My name is Gareth Mills. Welcome to the blog. I will post important course information for the group here .

Remember: No class 13 May, final class 27 May

 

Wednesday  5-6.30 pm   – April 1st – May 20th

 

If you need to contact me  please do so via my regular email address: gareth.mills@folkuniversitetet.se

Room 634

Book: English Vocabualry in Use – Upper Intermediate or Advanced

The book is for self-study and preparation for the topics we will talk about in each lesson. It is not compulsory.

Ferdosi Bookstore, Odengatan 21

ISBN 978-1-316-63174-4     Upper Int

ISBN 978-1-316-63006-8     Advanced

 

Mid-course evaluation

Send me any feedback you have about the course.

  • Would you like shorter/ longer conversations?
  • Are the topics interesting enough to talk about?
  • Are you getting the practice you were expecting?
  • Would you like me to be more or less involved in your conversations?

Schedule – Conversation Topics

Lesson 1 – Introductions – Course, Student Introductions, Conversation Topics

Lesson 2 – Work

Lesson 3 – People + Relationships

Lesson 4 – Travel + Holidays

Lesson 5  – Nature/Environmental issues

Lesson 6 – Health+Lifestyle

Lesson 7 – The Arts +Entertainment

Lesson 8 – The Future –

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Conversation 5

How busy will your social life be in the next seven days? What arrangements have you made?

Do you like to your social life to be organised or be more spontaneous?

 

 

Extra online resources to help you study English

Here are some sites for you to practise your vocabulary, grammar, reading and listening skills outside of the classroom.

Free online news sites  :

  • the guardian
  • bbc news
  • stuff.co.nz – NZ news

The Local     –  Swedish news in English –  https://www.thelocal.se/

Vocabulary quizzes based on themes: http://www.learnenglishfeelgood.com/vocabulary/

ESL Gold: Phrases for conversation

Practise problem areas of grammar here: Using English – grammar quizzes

www.perfect-english-grammar.com/learning-english.html

http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/

Learn English with Anglo-Link

Learn English with the BBC. Choose the section you would like to work with: BBC Learning English

 

Improve your spelling: http://eslus.com/LESSONS/SPELL/SPELL.HTM

Listening

You can practise your listening skills (together with transcripts) with a BBC podcast: Six-minute English  or try www.ted.com/watch/ted-ed

https://www.podbean.com/podcast-detail/qpp5u-436c6/Learn+English+Through+Listening

https://www.theguardian.com/podcasts

http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts

ted talks             https://www.ted.com/

 

 

Reading  :