{"id":7039,"date":"2026-03-16T11:26:19","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T10:26:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogg.folkuniversitetet.nu\/muhlsa\/?page_id=7039"},"modified":"2026-03-19T12:22:53","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T11:22:53","slug":"notes-from-lesson-1-16-3-26","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogg.folkuniversitetet.nu\/muhlsa\/engelska-for-hotell-och-restaurangbranschen-a2-course-start-16-3-26\/notes-from-lesson-1-16-3-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Notes from Lesson 1 (16\/3\/26)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><u>Lesson<\/u><\/strong><strong> 1 \u2013 <u>Monday 16<sup>th<\/sup> March<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>English for the Hotel and Restaurant industry <strong>A2+<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>0900 \u2013 1115\u00a0 12-minute break around 1030<\/p>\n<p>Sarah M\u00fchlenbock\u00a0 <a href=\"mailto:sarah.muhlenbock@folkuniversitetet.se\">sarah.muhlenbock@folkuniversitetet.se<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m from a town in the UK, Hatfield, which is just north of London<\/p>\n<p><strong>How do you feel today! Write in the chat.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#x1f600; I feel good<\/li>\n<li>&#x1f603; excited<\/li>\n<li>&#x1f605; a little nervous<\/li>\n<li>&#x1f634; tired<\/li>\n<li>&#x1f62c; shy<\/li>\n<li>&#x1f4aa; ready to learn<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>What time do the lessons begin?\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 9 o\u2019clock, 9 am<\/li>\n<li>What time do they finish?\u00a0 11.15<\/li>\n<li>What time approximately do we usually take a break?\u00a0\u00a0 Around 10.40<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Aims<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Introductions and getting to know each other<\/li>\n<li>Ambitions for the course<\/li>\n<li>Talking about hotels<\/li>\n<li>Times<\/li>\n<li>Introduction and review of definite\/indefinite articles<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Introductions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Getting to know each other<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>What is your name?<\/li>\n<li>Where do you live?<\/li>\n<li>What is your mother tongue? My mother tongue is English, Thai\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (native language)<\/li>\n<li>What languages do you speak?<\/li>\n<li>What do you do in your free time?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>About the course<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Why are you taking this course?<\/li>\n<li>Do you want to work in a hotel or a restaurant?<\/li>\n<li>How did you find out about this course?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Work experience<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Have you worked in a hotel or a restaurant before?<\/li>\n<li>Where did you work?<\/li>\n<li>What was your job?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"1544\"><strong>In breakout rooms get to know each other. Ask questions like:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Hi. Nice to meet you!\u00a0 I\u2019d like to know a little more about you.<\/li>\n<li>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 What do you like to do in your free time?<\/li>\n<li>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 What do you do to relax?<\/li>\n<li>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Do you do any sport or training? How do you stay active?<\/li>\n<li>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 What is your experience of working in the hospitality industry?\u00a0 (= restaurant\/bar\/hotel)<\/li>\n<li>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Are you working or studying now? What do you like about your work or studies?<\/li>\n<li>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 What job do you want to do in the future?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;color: #ff0000\">more <\/span>shall I say?\u00a0\u00a0 What <strong>else<\/strong> shall I say?<\/li>\n<li>Would you like anything <strong>else<\/strong>?<\/li>\n<li>Would you like some <strong>more<\/strong> water?<\/li>\n<li>Would you like some <strong>more<\/strong> bread?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It\u2019s useful for <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through\">all the people<\/span>.\u00a0 It\u2019s useful for <strong>everyone\/everybody<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: line-through\">All the people<\/span> <strong>Everyone\/Everybody<\/strong> should try it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Your ambitions for this course:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Why are you taking this course and what are your goals from the course?<\/li>\n<li>What do you need to improve? What is most important for you?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Pronunciation, <strong>everything <\/strong>&#x1f60a; , speaking, grammar,<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tenses (past, present, future)<\/li>\n<li>Fluency, speak more naturally<\/li>\n<li>New words\/vocabulary<\/li>\n<li>Everyday dialogues,<\/li>\n<li>\u201cSwenglish\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Listening<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>How can the teacher help you?<\/li>\n<li>If you took the A2 course please tell your group what we did together, what you learned and what you would like to continue with?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>If you have taken a course before, what was most useful?<\/li>\n<li>What would you like to do that we didn\u2019t do in the first course? What would you like to repeat? (returning students)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I want to focus on hotel and restaurant vocabulary<\/li>\n<li>I listen <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through\">much<\/span> to English.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I listen a lot to English.\u00a0\u00a0 (a positive statement)<\/li>\n<li>I don\u2019t listen a lot\/much to English.<\/li>\n<li>Do you listen a lot\/much to English?<\/li>\n<li>It doesn\u2019t matter.<\/li>\n<li>I don\u2019t listen very much \u2026<\/li>\n<li>I don\u2019t go there very often\/very much.<\/li>\n<li>I go there a lot.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t watch <strong>a lot of\/many<\/strong> English films<\/p>\n<p>Do you watch<strong> a lot of\/many<\/strong> English films?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Much<\/strong> = uncountable.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Many<\/strong> = countable<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>There are<strong>n\u2019t many\/a lot of<\/strong> children here.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I like listening to <strong>audiobooks<\/strong>. \u00a0(<em>=books that you listen to<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p>She works in the hospitality <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through\">branch<\/span>.\u00a0\u00a0 industry<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s a local branch of Handelsbanken in my town.\u00a0 (offices)<\/p>\n<p>What times does the Ume\u00e5 branch of SEB open?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lesson 1 \u2013 Monday 16th March English for the Hotel and Restaurant industry A2+ 0900 \u2013 1115\u00a0 12-minute break around 1030 Sarah M\u00fchlenbock\u00a0 sarah.muhlenbock@folkuniversitetet.se I\u2019m from a town in the UK, Hatfield, which is just north of London How do you feel today! 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