Vocabulary and Grammar from Lesson 1 – 13th January 2025

Aims
– Basic greetings & simple personal information.
– the alphabet and spelling names
– Job roles in the hotel and restaurant industry.
– Homework – Present simple and write a short introduction of yourself

Hello! My name is Sarah and I’m an English teacher. I live near Stockholm and I am from England. I speak English and Swedish. I’m married, and I have a 12-year-old son. I’m happy to meet you! Welcome to our course!

– What’s your name? Where do you live? My name’s Sarah. I live in Stockholm
– Where are you from? I’m from the UK
– What languages do you speak? English/Ukranian/Spanish/Portuguese is my mother tongue and I also speak Swedish
– What is your first language? What is your native language? What is your mother tongue?
– What do you do? What’s your profession? What kind of job are you looking for? I’m a teacher. I’m a nurse. I’m looking for work as a breakfast waitress …I’m looking for work as a receptionist in a hotel… I want to work as a hotel receptionist. I’m a primary school teacher
– Tell me about yourself!
– What field(area) do you work in? I work in education, I work in law, I work in medicine. I’m a pyschologist, I work in the field of pyschology

I’m from Ukraine.
My mother tongue is Ukrainian “you-kray-nee-yun”
I’m from England. My mother tongue is English
She’s/He’s from Sweden. Her/His mother tongue is Swedish.
They’re from Sweden. Their mother tongue…. (plural)
You’re from Brazil. Your m-t is Portuguese. You’re Brazilian.
I have two children. I have one child.
How do you feel today? I feel great! I feel wonderful! I feel ok/alright/fine
How long does it take to travel to Brazil? (=time) It takes 12 hours on one flight
What?
Pardon? Sorry? What did you say?
I’m sorry, can you say that again?
Can you repeat that?

Spelling and the alphabet:
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Z “zed” (UK) “Zee” (US)
H “aytch”
I “eye”
E “ee”
K “kay”
U “you” W “double-you”
K Q
V “vee”

How do you spell your first/family name? S-a-r-a-h
My name’s Aiko. Could you spell that please? A-i-k-o

In breakout rooms:
– Introduce yourselves to each other

– What’s your name? Where do you live?
– Where are you from? I’m from …/I come from…
– What languages do you speak?
– What do you do? What’s your profession? What kind of job are you looking for?
– Tell me more about yourself!

Name as many restaurant and hotel jobs as possible!

Jobs in hotels and restaurants
What’s his job? He’s a chef.
What’s her job? She’s a bar person/bartender.
What are their jobs? They’re receptionists. They work at front desk.
They’re kitchen assistants. They do the washing up and cleaning.
I worked in pot wash. They clean the pots and pans.
She’s a chambermaid/ She’s a housekeeper.
He’s a maintenance worker. He’s a maintenance man.
He’s a porter.
He’s a concierge.
He’s a doorman.
He’s a waiter, she’s a waitress. They’re waiting staff.
He’s an events organiser an + a, e, I, o, u
They’re events organisers/events organisers
She’s the hotel manager. (= only one in the hotel)

What’s his/her job? Where does he/she work?
What are their jobs? Where do they work?

– He’s a chef. He works in a (hotel/restaurant) kitchen.
– She’s a bartender. She works in a bar.
– It’s a problem
– They’re receptionists. They works in reception/at front desk.
– They’re kitchen assistants. They work in a kitchen
– What’s her job? Where does she work?
– She’s a bartender. She ….
– She’s a housekeeper. She works in housekeeping.
– He’s a repairman/a maintenance man. When there is a problem, please contact maintenance He repairs things that are broken.
– He’s a porter. He helps hotel guests (“gests”)
– He’s a concierge.
– He’s a waiter, she’s a waitress. They’re waiting staff. They serve food to guests
– an events organiser / a conference manager
– She’s a hotel manager. She’s in charge.
What are their jobs? What do they do? Where do they work?
– They’re receptionists. They work in reception/in a hotel.

In breakout rooms, practise together:
• What’s his/her job? Where does he/she work?
• What are their jobs? Where do they work?

What does a chef do? He/she cooks food for guests.
– What does a bartender do? He/she makes drinks
– What does a kitchen assistant do?
– What does a housekeeper/room attendant do?
– What does a maintenance worker/a repairman do?
– What does a porter do?
– What does a concierge do?
– What does a waiter/waitress do?
– What does a breakfast waitress do?
– What do waiting staff do?
– What does an events organiser do?
– What does a hotel manager do?

beer, wine, whisky etc = alcoholic drinks
orange juice, coca cola, alcohol-free beer etc = non-alcoholic drinks
apple juice, Fanta = soft drinks

A housekeeper cleans the bedrooms every day of the week.
A housekeeper makes the beds every morning.
A breakfast waitress/waiter fills up/stocks up the breakfast buffet and clears the tables