{"id":6822,"date":"2026-01-30T08:35:55","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T07:35:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogg.folkuniversitetet.nu\/muhlsa\/?page_id=6822"},"modified":"2026-01-30T08:35:55","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T07:35:55","slug":"notes-from-lesson-1-29-1","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogg.folkuniversitetet.nu\/muhlsa\/completed-courses\/english-conversation-b2-c1-start-29-1\/notes-from-lesson-1-29-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Notes from Lesson 1 (29\/1)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Lesson 1- <\/strong><strong>Thursday, 29th January\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:sarah.muhlenbock@folkuniversitetet.se\"><strong>sarah.muhlenbock@folkuniversitetet.se<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Aims for lesson one<\/strong> \u2013 feeling comfortable speaking English, getting to know each other, practical information<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Please tell us your name and why you have chosen a conversation course.<\/li>\n<li>How do you feel today? How will you feel on Thursday 26<sup>th<\/sup> March?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>On Christmas Eve,\u00a0I had to go to the vet<\/li>\n<li>Diabetes \u2013 a diabetic cat<\/li>\n<li>the pancreas<\/li>\n<li>King\u2019s Cross St Pancras<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Talk to each other in groups, and get to know each other. Is anyone in your group interested in any of the following? Find out more!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>spending time with family and friends,<\/li>\n<li>working out at the gym, sports, training,<\/li>\n<li>walking\/hiking<\/li>\n<li>taking gym classes like pilates and yoga,<\/li>\n<li>skiing,<\/li>\n<li>visiting music festivals, hiking,<\/li>\n<li>pets (dogs,cats etc),<\/li>\n<li>sustainability,<\/li>\n<li>classical music,<\/li>\n<li>opera,<\/li>\n<li>reading,<\/li>\n<li>French films,<\/li>\n<li>Weaving rugs on a loom<\/li>\n<li>English conversation class on a Thursday evening<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Comfortable, vegetable, interesting \u201ckumf-tabbul\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pre-school f\u00f6rskola<\/p>\n<p>Kindergarten, nursery<\/p>\n<p>Hard g and j in English\u201cdj\u201d \u2013 genealogy, Jack, Japan<\/p>\n<p>Secondary school, second grade<\/p>\n<p>She used to have a horse<\/p>\n<p><strong>Discussion questions for the first lesson<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>How long have you been learning English, and what has helped you reach your current level?<\/li>\n<li>In what situations do you feel most (or least) comfortable speaking English? Why?<\/li>\n<li>What do you enjoy most about being able to communicate in English?<\/li>\n<li>What motivated you to join this course at this point in your life?<\/li>\n<li>How has English influenced your personal or professional life?<\/li>\n<li>Have you ever lived, worked, or travelled in an English-speaking country? What was memorable about that experience?<\/li>\n<li>Is there an English-speaking country you dream of visiting in the future?<\/li>\n<li>Do you have a favourite English word, idiom, or saying?<\/li>\n<li>What aspects of learning English do you find most challenging? How do you try to overcome these difficulties?<\/li>\n<li>Can you describe a situation where knowing English made a significant difference for you?<\/li>\n<li>What are your specific goals for this course, and how can I best support you in achieving them?<\/li>\n<li>If you have taken a course with me before, what activities or topics did you find most useful? Are there new areas you\u2019d like us to explore this time?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not my cup of tea.\u00a0 It\u2019s not really my thing.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s a loose cannon = unpredictable<\/p>\n<p>The elephant in the room<\/p>\n<p>Loose\u00a0 lose<\/p>\n<p>Cut the mustard<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s get down to the nitty gritty &#8211; details<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t lose your keys!\u00a0\u00a0 \u201clooz\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The dog got loose and ran away\u00a0 \u201cloosss\u201d<\/p>\n<p>My jeans were loose (opposite = tight)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Ferdosi International Bookshop<\/p>\n<p>Amazon<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>No safety equipment<\/p>\n<p>Skyscraper live<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s a daredevil<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Who is this and what and why is he doing this?<\/p>\n<p>Why do people choose to take risks like this?<\/p>\n<p>Did you watch this, and how did it make you feel?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/englishnewsinlevels.com\/\">English News In Levels &#8211; Daily News for ESL Learners at Every Level<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Series\u00a0 see-reez\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He can be quite serious and doesn\u2019t laugh much.<\/p>\n<p>Small talk \u2013 specific expressions<\/p>\n<p>Daily talk<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lesson 1- Thursday, 29th January\u00a0 sarah.muhlenbock@folkuniversitetet.se Aims for lesson one \u2013 feeling comfortable speaking English, getting to know each other, practical information Please tell us your name and why you have chosen a conversation course. How do you feel today? How will you feel on Thursday 26th March? &nbsp; On Christmas Eve,\u00a0I had to go &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogg.folkuniversitetet.nu\/muhlsa\/completed-courses\/english-conversation-b2-c1-start-29-1\/notes-from-lesson-1-29-1\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Notes from Lesson 1 (29\/1)<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":195,"featured_media":0,"parent":6784,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6822","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogg.folkuniversitetet.nu\/muhlsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6822","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=6822"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogg.folkuniversitetet.nu\/muhlsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6822\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6823,"href":"https:\/\/blogg.folkuniversitetet.nu\/muhlsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6822\/revisions\/6823"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogg.folkuniversitetet.nu\/muhlsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6784"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogg.folkuniversitetet.nu\/muhlsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}