{"id":1464,"date":"2022-04-09T11:23:53","date_gmt":"2022-04-09T11:23:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogg.folkuniversitetet.nu\/millga\/?page_id=1464"},"modified":"2026-05-12T08:51:05","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T08:51:05","slug":"english-for-ukranians-b1-b2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogg.folkuniversitetet.nu\/millga\/english-for-ukranians-b1-b2\/","title":{"rendered":"English Conversation B2\/C1  &#8211; Starts April 1st"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My name is Gareth Mills. Welcome to the blog. I will post important course information for the group here .<\/p>\n<p><strong>Remember: No class 13 May, final class 27 May<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday\u00a0 5-6.30 pm\u00a0 \u00a0&#8211; April 1st &#8211; May 20th<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>If you need to contact me\u00a0 please do so via my regular email address: gareth.mills@folkuniversitetet.se<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Room 634<\/p>\n<p>Book: English Vocabualry in Use &#8211; Upper Intermediate or Advanced<\/p>\n<p>The book is for self-study and preparation for the topics we will talk about in each lesson. <strong>It is not compulsory.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ferdosi Bookstore, Odengatan 21<\/p>\n<p>ISBN 978-1-316-63174-4\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Upper Int<\/p>\n<p>ISBN 978-1-316-63006-8\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Advanced<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mid-course evaluation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Send me any feedback you have about the course.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Would you like shorter\/ longer conversations?<\/li>\n<li>Are the topics interesting enough to talk about?<\/li>\n<li>Are you getting the practice you were expecting?<\/li>\n<li>Would you like me to be more or less involved in your conversations?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Schedule &#8211; Conversation Topics<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lesson 1 &#8211; Introductions &#8211; Course, Student Introductions, Conversation Topics<\/p>\n<p>Lesson 2 &#8211; Work<\/p>\n<p>Lesson 3 &#8211; People + Relationships<\/p>\n<p>Lesson 4 &#8211; Travel + Holidays<\/p>\n<p>Lesson 5\u00a0 &#8211; Nature\/Environmental issues<\/p>\n<p>Lesson 6 &#8211; Health+Lifestyle<\/p>\n<p>Lesson 7 &#8211; The Arts +Entertainment<\/p>\n<p>Lesson 8 &#8211; The Future &#8211;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Conversation 5<\/p>\n<p>How busy will your social life be in the next seven days? What arrangements have you made?<\/p>\n<p>Do you like to your social life to be organised or be more spontaneous?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Extra online resources to help you study English<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Here are some sites for you to practise your vocabulary, grammar, reading and listening skills outside of the classroom.<\/p>\n<p>Free online news sites\u00a0 :<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the guardian<\/li>\n<li>bbc news<\/li>\n<li>stuff.co.nz \u2013 NZ news<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Local\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u2013\u00a0 Swedish news in English \u2013\u00a0 https:\/\/www.thelocal.se\/<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Vocabulary quizzes based on themes:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.learnenglishfeelgood.com\/vocabulary\/\">http:\/\/www.learnenglishfeelgood.com\/vocabulary\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>ESL Gold:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.eslgold.com\/speaking\/phrases.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Phrases for conversation<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Practise problem areas of\u00a0<strong>grammar<\/strong>\u00a0here:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usingenglish.com\/quizzes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Using English \u2013 grammar quizzes<\/a><\/p>\n<p>www.perfect-english-grammar.com\/learning-english.html<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/learnenglish.britishcouncil.org\/<\/p>\n<p>Learn English with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.anglo-link.com\/index.php?\/home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Anglo-Link<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Learn English with the BBC. Choose the section you would like to work with:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/learningenglish\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BBC Learning English<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Improve your spelling:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/eslus.com\/LESSONS\/SPELL\/SPELL.HTM\"><u>http:\/\/eslus.com\/LESSONS\/SPELL\/SPELL.HTM<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Listening<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You can practise your listening skills (together with transcripts) with a\u00a0BBC podcast:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/learningenglish\/english\/features\/6-minute-english\/ep-160114\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Six-minute English<\/a>\u00a0 or try\u00a0www.ted.com\/watch\/ted-ed<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/podcast-detail\/qpp5u-436c6\/Learn+English+Through+Listening<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/podcasts<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/podcasts<\/p>\n<p>ted talks\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0https:\/\/www.ted.com\/<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><u>Reading\u00a0 :\u00a0<\/u><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table width=\"555\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My name is Gareth Mills. 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