Lesson 1- Tuesday, 23rd September

 Getting to know each other

Please take some time to introduce yourselves to each other. You can talk about friends, family, work, interests, English, travel, home etc. Try to find something you have in common with your classmates. Here are some ideas:

Interests & Hobbies

• What do you usually do in your free time?
• Do you enjoy reading, watching films, or listening to music? Which one most?
• Do you have a hobby or interest you started after retirement?
• Do you prefer spending time indoors or outdoors? Why?
• What do you do to keep fit and healthy?
• Do you have a summer cottage? What do you need to do to maintain it?

Travel & Experiences

• What’s the most interesting place you have ever visited?
• Is there a country you would still like to visit? Why?
• Do you prefer the sea, the countryside, or the city for holidays?
• Have you ever had a “surprising” or unusual travel experience?
• What was your last holiday?

 

I can’t/don’t speak English so well

He’s a good English speaker. He speaks English well.

She’s a good long-distance runner.

 

Rinse/wash the vegetables before cooking them

Scrub the potatoes, wash the vegetables

Wash off the mud

I need to weed the garden. There are too many weeds in the vegetable patch.

Vineyard = where grapes are grown

a winery

It’s such a nice region.  It’s so nice to be there!

How long time have you been waiting?

She’s lying on the sofa.

He’s talking on the phone.

They were at a party on New Year’s Eve.

They went away for a few days at New Year.  (= festival)

We eat lamb at Easter.

A variety of subjects

 

English

• Have you taken English courses with us before? What were they and what did you learn from them?
• What made you decide to take this course?
• What do you enjoy most about speaking English?
• Can you tell your partner (s) about a time you successfully communicated in English?
• Can you think of a funny story where the communication wasn’t quite as successful as it could have been? 😊
• What are your ambitions for this course?
• How can the teacher help you with your English?
• What subjects interest you?
• What do you particularly need to improve?
• Are there any websites, apps, books etc that you could recommend to your classmates to help you with your English?

 

Women’s hour

I don’t get all the details but I understand the gist  “djist”  (= the main message)

 

 

• https://www.newsinlevels.com/
• https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/6-minute-english
• https://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/
• https://dictionary.cambridge.org/

 

 

 

 

 

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Six-Minute English

 

• What did you read or listen to? Why did you choose it?
• What was it about? What did you find particularly interesting?
• What new vocabulary did you learn? Muddle along
• Do you have any questions for each other?

 

 

We need to open a window as it smells really stuffy in here.

It smells musty.  (= smells old and stale)

Musty books

We need to air the room.   I want to air my duvet.

 

What kind of lists do you make?

Have you some time to talk?   Have you got some/any time…?     Do you have….?

 

Husbil?  A campervan

A caravan

I’ve been to Scotland.  I came home this morning.

Where’s the cat gone?  It’s disappeared.

The cat has gone to the neighbour.

Go – went –  gone/been

Saccharine