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