{"id":7419,"date":"2026-08-26T14:21:50","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T12:21:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogg.folkuniversitetet.nu\/muhlsa\/?page_id=7419"},"modified":"2026-08-31T08:42:04","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T06:42:04","slug":"course-outline","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogg.folkuniversitetet.nu\/muhlsa\/completed-courses\/retail-and-customer-service-a1-course-start-31st-august\/course-outline\/","title":{"rendered":"Course outline"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This may change as needed!<\/p>\n<div class=\"_wdUoQG_assistantMessage\">\n<div class=\"_wdUoQG_messageCopy _A1mksG_dilContent _pKBN-W_sportsContent\" data-assistant-markdown=\"\">\n<h3>1. Practical information, getting to know each other and looking at the course ahead<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Practical information.<\/li>\n<li>Geting to know each other, practise speaking English in small groups<\/li>\n<li>Introduce yourself and talk about your work, experience and skills as well as the type of job you do or you are looking for.<\/li>\n<li>Discuss your expectations and wishes for the course.<\/li>\n<li>Practise greetings, basic workplace words and useful phrases.<\/li>\n<li>Basic vocabulary for retail and greetings<\/li>\n<li>Calendar \u2013 days and dates<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>2. The shop and your workplace<\/h3>\n<p>Learn the names of places, things, and people&#8217;s roles in a shop or workplace. Practise saying where things are, and asking and answering questions, asking for directions, and understanding simple instructions.<\/p>\n<p>Learn the names of departments, products, and people&#8217;s roles in different types of shops. Practise saying where things are, asking for directions, and understanding simple instructions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Grammar:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Present simple,\u00a0<em>to be &#8211; <\/em><em>There is \/ there are<\/em>, prepositions of place,\u00a0<em>this\/that\/these\/those<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>3. Greeting and helping customers<\/h3>\n<p>Learn how to welcome customers and offer help. Practise asking customers what they need, answering simple questions, and using friendly, polite and professional English. Dealing with common supermarket customer requests.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Grammar:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Can \/ could<\/em>,\u00a0<em>would like<\/em>,\u00a0 question forms.<\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>4. Products, sizes, colours and descriptions<\/h3>\n<p>Learn how to talk about products, including their size, colour, material, and features. Practise describing and recommening products, helping customers find the right product and offering alternatives when something is not available. Supermarket products and categories, such as food, drinks, household products, packaging and different sizes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Grammar:<\/strong>\u00a0Adjectives,\u00a0<em>have \/ have got<\/em>,\u00a0<em>some \/ any<\/em>, and comparatives such as\u00a0<em>bigger, smaller, cheaper<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<div class=\"_wdUoQG_assistantMessage\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"_wdUoQG_messageCopy _A1mksG_dilContent _pKBN-W_sportsContent\" data-assistant-markdown=\"\">\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>5. Prices, sales and offers<\/h3>\n<p>Learn how to talk about prices, discounts, sales, and special offers. Practise numbers, percentages, and common English used when talking about prices with customers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Grammar:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>How much \/ how many<\/em>, comparatives, numbers and basic percentages.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"_wdUoQG_messageCopy _A1mksG_dilContent _pKBN-W_sportsContent\" data-assistant-markdown=\"\">\n<h3>6. Checkout and payments<\/h3>\n<p>Learn useful English for working at the checkout. Practise talking about cash, cards, receipts, change, and the total price. Practise simple conversations with customers when they pay.\u00a0 Supermarket checkout language, including bags, loyalty cards, receipts, contactless payment and common problems with payments. Focus on polite customer service and completing a sale from start to finish.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Grammar:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Would you like\u2026?<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Can \/ could<\/em>, question forms and numbers.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"_wdUoQG_assistantMessage\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"_wdUoQG_messageCopy _A1mksG_dilContent _pKBN-W_sportsContent\" data-assistant-markdown=\"\">\n<h3>7. Stock, orders and deliveries<\/h3>\n<p>Learn words and phrases for stock, orders, deliveries, and the stockroom. Practise talking about how many products you have and checking if something is available. Following instructions and reporting simple problems with stock or deliveries.and dealing with simple problems. Supermarket stock and deliveries, including filling shelves, checking dates,\u00a0 moving products and reporting missing or damaged items.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Grammar:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>There is \/ there are<\/em>,\u00a0<em>some \/ any<\/em>,\u00a0<em>much \/ many<\/em>, and\u00a0<em>how many<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"_wdUoQG_messageCopy _A1mksG_dilContent _pKBN-W_sportsContent\" data-assistant-markdown=\"\">\n<h3>8. Communicating with colleagues and managers<\/h3>\n<p>Learn how to speak to colleagues and managers at work. Practise giving and following simple instructions, asking questions, asking for help, and checking that you understand what to do.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Grammar:<\/strong>\u00a0Imperatives,\u00a0<em>can \/ could<\/em>,\u00a0<em>should<\/em>,\u00a0<em>need to \/ have to<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"_wdUoQG_messageCopy _A1mksG_dilContent _pKBN-W_sportsContent\" data-assistant-markdown=\"\">\n<h3>9. Returns, exchanges and customer complaints<\/h3>\n<p>Learn how to deal with common customer problems. Practise talking about returns, exchanges, refunds, and damaged products. Learn how to apologise, explain a problem, offer a solution and ask a manager for help.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Grammar:<\/strong>\u00a0Past simple,\u00a0<em>because<\/em>,\u00a0<em>can \/ could<\/em>, and\u00a0<em>would like<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"_wdUoQG_messageCopy _A1mksG_dilContent _pKBN-W_sportsContent\" data-assistant-markdown=\"\">\n<h3>10. Basic finance terms<\/h3>\n<p>Learn simple words used for money and making payments, such as <em>receipt, invoice, payment, price, cost,<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>total<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Grammar:<\/strong>\u00a0Numbers, dates,\u00a0<em>how much<\/em>, question forms, and simple past and present sentences.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"_wdUoQG_messageCopy _A1mksG_dilContent _pKBN-W_sportsContent\" data-assistant-markdown=\"\">\n<h3>11. A typical day at work<\/h3>\n<p>Use the English from the course to talk about a typical day at work and common workplace situations. Practise talking about tasks, responsibilities, working hours and routines, including starting a shift, filling shelves, helping customers, working at the checkout, taking breaks and finishing a shift.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Grammar:<\/strong>\u00a0Present simple, adverbs of frequency such as\u00a0<em>usually, sometimes, always<\/em>, and time expressions. The order of tasks using <em>first, then, after that, finally<\/em>.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"_wdUoQG_messageCopy _A1mksG_dilContent _pKBN-W_sportsContent\" data-assistant-markdown=\"\">\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>12. Review and practical workplace English<\/h3>\n<p>Review the most important words, phrases, and grammar from the course. Practise using English in practical retail and supermarket situations, bringing together customer service, checkout, stock, deliveries, teamwork and workplace communicatioThe focus is on building confidence and using English as independently as possible.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-message-intervention=\"\">\n<p><strong>Grammar:<\/strong>\u00a0Review of the main grammar from the course, with a focus on using it correctly in real situations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"_wdUoQG_messageActions _wdUoQG_assistantMessageActions\" role=\"group\" aria-label=\"\u00c5tg\u00e4rder f\u00f6r svar\" data-assistant-message-actions=\"\" data-message-actions=\"\"><\/div>\n<div data-conversation-inline-beacon-slot=\"\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This may change as needed! 1. Practical information, getting to know each other and looking at the course ahead Practical information. 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