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

Room 338

 

Course –   March 25 – April 17     No class – April1

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

Book: Empower B1+Combo B – 

Ferdosi Media Bookshop,  Address: Odengatan 21, Stockholm

 

Link : How to register with Cambridge to get online resources?

Creating a Cambridge Account Video

 

 April 17

Practise your English at Folkuniversitetet’s Language Cafe

It’s free for you and any friends who you might want to invite but the school would like you to register if you want to go so they know how many will be there. Register below:

Språkcafé – engelska – Folkuniversitetet

 

If you want to  register for the  English B1+course starting on the 22 April click on this link: https://www.folkuniversitetet.se/kurser-utbildningar/sprak/engelska/engelska-fortsattning-b1/stockholm/28777/

Homework: 

Lesson 6   Grammar    page 156/157 7b

Reading   Page 88+89                       Page 90 Unit 7 review

Write about  a city you know well. Compare it to Stockholm.

What did you like about living/staying there? What would be worth seeing or doing there?

What would make the city a better place to live in?

Lesson 5     Page 84/85  –   Vocabulary + grammar

Towns + cities – vocabulary handout.

Write about your home  – Where do you live? What does it look like?

How long have you lived there?   What do you like about your home? What improvements would you like to make?

Compare your home in Stockholm, with the home you grew up in.

 

Lesson 4   vocabualry page 139    Reading page 81+82

Page 156/157        7a   modals of deduction.

 

Write about your preferences- give reasons, practise your comparatives and superlatives, or write about your favourite restaurants/cafes.

Lesson 3

Answers

Page 78 Unit 6 review

Grammar a)  1 can   2 should   3 must / ought to    4 should / have to

5 shouldn’t     6 don’t have to    7 should      8 don’t have to

b)  1 slightly cheaper than   2 a bit hotter than   3 much faster than               4 by far the spiciest                      5 nearly as expensive as

Vocabulary   a) 1 pedestrian crossing            2 air conditioning

3 rush hour     4 public transport           5 traffic jam     6 traffic lights

7 cycle lane             8 vending machine

b)  1 light    2 sweet/rich      3 raw               4 sour

Wordpower  a)   1 c          2 a         3 b             4 e           5 f         6 d

b)   look similar / look good together: 3              go towards: 1

go wrong: f          describe how things happen: 2   describe a change: e

c)  1 go orange     2 went really well     3 goes wrong         4 gone

5 goes around     6 goes with my eyes    7 go bad

Page 72    154/155 6b  grammar

Page 76/77 reading+ writing skills

Writing page 70  (e)  Give some advice to visitors to your country regarding these topics

Lesson 2 March 27 – page 70 grammar + page 154/155   6a

Page 71 Vocabualry    Page 72/73 Grammar+ reading                                    page 154/155 6b

Writing : Are you still suffering from culture shock after moving to Sweden?        How different is Sweden/Stockholm from your country/hometown?

  • Food
  • Stockholm City
  • Transport – getting around
  • Climate
  • People

Lesson 1  Page 68 + 69 reading + vocabulary

137+138 – vocabualry

New Students –  write your own introduction.

Other Students –   Is there a fruit or vegetable or a special dish that you miss from your country?

How often do you eat seafood, sushi, fish + chips?

Are you a good cook?

 

 

Extra online resources to help you study English 

Here are some sites for you to look at for extra practice:

 

Listening :

BBC podcast: Six-minute English    (together with transcripts)

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

Reading  : 

 a good site for reading every day   The Local: Sweden’s news in English 

Free Online Media

Guardian website : https://www.theguardian.com/international

BBC website: https://www.bbc.com/

 

Grammar quizzes: Using English – grammar quizzes

Vocabulary quizzes: http://www.learnenglishfeelgood.com/vocabulary/

 

BBC’s “Learning English”
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