Homework from Lesson 2
What’s your favourite English word? Read about the Oxford word of the year, and tell us what you think of the vote. Do you have an “inner goblin”? (I do!) – Oxford word of the year 2022 revealed as ‘goblin mode’
Have a wonderful Christmas and New Year and come back and tell us what you did. See you on 12th January!.
Lesson 1 of the extension course (1/12)
- I’ve emailed you the questions for next week.
- We talked about festivals last lesson. Next lesson, please do come prepared to talk for two minutes about a festival or celebration that you have experienced from another country. You can present it to the group.
Lesson 7:
- Read through the questions on Travel that I handed out last night.
- Listen to a song of your choice on: LyricsTraining
- Choose something from Six Minute English
- Bring in a favourite photo from a holiday you have been on
Homework from Lesson 6:
- Choose something you own that is sentimental to you and either take a photo of it, or bring it to class. What is the story behind it?
- We will continue with the questions on Health and Lifestyle next week, so please do read through them again.
- Choose something from Six Minute English to talk about next lesson, preferably on the subject of health (but it’s not a must!) . I would suggest this one: Why laughter is the best medicine
Homework from Lesson 5:
- I’ve emailed you the questions for the next lesson on the subject of health and lifestyle.
- Please do go to Six Minute English and choose something to watch and let us know about it next week.
- Here is the link to Right Move, so please choose yourselves somewhere to live 😊 https://www.rightmove.co.uk/
Homework from Lesson 4:
- Read through the worksheet on “Home” (emailed)
- Choose something to listen to from 6 Minute English that interests you. Since it is Halloween very shortly, I would suggest that one to start with, and we can have a short discussion next week. The transcript is included.
- Challenge for the week: Do something new, that you’ve never tried before and tell us about it next lesson!
Homework from Lesson 3:
- Read through the worksheet on Money (this was emailed to you after lesson 2)
- Choose an article or programme that interests you from one of the sites below, and be ready to talk about it next time we meet.
- BBC Business Daily
- BBC Learning English Lingohack – you can read and listen to the news articles at the same time, and there is a useful glossary of terms
- Do something that makes you happy and come and tell us about it 🙂
Homework from Lesson 1: Visit the list of useful websites on this blog. Try a site you haven’t used before. Tell the group what you thought of it and something that you learned from it.
Talking about conversation
What kind of subjects do you enjoy talking about with colleagues, friends and family?
Do you enjoy talking to children? What kind of things do you talk about?
Tell us about a time you needed to communicate in English recently
In which kind of situations do you need to use English? How do you feel about this?
Do you enjoy speaking English? Is there anything that is holding you back?
Who is the best speaker/conversationalist you know? Either personally or someone in the public eye that you admire.
My 10-year-old son
A 4-star hotel
A 20-minute wait
A 12-hour time difference
NZ is 12 hours ahead of Sweden
Sweden is 12 hours behind NZ
The UK is an hour behind Sweden.
Sweden is an hour ahead.
Talking about the weather
It’s drizzling outside.
He poured the tea from the teapot.
Water boils at 100 degrees.
It’s freezing cold outside
A foggy morning
It was “un-put-downable”
I couldn’t put it down.
Forty rules of love
Thirteen reasons why
A series “see-reeez”