{"id":6428,"date":"2025-09-15T13:39:43","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T11:39:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogg.folkuniversitetet.nu\/muhlsa\/?page_id=6428"},"modified":"2025-09-30T08:23:40","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T06:23:40","slug":"english-for-seniors-c1","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogg.folkuniversitetet.nu\/muhlsa\/completed-courses\/task-for-lesson-one\/english-for-seniors-c1\/","title":{"rendered":"Notes from Lesson 1 (22\/9)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Notes from Lesson 1 <\/strong>Monday, 22<sup>nd<\/sup> September<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m semi-retired<\/p>\n<p><u>Getting to know each other<\/u><\/p>\n<p>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:<\/p>\n<p><u>English<\/u><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Have you taken English courses with us before? What were they and what did you learn from them?<\/li>\n<li>What made you decide to take this course?<\/li>\n<li>What do you enjoy most about speaking English?<\/li>\n<li>What are your ambitions for this course?<\/li>\n<li>How can the teacher help you with your English?<\/li>\n<li>What subjects interest you?<\/li>\n<li>What do you particularly need to improve?<\/li>\n<li>Are there any websites, apps, books etc that you could recommend to your classmates to help you with your English?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><u>Interests &amp; Hobbies<\/u><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What do you usually do in your free time?<\/li>\n<li>Do you enjoy reading, watching films, or listening to music? Which one most?<\/li>\n<li>Do you have a hobby or interest you started after retirement?<\/li>\n<li>Do you prefer spending time indoors or outdoors? Why?<\/li>\n<li>What do you do to keep fit and healthy?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><u>Travel &amp; Experiences<\/u><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What\u2019s the most interesting place you have ever visited?<\/li>\n<li>Is there a country you would still like to visit? Why?<\/li>\n<li>Do you prefer the sea, the countryside, or the city for holidays?<\/li>\n<li>Have you ever had a \u201csurprising\u201d or unusual travel experience?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>an adder<\/p>\n<p>a dry stone wall<\/p>\n<p>a zigzag pattern<\/p>\n<p>a grass snake<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Useful sites to practise your English:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsinlevels.com\/\">https:\/\/www.newsinlevels.com\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/learningenglish\/english\/features\/6-minute-english\">https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/learningenglish\/english\/features\/6-minute-english<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usingenglish.com\/quizzes\/\">https:\/\/www.usingenglish.com\/quizzes\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>a plumber\u00a0 \u201cplummer\u201d<\/p>\n<p>a sink, the bathroom sink, the kitchen sink<\/p>\n<p>a wash basin<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Six-Minute English:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What did you read or listen to? Why did you choose it?<\/li>\n<li>What was it about?<\/li>\n<li>What new vocabulary did you learn?<\/li>\n<li>Do you have any questions for each other?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Degrowth and a degrowther<\/li>\n<li>To reduce fast fashion<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Are you a bank loan?<\/p>\n<p>You caught my interest.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>To pay interest on a loan<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Some people are easily offended.<\/p>\n<p>Some people are oversensitive<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Highly sensitive children<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What kind of lists do you make and why?<\/li>\n<li>L\u00e4ttkr\u00e4nkt<\/li>\n<li>My bank account is in the red. Is this a good or bad thing? I\u2019m in debt.<\/li>\n<li>What do you do with clothes you no longer use, need or want?<\/li>\n<li>Disenfectionsmedel?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I had an overdraft.<\/p>\n<p>To make a to-do list<\/p>\n<p>Packing lists<\/p>\n<p>A wishlist<\/p>\n<p>A \u201cshould-do\u201d list<\/p>\n<p>A bucket list<\/p>\n<p>I give them away to charity.<\/p>\n<p>To raise money for charity.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a really rewarding thing to do<\/p>\n<p>A charitable organisation<\/p>\n<p>A \u201cyou thing\u201d \u2013 it\u2019s your problem<\/p>\n<p>Increase \u2013 decrease<\/p>\n<p>Saccharine &#8211; sentimental<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Notes from Lesson 1 Monday, 22nd September I&#8217;m semi-retired 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: English Have you taken &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogg.folkuniversitetet.nu\/muhlsa\/completed-courses\/task-for-lesson-one\/english-for-seniors-c1\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Notes from Lesson 1 (22\/9)<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":195,"featured_media":0,"parent":6431,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6428","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogg.folkuniversitetet.nu\/muhlsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6428","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogg.folkuniversitetet.nu\/muhlsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogg.folkuniversitetet.nu\/muhlsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogg.folkuniversitetet.nu\/muhlsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/195"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogg.folkuniversitetet.nu\/muhlsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6428"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogg.folkuniversitetet.nu\/muhlsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6428\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6468,"href":"https:\/\/blogg.folkuniversitetet.nu\/muhlsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6428\/revisions\/6468"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogg.folkuniversitetet.nu\/muhlsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6431"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogg.folkuniversitetet.nu\/muhlsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}