Thank you for taking this course!\u00a0 I will leave everything in place on the blog.<\/p>\n
The continuation course starts on Monday and you can register here if you haven’t done so already: Grundl\u00e4ggande engelska f\u00f6r retail och kundservice A2 Distans Live – Folkuniversitetet<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Hope to see you on Monday!<\/p>\n Homework from Lesson 12 <\/strong><\/p>\n Here are the notes from this morning. Please practise the dialogues: Notes from Lesson 12 (24\/9\/26) | Sarah’s Blog<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Check the pronunciation, meaning and use of OBEY | English meaning – Cambridge Dictionary<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Lesson 11<\/strong><\/p>\n Here are the notes from this morning: Notes from Lesson 11 (22\/9\/26) | Sarah’s Blog<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Online grammar<\/strong> practice:\u00a0 Used to, be used to, get used to – Test-English<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Reading, listening and vocabulary<\/strong> – Listen to this and read the transcript at the same time: Doing the shopping at the supermarket | Learn English Vocabulary<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0 In the lesson on Thursday you can describe the meanings of the words in bold<\/strong>, for example aisles, counters etc<\/p>\n Listening<\/strong> – choose a TED talk that interests you and talk about it in pairs on Thursday: TED: Ideas change everything<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Lesson 10<\/strong><\/p>\n Here are the notes from this morning: Notes from Lesson 10 (21\/9) | Sarah’s Blog<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Grammar practice<\/strong> – try these online exercises:<\/p>\n If you are interested you can watch this short video with Rowan Atkinson talking about some of his most iconic characters including Mr Bean and Blackadder: Rowan Atkinson Breaks Down His Most Iconic Characters \u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Lesson 9<\/strong><\/p>\n Here are the notes from this morning: Notes from Lesson 9 (16\/9\/26) | Sarah’s Blog<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Speaking preparation<\/strong>: Think about the answers to these questions, and you can talk about them with a partner on Monday:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Grammar<\/strong> – We will look at the past perfect on Monday. If you wish, you can get a headstart here: Past perfect | LearnEnglish<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong> If you have the book, there will be some units in there that you can look at and practise as well (I still don’t have the book!!).\u00a0 Anyway, I will introduce it and practise it as usual.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Lesson 8 –<\/strong> Please read through the notes from today and practise the dialogues Notes from Lesson 8 (15\/9\/26) | Sarah’s Blog<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n If you are interested in reading about personnummer and other terms relevant to the Swedish Tax Authority, here is the English page: Personal identity numbers | Skatteverket<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Would you like to continue studying after the course has finished?<\/strong><\/p>\n You can choose from the following:<\/p>\n General basic English for work: Jobbengelska fr\u00e5n grunden \u2013 English for Work A1+ Distans Live – Folkuniversitetet<\/a><\/p>\n The continuation course of this one Grundl\u00e4ggande engelska f\u00f6r retail och kundservice A2 Distans Live – Folkuniversitetet<\/a><\/p>\n Both courses use the same book: Essential Grammar in Use (with answers and interractive eBook)<\/em> av Raymond Murphy, fj\u00e4rde upplagan. (ISBN: 9781107480537)<\/strong>.\u00a0 This is mostly for self-study.\u00a0 My book is still not delivered from Bokus, so I can’t recommend them anymore,<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Homework from Lesson Seven<\/strong><\/p>\n Review<\/strong>: Please read through today’s notes: Notes from Lesson 7 (14\/9\/26) | Sarah’s Blog<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Vocabulary<\/strong>: This is a very good website to test your English A2 Vocabulary Lessons – Test-English<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Listening practice<\/strong> “like” –\u00a0 What are your roommates like? What are your roommates like? \u2013 A2 English Listening Test – Test-English<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n We didn’t do either of these today, so this is definitely on for tomorrow:<\/p>\n Listening and vocabulary<\/strong> – Choose an item of news that interests you from BBC Learning English – 6 Minute English<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Reading and speaking<\/strong> – Visit the recruitment page for Tesco (a supermarket chain) and select a job you would like to apply for. Describe what the job involves, why you would like the job and why you would be good at it.\u00a0 Is Tesco an employer you could work for? Talk about this in groups next lesson (Monday) Tesco Careers \u2013 Build a career at Tesco | Tesco Careers<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Lesson Six<\/strong><\/p>\n Review<\/strong>: Please read through today’s notes: Notes from Lesson 6 (9\/9\/26) | Sarah’s Blog<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Vocabulary<\/strong>: use by<\/em>,\u00a0sell by<\/em>, or\u00a0best before<\/em>?<\/p>\n Listening and vocabulary<\/strong> – Choose an item of news that interests you from BBC Learning English – 6 Minute English<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Reading and speaking<\/strong> – Visit the recruitment page for Tesco (a supermarket chain) and select a job you would like to apply for. Describe what the job involves, why you would like the job and why you would be good at it.\u00a0 Is Tesco an employer you could work for? Talk about this in groups next lesson (Monday) Tesco Careers \u2013 Build a career at Tesco | Tesco Careers<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Vocabulary and speaking <\/strong>Please finish the vocabulary exercise we started at the end of the class and then read through the discussion questions for Monday (below).<\/p>\n \u00a0Shops on the British High Street <\/strong>A\u00a0high street\u00a0is the main shopping street in a town or city.<\/p>\n Common shops<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Local shopping and shopping online\u00a0<\/strong> (to discuss in class on Monday)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Lesson Five<\/strong><\/p>\n Review<\/strong>: Please read through today’s notes: Notes from Lesson 5 (8\/9\/26) | Sarah’s Blog<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Grammar<\/strong>: Try this online practice – Comparative adjectives | LearnEnglish<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Vocabulary<\/strong>: Match the section to the products:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n\n
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