Lesson 5
Hello everyone!
In our fifth lesson we looked at ‘3A – I’ve never seen crowds like this.’
For vocabulary we looked at terms related to money and shopping. For grammar we looked at the difference between the Present Perfect and Past Simple tenses.
Here is as short video explaining the differences between Past Simple and Present Perfect, and when to use them:
For homework I asked you to read the information for 3A on page 148 of the textbook and then complete the exercises for 3A on page 149. After that you should do exercise 4e on page 29. You were also asked to complete the exercises for Vocabulary Focus 3A on page 136. Finally, you should complete the exercises for Unit 3A in the Digital Workbook.
That is all for today.
Steve
Lesson 4
Hello everyone,
In our fourth lesson we looked at ‘2B – Everyone was waiting for me’. For vocabulary we spoke about travel. For grammar we looked at the Past Continuous tense.
Here is a good video which explains (with examples) how to use Past Continuous and Past Simple separately, and how to use them together:
For homework you were asked to complete the exercises for Vocabulary Focus for 2B on page 135. Next, you need to read the information for 2B Past Continuous on page 146 and do the exercises for 2B Past Continuous on page 147. Finally, you should do the exercises for Unit 2B in the Digital Workbook.
If you feel like doing extra writing homework,you can write a few paragraphs with the details of a bad journey that you had. (See exercise 4e on page 21 for ideas.) Send your writing in an email to steven.brown@folkuniversitetet.se and I will check it for you.
That’s all for today.
Steve
Lesson 3
Welcome back to the blog!
After looking at the previous lesson’s homework, we looked at ‘Unit 2A – We had an adventure’ in the textbook. For vocabulary, we spoke about tourism. For grammar, we spoke looked at the Past Simple tense. For homework you will read about how to pronounce ‘-ed’ at the end of words.
Here is a short video with a brief explanation of the Past Simple tense:
Here is a video which helps to explain the PRONUNCIATION of words ending in ‘-ed’:
For homework you need to read the information for 2A on page 146 and then complete the exercises for 2A on page 147. After that, you should complete the Vocbulary exercises for 2A on page 134. Finally, you need to complete the exercises for Unit 2A in the Digital Workbook).
If you would like to do some extra writing homework, you can tell me about a holiday that you enjoyed. Exercise 7 on page 19 will give you some ideas of what to write about. Send your work to steven.brown@folkuniversitetet.se and I will check it for you.
That is all for today.
Steve
Lesson 2
Hello again everyone.
In our second lesson we began by reviewing the homework from the previous lesson. After that we continued working from the textbook, looking at ‘Unit 1B – I’m really into social media’. We completed some reading and listening exercises, and had some discussions in pairs.
For vocabulary we looked at adverbs that make words stronger or weaker. We also looked at adverbs of frequency (how often a verb is performed). For grammar we briefly spoke about the Present Simple tense and the Present Continuous tense.
Here is a video explaining the Present Simple tense:
Here is a short video explaining the Present Continuous tense:
For homework you were asked to read the grammar focus for 1B on page 144 about Present Simple and Present Continuous tenses which explains how they are formed and when we use them, and then do the exercises for 1B on page 145. Next, you need to do the exercises for Unit 1B in the Online Workbook on the website (or you can do them from page 5 of the Workbook at THE BACK OF THE TEXTBOOK).
I also gave you optional homework that you may choose to complete if you wish. You can write a few paragraphs in response to exercise 4a on page 15. Send your work to steven.brown@folkuniversitetet.se and I will check it for you.
That’s all for today.
Steve
Lesson 1
Hello everyone, and welcome to the course blog!
This blog is intended to help you get the most out of this course. After each lesson I will update it with a brief outline of what we cover in each lesson, as well as inform you of the homework that has been set. In future blogs I may also include links to videos or other web-pages to read to help your learning.
We began our first lesson by introducing ourselves to each other. It was very nice to meet you all. We have students from a variety of different countries and cultures.
The textbook we will be using is Cambridge English EMPOWER Second Edition Pre-Intermediate B1 Combo A with Digital Pack.
The easiest and quickest place to buy the book is from Ferdosi Bookshop, Odengatan 21, Stockholm.
These books have a code that will let you use the supporting website for the textbook. The code is on the inside cover of your textbook (You need to carefully scratch the grey material to see the code underneath). You will need then need to scan the QR code OR go to http://www.cambridgeone.org to register your textbook. Before you can register your textbook you will need to create an account. CLICK HERE to see instructions for how to create an account.
*PLEASE NOTE: You do NOT need to Join a Class, that is only for online courses. However, I recommend you use the ‘Self Study’ section. Please have a look at all of this website, it is very helpful. The ‘Getting Help’ section might be useful if you have any problems.
After our introductions we had a quick revision of the alphabet, vowels and consonants. After that we had a quick revision of nouns, adjectives, verbs and adverbs. We then began to look at the first lesson in the course textbook (1A – Do you play any sports?). For vocabulary, you worked together in groups and did some exercises on Common Adjectives. For grammar, we looked at the word order in questions. Here is a video which discusses word order in questions and how they are formed:
For homework you need to complete all of the Vocabulary exercises for 1A on page 134. You also need to do the Grammar Focus reading for ‘1A Question Words’ on page 144 and then do the matching grammar exercises for ‘ 1A Question Words’ on page 145. Next, you should complete exercise 4e on page 9. These grammar exercises look at the order of words when forming questions with the verb ‘be’ (am/is/are, was/were) and forming questions with auxiliary verbs. You need to bring these exercises to the next class because we will be going through the answers in our next lesson.
Finally, you need to complete Unit 1A in the Online Workbook (or you can do the exercises for ‘1A Do you play sports?’ on page 4 of the black and white section at the back of the textbook).
That’s all for today. I’ll see you all again in our next lesson.
Steve