{"id":6833,"date":"2026-02-02T13:32:16","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T12:32:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogg.folkuniversitetet.nu\/muhlsa\/?page_id=6833"},"modified":"2026-02-02T13:32:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T12:32:16","slug":"notes-from-lesson-1-2-2-26","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogg.folkuniversitetet.nu\/muhlsa\/completed-courses\/engelska-for-hotell-och-restaurangbranschen-a1-course-start-2-2-26\/notes-from-lesson-1-2-2-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Notes from Lesson 1 (2\/2\/26)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Lesson 1 \u2013 Monday 2<sup>nd<\/sup> February<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>0900 \u2013 1115\u00a0<\/strong> 12-15 minute break around 1020<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:sarah.muhlenbock@folkuniversitetet.se\">sarah.muhlenbock@folkuniversitetet.se<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Lesson 1- Aims<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Basic greetings &amp; simple personal information.<\/li>\n<li>Alphabet and spelling names<\/li>\n<li>Days and dates<\/li>\n<li>Job roles in the hotel and restaurant industry.<\/li>\n<li>Common phrases when interracting with guests<\/li>\n<li>Rooms and facilities in a hotel<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Introductions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>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 happy to meet you! Welcome to our course!<\/p>\n<p>English is my mother tongue.<\/p>\n<p>Turkish is my mother tongue.\u00a0 \u201ctung\u201d<\/p>\n<p>My son is bilingual \u2013 he speaks both Swedish and English.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>What\u2019s your name? Where do you live? <\/strong><em>My name\u2019s Sarah I . I live in Stockholm. Gothenburg.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Where are you from? <\/strong><em>I\u2019m from the UK\/Russia<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>What languages do you speak? <\/strong><em>English\/Swedish\/Russian is my mother tongue and I also speak Swedish and a little bit of English.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>What is your mother tongue?<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>What do you do? What\u2019s your profession? What do you do for a living? <\/strong><em>I\u2019m a waiter\/a waitress, I\u2019m a teacher, I\u2019m a circle leader, I\u2019m a breakfast waitress. I was a chief accountant, but now I\u2019m retired. Just now, I\u2019m taking a course.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>What kind of job are you looking for? <\/strong><em>I\u2019m looking for work as a \u2026\u00a0 I want to work as a. I want to work in reception. A technician\u00a0 \u201cteck-nish-un\u201d. I\u2019m planning to start a bed and breakfast together with some friends. I want to work in the hotel business,\u00a0 the hospitality industry (=hotels and restaurants)<\/em><\/li>\n<li>I don\u2019t know at the moment<\/li>\n<li><strong>A housewife &#8211; a homemaker\u00a0 (USA)\u00a0 <\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>A<\/strong><strong> 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<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Vowels <\/strong>a e i o u<\/li>\n<li><strong>consonants <\/strong>b, c, d etc<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Pronunciation<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>G <\/strong>\u201c<em>Gee<\/em>\u201d \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0djee\u00a0 giraffe\u00a0 Japanese<\/li>\n<li><strong>J <\/strong>\u201cJay\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>U<\/strong> \u201c<em>you<\/em>\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>V<\/strong> \u201c<em>vee<\/em>\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>W <\/strong>double \u201cyou\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>J<\/strong>\u201c<em>dj<\/em><em>ay<\/em>\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 <em>d<\/em>Japan, <em>d<\/em>jungle, juice,<\/li>\n<li><strong>Y <\/strong>yesterday, yoghurt<\/li>\n<li><strong>Y <\/strong>\u201cwhy\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>Z <\/strong>\u201czed\u201d\u00a0 (BrE)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201czee\u201d\u00a0 (USA)<\/li>\n<li><strong>I <\/strong>\u201ceye\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>How do you spell your first\/family name?\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>S-a-r-a-h<\/p>\n<p><strong>My name\u2019s Aiko. Could you spell that please?\u00a0 <\/strong>A-i-k-o<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gh\u00a0 \u201cff\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Enough \u201cenuff\u201d\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>H \u201caitch\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 \u201chaitch\u201d\u00a0 (Ireland)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>dJanuary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Aypril<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Tuesday <\/strong>\u201cChtyoos. Day\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>Wednesday\u00a0 <\/strong>\u201cWennsday\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>Thursday<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Friday<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Saturday <\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Sunday<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Monday<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>What is the best day of the week?\u00a0 It\u2019s a day off from work<\/p>\n<p>You can have a lie-in on Sundays.\u00a0 A lazy day at home.<\/p>\n<p>Friday is my favourite day because I can look forward to the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m looking forward to the summer<\/p>\n<p>No day is better than another.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe\u201d first \u201cof\u201d February,<\/p>\n<p>The second, the third, the fourth, the fifth, the sixth,\u00a0 \u201csiksth\u201d, the seventh, the eighth, the ninth, the tenth, the eleventh, the twelfth, the thirteenth, the fourteenth, the fifteenth, the sixteenth, the seventeenth<\/p>\n<p>The twentieth\u00a0 \u201ctwen-tee-yuth\u201d\u00a0 the thirtieth\u00a0 \u201cthur-tee-yuth\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The twenty-fifth<\/p>\n<p>The thirty-first<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>What day is it today?<\/strong><strong><em> It&#8217;s Monday<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>What is the date today? <\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>What day was it yesterday? <em>It was Sunday<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>What date was it yesterday? <em>It was the first of February<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>What date was it the day before yesterday? It was \u201cthe\u201d 31<sup>st<\/sup> January\u00a0\u00a0 (BrE)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 January 31<sup>st<\/sup>\u00a0 (USA)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>What day will it be tomorrow?<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>What date will it be tomorrow? It will be 3<sup>rd<\/sup> February\u00a0\u00a0 3 February\u00a0 Always say \u201cthe\u201d\u00a0 \u201cof\u201d<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>What day will it be the day after tomorrow?<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>What date is your birthday? My birthday is <u>on<\/u> \u00a0\u201cthe\u201d26<sup>th<\/sup> December\u00a0\u00a0 <u>on a day<\/u><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>When does Easter Sunday fall this year? It\u2019s on the fifth of April\u00a0 <\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Easter is a movable feast<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Which date is New Year\u2019s Eve? It\u2019s the 31<sup>st<\/sup> \u201cof\u201d December<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Christmas Eve, Midsummer\u2019s Eve<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>What is the first date of the year? It\u2019s \u201cthe\u201d first of January<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>When is your birthday?<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>The<\/u><\/strong><strong> day, the month, the year, the baby, the drink<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Thee eleventh, theeelephant<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Theeanniversary, \u201cthee\u201d angel<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Theeisland<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Thee orange<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>a<\/strong><strong>\u00a0day<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>an elephant<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>a \u201cnorange\u201d\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 a nangel<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>What did you do in the break?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201chave\u201d\u00a0 I had a cup of tea, I had a cup of strong black coffee<\/li>\n<li>I spent some time with my baby<\/li>\n<li>I gave her a bottle of milk<\/li>\n<li>feed \u2013 fed<\/li>\n<li>I fed her breakfast, I fed the cat,<\/li>\n<li>Bottled water or tap water?<\/li>\n<li>Still water or sparkling water?<\/li>\n<li>I prefer\u2026. Which do you prefer?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Jobs in hotels and restaurants<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s a chef.<\/p>\n<p>A school cook\u00a0 (lower status, less trained)<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s a bus driver.\u00a0 He drives a limousine = he\u2019s a chauffeur<\/p>\n<p>They\u2019re kitchen porters\u00a0 (BrE\/Ireland)\u00a0 They\u2019re dishwashers (US)<\/p>\n<p>They work in potwash.<\/p>\n<p>She\u2019s a housekeeper.\u00a0 He\u2019s a repairman\/ a maintenance man.\u00a0 He works in maintenance.<\/p>\n<p>We reported the problem to reception and they called maintenance.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s a concierge.\u00a0 He\u2019s a doorman. He\u2019s a waiter, she\u2019s a waitress. They are waiting staff.<\/p>\n<p>They\u2019re events (wedding reception, 50<sup>th<\/sup> birthday) \u00a0organisers, a conference organiser<\/p>\n<p>She\u2019s the hotel manager.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s his\/her job? Where does he\/she work? What are their jobs? Where do they work?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>He\u2019s a chef. He works in a (hotel\/restaurant)<\/li>\n<li>She\u2019s a <u>bar<\/u> She works in a bar.<\/li>\n<li>They\u2019re receptionists. They work<span style=\"text-decoration: line-through\">s<\/span> in reception<\/li>\n<li>They\u2019re kitchen assistants\/kitchen porters. They work in the kitchen.<\/li>\n<li>What\u2019s her job? Where does she work?<\/li>\n<li>She\u2019s a bartender. She works in a bar<\/li>\n<li>She\u2019s a housekeeper. She works in housekeeping.<\/li>\n<li>He\u2019s a re<u>pair<\/u>man\/a <u>main<\/u>tenance man. He works in maintenance<\/li>\n<li>He\u2019s a \u2026.<\/li>\n<li>He\u2019s a \u2026.<\/li>\n<li>He\u2019s a \u2026.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>What are their jobs? What do they do?\u00a0 Where do they work?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>They\u2019re receptionists. They work in reception\/in a hotel.<\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>English grammar<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Man \u2013 what\u2019s <strong>his<\/strong> job?<\/li>\n<li>Woman \u2013 What\u2019s <strong>her<\/strong> job?<\/li>\n<li>More than one person \u2013 What are <strong>their<\/strong> jobs?<\/li>\n<li>Where <strong>do<\/strong> they work?<\/li>\n<li>The bartender <strong>works<\/strong> in the hotel bar<\/li>\n<li>The bartenders <strong>work<\/strong> in the hotel bar.<\/li>\n<li>Where <strong>does<\/strong> the bartender work?<\/li>\n<li>Where <strong>do<\/strong> the bartenders work?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lesson 1 \u2013 Monday 2nd February 0900 \u2013 1115\u00a0 12-15 minute break around 1020 sarah.muhlenbock@folkuniversitetet.se Lesson 1- Aims Basic greetings &amp; simple personal information. Alphabet and spelling names Days and dates Job roles in the hotel and restaurant industry. Common phrases when interracting with guests Rooms and facilities in a hotel &nbsp; Introductions Hello! 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