Thank you for taking the course! Keep reading through all the lesson notes on the blog and practise the dialogues we went through in class.
The next course begins on 16th March and you can register below. I will send out new information by the end of this week.
You will also receive two surveys (“enkät”) by email. One from Folkbildningsrådet and the other from Folkuniversitetet for feedback about this course. Please take some time to fill these in so we know how to improve for the future. Thank you!
Further study
Would you like to continue studying English for the hotel and restaurant business? There are now two new courses available and you are welcome to sign up via the links below:
Engelska för hotell-och restaurangbranschen A2+/B1 Distans Live – Folkuniversitetet
Engelska för hotell-och restaurangbranschen B1 Distans Live – Folkuniversitetet
Homework after Lesson 11
Review: Please read through the notes from the lesson today. You can find them here: Notes from Lesson 11 (23/2/26) | Sarah’s Blog
I recommend looking at all the notes from the course as we will review them in class tomorrow.
Lesson 10
Review: Please read through the notes from the lesson today and practise the breakfast buffet dialogues. You can find the notes here: Notes from Lesson 10 (19/2/26) | Sarah’s Blog
Vocabulary – I recommend using the Cambridge online dictionary to check the meanings, pronunciation and different uses of any new words that you learn. Click on the following words for example:
Grammar: if you would like to practise the past simple, here are some useful websites.
- British council – Past Simple
- Past simple form and use
- Past simple – regular/irregular verbs
- Assorted grammar exercises
Lesson 9
Review: Please read through the notes from the lesson today. You can find them here: Notes from Lesson 9 (16/2/26) | Sarah’s Blog
Keep practising the restaurant dialogues, ordering food and drink at home.
Homework after Lesson 7
Review: Please read through the notes from the lesson today. You can find them here: Notes from Lesson 7 (11/2/26) | Sarah’s Blog
Try this multiple-choice food quiz: English language quiz – food and drink
Try this vocabulary exercise from the British council: Food in Britain
Remaining dates of this course:
- Thu 12 Feb
- Mon 16 Feb
- Thu 19 Feb
- Mon 23 Feb
- Tue 24 Feb
Lesson 6
Review: Please read through the notes from the lesson today. You can find them here: Notes from Lesson 6 (10/2/26) | Sarah’s Blog
Grammar – Practise tag questions (“eller hur?”) here: Tag Questions Quiz | Learn English
Grammar – if you would like more practice with prepositions of time, you can try these websites:
British Council – Prepositions of time: ‘at’, ‘in’, ‘on’
at, in, on – prepositions of time from Test English
Lesson 5
Review: Please read through the notes from the lesson today. You can find them here: Notes from Lesson 5 (9/2) | Sarah’s Blog
We didn’t look through the homework on “borrow and lend” so we will check that in the class tomorrow.
Tomorrow we will continue to look at vocabulary for food and drink. Please take a look at this menu, and make a note of anything that is new for you: https://www.beefeaterpattaya.com/our-menu/
Useful vocabulary to read and learn: At the restaurant – English vocabulary for eating out
Grammar – Today we looked briefly at prefixes (in, un, im). If you need some extra help with this, here is some online practice for you: Grammar quiz: Word formation: prefixes – Cambridge Dictionary
Lesson 4
Review: Please read through the notes from the lesson today. You can find them here: Notes from Lesson 4 (5/2/26) | Sarah’s Blog
Vocabulary: Go the Cambridge online dictionary for an explanation of the difference between “lend” and “borrow”: Lend or borrow ? – Grammar – Cambridge Dictionary I will also email some an exercise for homework:
Grammar: Prepositions of Time (emailed)
Try this online practice:
- The present simple and the present continuous
- Choose the present simple or the present continous
- Present simple or continuous
Lesson 3
Review: Please read through the notes from the lesson today. You can find them here: Notes from Lesson 3 (4/2/26) | Sarah’s Blog
Vocabulary online practice: In a hotel
Grammar online practice: How often…?
Click on the screen and practise saying times: Random time generator
Lesson 2
Review: Please read through the notes from the lesson today. You can find them here: Notes from Lesson 2 (3/2) | Sarah’s Blog
Read through all the vocabulary and grammar from the first two lessons and write down any words you don’t know. Check meanings and pronunciation with the Cambridge Online dictionary: Explore the Cambridge dictionary
Grammar: Please do the present simple worksheet (emailed). If you choose, you can also prepare the questions at the end to discuss in class tomorrow.
Online practice: What time is it? (It’s aimed at teenagers, but it’s very clear, and still good for practising saying the time in English.
Lesson 1
All links in brown!
Please read through the notes from the lesson today. You can find them here: Notes from Lesson 1 (2/2/26) | Sarah’s Blog We will review some of it in class tomorrow’
We looked at the present simple today – do and does, they work, he/she works. Here are some recommended self-study sites if you need some extra practice:
- British Council – Present simple
- British Council – Present simple “to be”
- Test English – Present simple
- Present Tenses Exercises – UsingEnglish.com
See you tomorrow!
Lesson 1
Welcome to the course! My name is Sarah and I will be the teacher for the English for the Hotel and Restaurant Industry course starting on Monday 2nd February.
We start at 09.00, with a 15-minute break at around 10.25.
This is an elementary A1+ level course. Click here for the general course outline: Course outline – 12 lessons
Please install Zoom on your device and make sure you can log in and access our course.
Meeting -ID: 657 7321 5118
Code: 871169
This will be a fairly large class so we will use breakout rooms. Click here for instructions: How to use breakout rooms in Zoom
Please buy the book: Be My Guest, Francis O’Hara (Cambridge University Press, ISBN 9780521776899)
Lesson times: 09.00 – 11.15
Dates:
- Mon 2 feb.
- Tue 3 feb.
- Wed 4 feb.
- Thu 5 feb.
- Mon 9 feb.
- Tue 10 feb.
- Wed 11 feb.
- Thu 12 feb.
- Mon 16 feb.
- Thu 19 feb.
- Mon 23 feb.
- Tue 24 feb.