games:

http://www.safework.sa.gov.au/contentPages/EducationAndTraining/ActivitiesAndTests/HuntTheHazards/hunt.htm

http://www.safeworksa.sa.gov.au/safeworksa/EducationAndTraining/ActivitiesAndTests/VirtualHotel/vhotelframe.htm

Once again, here is some important vocabulary and phrases for cafes:

Study:
http://www.englishclub.com/english-for-work/food-drink-vocabulary.htm

http://www.englishclub.com/english-for-work/food-drink-menu.htm

http://www.englishclub.com/english-for-work/food-drink-bar.htm

http://www.englishclub.com/english-for-work/food-drink-back.htm

Now, try the quizes:http://www.englishclub.com/english-for-work/food-drink-serving.htm

http://www.englishclub.com/english-for-work/food-drink-guests.htm

Then, prepare a resume and cover letter to apply for another job on Seek.com.au, perhaps the one in the previous post :)

And more games:

Office:

http://www.safework.sa.gov.au/contentPages/EducationAndTraining/ActivitiesAndTests/VirtualOffice/vofficeframe.htm

Supermarket:

http://www.safework.sa.gov.au/contentPages/EducationAndTraining/ActivitiesAndTests/VirtualSupermarket/vsupermarketframe.htm


OK, now we have some more advanced English-learning activities about workplace safety:

http://www.safeworksa.sa.gov.au/safeworksa/EducationAndTraining/ActivitiesAndTests/SafetyCheck/default.asp

New Job

Hi team! Good work for checking this blog regularly.

Here is a job you can send your new resume to:

Current vacancies

12923 - Counter Hand
Harry's Cafe de Wheels

Job Type: Part time/Casual

We are seeking to employ counter hand staff for our world famous food take away business in Woolloomooloo. Candidates should have fluent English as well as great work ethics and attitude. Previous experience working in customer service would be an advantage.

Must be available to work Friday and Sunday.

We are offering good $$$, continuous / stable employment and a great team.

Expiry Date: 14/08/2009

How to Apply:
Email: katrin@harryscafedewheels.com.au

What to Submit:
Resume

New Vocabulary

Hi! It's important to state times you can work...

eg

Availability: Weekdays 5pm-12am and all weekend.

Objectives - what are your hopes? What do you want to do as a job?
All-rounder - a person who has a range of skills.
"teamed with" - plus. eg "We need a someone with cafe skills teamed with knowledge."

Experience:
You might include:

Cafe Skills - work experience
Pacific Gateway English Program
Skills included:- making coffees with a cappuccino machine.
- serving customers in a school cafe area.
- experience making a range of coffee styles, including cappuccinos, macchiatos, short/long blacks, flat whites, hot chocolates etc.
- running a cafe as a team of students and selling coffees.
- preparation of flyers and posters in the student marketing department, including creation of a cafe blog:
http://sweetsweetsweetcafe.blogspot.com/

Resume

Hi Cafe Skills class! Great work this session.

Today, we are gonna look at writing a cover letter and resume for jobs in cafes.

1.First, open a new tab (right-click->open in new tab)
2. http://seek.com.au/
3.Search: eg Enter keywords: cafe
part-time
any
any
sydney
sydney - inner
4. SEEK
5. Find a job that suits your free time (weekends and evenings, right?)

STAGE 2
1. Open WORD (start-> Microsoft WORD)
2. file->new
3. CLICK right: templates -? on my computer
4. other documents -> contemporary resume
5. Change the details.
6. Save AS...
7. You can even apply for the job on seek now!
8. When you apply, write a small cover letter / statement about yourself. Next time, also attach a cover letter.

STAGE 3
1. Finally, check out the two cafe blogs:
http://arvocafe.blogspot.com/
http://sweetsweetsweetcafe.blogspot.com/
2. Ask me to log you in
3. Upload new photos and write something that's happenend.

Answers

Here are the answers for the wikipedia (close your eyes and scroll down if not finished yet... ;) )

Sufi monasteries of the Yemen in southern Arabia.[

Coffee is usually propagated by seeds. The traditional method of planting coffee is to put 20 seeds in each hole at the beginning of the rainy season; half are eliminated naturally. Coffee is often intercropped with food crops, such as corn, beans, or rice, during the first few years of cultivation.[23]


Coffee berries and their seeds undergo several processes before they become the familiar roasted coffee.

Brazil
17,000,000 Tonnes

Coffee berries and their seeds undergo several processes before they become the familiar roasted coffee. First

More Study

OK, cool. Well done today.

This month, it's important that you know how to make all the different types of coffee. First, you need to remember what coffees are possible. Here is a list.

Using Google-images, find the following pictures of coffee.
http://images.google.com.au
espresso
cappuccino
cafe latte
vienna coffee
long black
flat white


Have a look at this page and answer the following questions about coffee:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffee

Which country was the first to discover the effects of coffee? (Credible evidence)
How do you traditionally grow a coffee plant?
Which country produced the most coffee in 2008?
How much?
How is coffee roasted?

How many kilograms of coffee beans

How many kilograms of coffee beans does a good barista go through in a day?

The answer is 5-7 kgs.

They do commonly ask this question at interviews to check you have the required skills to make lots of coffees each day.

:D

Skills

OK, next... skills!

Watch these videos on making coffee.

Milk:





Latte art:





Make an espresso:

Vocabulary and phrases

Hi!

Welcome to the computer session for cafe skills class.

Later, we will all write a resume and cover letter to apply for a cafe job.

Today, we will practice our cafe skills vocabulary and phrases. It's really important you study the below expressions at home and in cafes before the major open cafe in week 4. We want to impress the other students with our great coffee making skills, but more importantly in an English college, our great ENGLISH usage and communication skills.

For homework tonight, please memorise the required cafe vocabulary...

http://www.englishclub.com/english-for-work/food-drink-vocabulary.htm

How do we order?

Practice these phrases:

http://www.englishclub.com/english-for-work/food-drink-serving.htm

What are they really saying? Always repeat orders to confirm you understand:

http://www.englishclub.com/english-for-work/food-drink-guests.htm

What's on the menu??

http://www.englishclub.com/english-for-work/food-drink-menu.htm

What are all the glasses called?

http://www.englishclub.com/english-for-work/food-drink-bar.htm

What are some of the jobs?

http://www.englishclub.com/english-for-work/food-drink-back.htm

Great!

Now once you've studied.... test yourself:

http://www.englishclub.com/english-for-work/food-drink-vocabulary-quiz.htm

Have a look at some jobs for baristas. What skills do you need?

Click here as an example.

FINALLY:

Please click on the below "COMMENT" and ask me a question :)

Cafe job

Hi Cafe skills class!

Wow - we have an exciting time ahead! Check this blog regularly for updated and login with FOLLOW - right. Also please comment to ask questions.

Here is a job I found today:

12534 - Cafe Staff
Deli in the Park

Job Type: Part time/Casual

We are looking for energetic people with good communication skills to work in a fun environment.

We are looking for people to work 2-3 days a week (including 1 weekend day).

Must be reliable friendly.

Be able to work in a team & be able to provide great service.

Big advantage to have coffee making or cafe experiance

Cafe is located in East Lindfield

Official Closing Date: 29/05/2009

How to Apply:
Mobile: 0409 773 384