{"id":5902,"date":"2025-01-13T14:41:42","date_gmt":"2025-01-13T13:41:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogg.folkuniversitetet.nu\/muhlsa\/?page_id=5902"},"modified":"2025-01-13T14:43:50","modified_gmt":"2025-01-13T13:43:50","slug":"lesson-1-13-1-25","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogg.folkuniversitetet.nu\/muhlsa\/completed-courses\/engelska-for-hotell-och-restaurangbranschen-a2-course-start-13-01-25\/lesson-1-13-1-25\/","title":{"rendered":"Lesson 1 – 13\/1\/25"},"content":{"rendered":"

Vocabulary and Grammar from Lesson 1 – 13th January 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n

Aims<\/strong>
\n– Basic greetings & simple personal information.
\n– the alphabet and spelling names
\n– Job roles in the hotel and restaurant industry.
\n– Homework \u2013 Present simple and write a short introduction of yourself<\/p>\n

Hello! My name is Sarah and I\u2019m an English teacher. I live near Stockholm and I am from England. I speak English and Swedish. I\u2019m married, and I have a 12-year-old son. I\u2019m happy to meet you! Welcome to our course!<\/em><\/p>\n

– What\u2019s your name? Where do you live? My name\u2019s Sarah. I live in Stockholm
\n– Where are you from? I\u2019m from the UK
\n– What languages do you speak? English\/Ukranian\/Spanish\/Portuguese is my mother tongue and I also speak Swedish
\n– What is your first language? What is your native language? What is your mother tongue?
\n– What do you do? What\u2019s your profession? What kind of job are you looking for? I\u2019m a teacher. I\u2019m a nurse. I\u2019m looking for work as a breakfast waitress \u2026I\u2019m looking for work as a receptionist in a hotel\u2026 I want to work as a hotel receptionist. I\u2019m a primary school teacher<\/em>
\n– Tell me about yourself!
\n– What field(area) do you work in? I work in education, I work in law, I work in medicine. I\u2019m a pyschologist, I work in the field of pyschology<\/em><\/p>\n

I\u2019m from Ukraine.
\nMy mother tongue is Ukrainian \u201cyou-kray-nee-yun\u201d
\nI\u2019m from England. My mother tongue is English
\nShe\u2019s\/He\u2019s from Sweden. Her\/His mother tongue is Swedish.
\nThey\u2019re from Sweden. Their mother tongue\u2026. (plural)
\nYou\u2019re from Brazil. Your m-t is Portuguese. You\u2019re Brazilian.
\nI have two children. I have one child.
\nHow do you feel today? I feel great! I feel wonderful! I feel ok\/alright\/fine
\nHow long does it take to travel to Brazil? (=time) It takes 12 hours on one flight
\nWhat?
\nPardon? Sorry? What did you say?
\nI\u2019m sorry, can you say that again?
\nCan you repeat that?<\/p>\n

Spelling and the alphabet:
\nA 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
\nZ \u201czed\u201d (UK) \u201cZee\u201d (US)
\nH \u201caytch\u201d
\nI \u201ceye\u201d
\nE \u201cee\u201d
\nK \u201ckay\u201d
\nU \u201cyou\u201d W \u201cdouble-you\u201d
\nK Q
\nV \u201cvee\u201d<\/p>\n

How do you spell your first\/family name? S-a-r-a-h
\nMy name\u2019s Aiko. Could you spell that please? A-i-k-o<\/p>\n

In breakout rooms:
\n– Introduce yourselves to each other<\/p>\n

– What\u2019s your name? Where do you live?
\n– Where are you from? I\u2019m from \u2026\/I come from\u2026
\n– What languages do you speak?
\n– What do you do? What\u2019s your profession? What kind of job are you looking for?
\n– Tell me more about yourself!<\/p>\n

Name as many restaurant and hotel jobs as possible!<\/p>\n

Jobs in hotels and restaurants<\/strong>
\nWhat\u2019s his job? He\u2019s a chef.
\nWhat\u2019s her job? She\u2019s a bar person\/bartender.
\nWhat are their jobs? They\u2019re receptionists. They work at front desk.
\nThey\u2019re kitchen assistants. They do the washing up and cleaning.
\nI worked in pot wash. They clean the pots and pans.
\nShe\u2019s a chambermaid\/ She\u2019s a housekeeper.
\nHe\u2019s a maintenance worker. He\u2019s a maintenance man.
\nHe\u2019s a porter.
\nHe\u2019s a concierge.
\nHe\u2019s a doorman.
\nHe\u2019s a waiter, she\u2019s a waitress. They\u2019re waiting staff.
\nHe\u2019s an events organiser an + a, e, I, o, u
\nThey\u2019re events organisers\/events organisers
\nShe\u2019s the hotel manager. (= only one in the hotel)<\/p>\n

What\u2019s his\/her job? Where does he\/she work?<\/strong>
\nWhat are their jobs? Where do they work?<\/strong><\/p>\n

– He\u2019s a chef. He works in a (hotel\/restaurant) kitchen.
\n– She\u2019s a bartender. She works in a bar.
\n– It\u2019s a problem
\n– They\u2019re receptionists. They works in reception\/at front desk.
\n– They\u2019re kitchen assistants. They work in a kitchen
\n– What\u2019s her job? Where does she work?
\n– She\u2019s a bartender. She \u2026.
\n– She\u2019s a housekeeper. She works in housekeeping.
\n– He\u2019s a repairman\/a maintenance man. When there is a problem, please contact maintenance He repairs things that are broken.
\n– He\u2019s a porter. He helps hotel guests (\u201cgests\u201d)
\n– He\u2019s a concierge.
\n– He\u2019s a waiter, she\u2019s a waitress. They\u2019re waiting staff. They serve food to guests
\n– an events organiser \/ a conference manager
\n– She\u2019s a hotel manager. She\u2019s in charge.
\nWhat are their jobs? What do they do? Where do they work?
\n– They\u2019re receptionists. They work in reception\/in a hotel.<\/p>\n

In breakout rooms, practise together:<\/strong>
\n\u2022 What\u2019s his\/her job? Where does he\/she work?
\n\u2022 What are their jobs? Where do they work?<\/p>\n

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

beer, wine, whisky etc = alcoholic drinks
\norange juice, coca cola, alcohol-free beer etc = non-alcoholic drinks
\napple juice, Fanta = soft drinks<\/p>\n

A housekeeper cleans<\/strong> the bedrooms every day of the week.
\nA housekeeper makes<\/strong> the beds every morning.
\nA breakfast waitress\/waiter fills<\/strong> up\/stocks<\/strong> up the breakfast buffet and clears the tables<\/p>\n

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