Lesson 7

Welcome back to the course blog for the final time!

I would like to remind you all that there is another B2/C1 Summer Course that starts on Monday, the 10th of July. If you would like to register, please click here and fill in your details. Please feel free to email me if you have any questions.

In our seventh lesson we read and spoke about how languages can change over time. We looked at various words that have only become commonly used in the English language recently, and other words that have changed in meaning.

For grammar we looked at the perfect aspect.

Here is a video that explains Present Perfect Simple:

This video looks at the difference between Present Perfect Simple and Present Perfect Continuous:

Here is a video that explains the Past Perfect Simple tense:

This video looks at the difference between Past Perfect Simple and Past Perfect Continuous:

Here is a video that looks at Future Perfect Simple:

Here is a video that looks at the Future Perfect Continuous:

For homework, I asked you to complete exercise 5c on page 13. You should then read and complete all of the exercises for ‘1B The perfect aspect’ on page 139 and 140.

If you haven’t already, you can complete the writing homework from the previous lesson. This will be the final opportunity for you to let me check your writing skills.

That’s all for today.

Steve

 

Lesson 6

Hello again.

I would like to remind you all that there is another B2/C1 Summer Course that starts on Monday, the 10th of July. If you would like to register, please click here and fill in your details. Please feel free to email me if you have any questions.

In our sixth lesson we looked at ‘2B – If it runs towards you, don’t run away’.

We did an exercise that tested your knowledge on how to use various expressions with ‘get’.

For Vocabulary we discussed animals and the environment.

For Grammar homework you will look at Future Time Clauses and Conditionals.

Here are two short videos that explain Future time clauses:

 

For homework you need to do the exercises for ‘2 GRAMMAR’ on page 24. I also asked you to read all of section 2B on page 136, and then do the exercises for 2B on page 137.

If you wish to do some writing for me to check, you can write a few paragraphs in response to the instructions for 5a on page 22 OR 4a on page 25. Send you writing directly to steven.brown@folkuniversitetet.se and I will check it for you.

That’s all for today.

Steve

 

Lesson 5

Welcome back to the blog.

I would like to remind you all that there is another B2/C1 Summer Course that starts on Monday, the 10th of July. If you would like to register, please click here and fill in your details. Please feel free to email me if you have any questions.

In our fifth lesson we looked at ‘2A – It was getting late and I was lost’.

We did a speaking exercise where we discussed several dangerous situations.

For Vocabulary we looked at various expressions which use the word get.

Here is a fairly long video which looks at various uses of the verb get:

For Grammar we read an article which used Narrative Tenses to tell a story about the past. For homework you will read more about Narrative Tenses.

Here are two excellent videos that explain Narrative Tenses:

For homework you need to do all of the exercises for ‘4 GRAMMAR’ on page 22. To complete exercise c, you will need to read the text for 2A on page 136 and then complete the exercises for 2A on page 137.

If you wish to do some writing for me to check, you can write a few paragraphs in response to the instructions for 5a on page 22. Send you writing directly to steven.brown@folkuniversitetet.se and I will check it for you.

That’s all for today.

Steve

 

Lesson 4

Hello again.

I would like to remind you all that there is another B2/C1 Summer Course that starts on Monday, the 10th of July. If you would like to register, please click here and fill in your details. You need to register before Monday, the 3rd of July. Please feel free to email me if you have any questions.

In our fourth lesson we began by going through the homework for adverbs and adverbial phrases. After that, we did an exercise looking at some common verb phrases.

Here is a rather long video that explains 50 common verb phrases in English:

Finally, we discussed the meanings of some relatively new English words.  We will talk about these some more, and about how languages change, in our next lesson.

For homework, I asked you to complete the Noun forms exercise on the Vocabulary Focus photocopy. I also asked you to complete all of the exercises for 2 (Reading) on page 11, and 3 (Vocabulary – Describing Changes) on page 12.

If you would like to do some writing for me to check, you can write a few paragraphs in response to exercise 2d on page 9 (about a skill you have learned at some stage)  that I gave you on Wednesday . Send your work directly in an email to steven.brown@folkuniversitetet.se and I will correct it for you.

That’s all for today. Have a great weekend!

Steve

 

Lesson 3

In our third lesson we looked at ‘I thought I could pick up Italian by ear’. We discussed various issues related to learning a second language. We also completed a reading exercise on the same topic.

For grammar homework you will read about adverbs and adverbial phrases.

Here is a very detailed video that explains what adverbs are and how they are used:

Here is a video which focuses on how adverbial phrases are used:

For homework I asked you to complete all of exercise 2a, 2b and 3a on page 9. Next, you need to  read and complete the exercises on page 138.

If you would like to do some writing for me to check, you can write a few paragraphs in response to exercise 2d on page 9. Send your work directly in an email to steven.brown@folkuniversitetet.se and I will correct it for you.

That’s all for today.

Steve

 

Lesson 2

Hi everybody, and welcome back to the blog.

In our second lesson we looked at ‘1B – Are you finding it difficult?’ in the textbook.

For vocabulary we looked at character adjectives. Here is a long video that gives 50 examples of more advanced personality adjectives:

For pronunciation we spoke about stressing syllables. We also spoke about trying new activities.

For Grammar homework you will read about Question Forms.

Here is a video that explains Auxiliary verbs:

Here is a video about questions forms in general:

Here is a video about negative questions:

Click here to read an explanation of how yes/no negative questions are used, and how to answer them correctly.

Here is a simple video that looks at the difference between Direct and Indirect Questions:

This longer video looks at Indirect Questions in more detail:

For homework I also asked you to complete exercise 3 and 4 on pages 12 and 13. Next, you need to read the information for 1B on page 134 and do the exercises for 1B on page 135.

If you haven’t already, you can also still send me your writing homework from lesson 1.

That’s all for today.

Steve

 

 

Lesson 1

Hello everyone, and welcome to the course blog! It was lovely to meet you all today.

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. I then gave you an outline of what to expect in this course.

Next, we then started to look at photocopies of ‘1A – She is an inspiring woman’. We spoke about people we admire, and read some related articles. For grammar, we reviewed several different verb tenses: Past Simple, Past Continuous, Past Perfect, Present Simple, Present Continuous, and Present Perfect.

Here are some videos which explain these verb tenses:

 

For homework, you were asked read the information for ‘1A Review of tenses’ on page 134 and then do the Grammar exercises for ‘1A Review of tenses’ on page 135.

If you would like to a writing task, you can write 2 or 3 paragraphs in response to the instructions given in exercise 5a on page 10. You’re work can be sent directly in an email (not in a word document) to steven.brown@folkuniversitetet.se and I will check your writing and make corrections for you.

That’s all for today. I’ll see you in our second lesson!

Steve