Lesson 10

Today's lesson

I'm (Åsa) attending a three days course in Gothenburg and won't be able to teach this lesson. Luckily Marcus is able to introduce what I want you to do today.

First of all... 
Here are a few more useful sentences that we used during lesson 9:

• Sorry, we're out of...       
• Tyvärr har vi slut på....

• Would you like to have a .... instead? 
•  Skulle du vilja ha en ... istället?

• Would you like to pay with credit card or cash?
• Vill du betala med betalkort eller kontanter?

• Would you like to have/see the menu?
• Önskar du se menyn?

• How can I help you?
• Hur kan jag hjälpa dig?

• Can I pay please/ Can I have the bill please? 
• Kan jag få betala tack?

Now I want you to do the following exercises, so that you're well prepared for the English test next Monday:

1. Do the different exercises in the digital workbook primemag

2. Practise at the words at Övningsmästaren or www.glosor.eu 

3. Play memory with the cards I made for you.

If there is time left....
Watch a few more filmclips about food (you'll find the links at this blog - lesson 8)

Lesson 9

During our last lesson, we watched a few filmclips that had to do with ordering food. While you were watching you were supposed to write some useful sentences that had to do with ordering food.

Here are your sentences:

• Miss, what’s the ….?             -  Fröken, vad är ….?
• I can try.                                 -  Jag kan testa
• I’ll share/split that with you.  - Jag delar den med dig.
• He’s not done yet.                  - Han är inte färdig än.
• Waitress.                                 - Servitris.
• Anything else?                        -  Något annat?
• Coffe on the side.                   - Kaffe vid sidan om.
• You can only order from the menu.  - Du kan bara beställa från menyn.
• I’ll have a…                            - Jag vill ha en …
• I’d like a….                             - Jag skulle vilja ha en …..
• It comes with a …                   - Den serveras med en …
• What do you mean? You ain’t got no tomatoes?  - Vad menar du? Har du inga tomater?
• Would you like to talk to the manager? - Vill du prata med chefen?
• Having some food.                   - Äter lite mat.
• Who ordered the double cheese and sausage pizza?  - Vem beställde pizzan med dubbel ost och korv?
• Feast                                        - Fest (mat)
• Help yourselves.                      - Ta för er.   
• He’s kind enough to bring us some snacks - Han är snäll och bjuder på lite mellanmål.
• Sideorders                               - Maträtt vid sidan av t ex sallad
• No substitutions                      - Inga ersättningar (man kan inte byta ut delar av en rätt)
• Who is it?                                - Vem är det?
• It’s the pizza guy                     - Det är pizzabudet

Today's lesson will be divided in two parts. First I would like you to practise at some different situations when ordering food. After that you'll get some time to practise for your English test on Monday.

Part 1)

Choose one of the menues below and pretend that one of you is ordering (red) and the other one is taking orders (blue). Make sure the following parts are included in your dialogue:

Person 1:

• Welcome the customer 
• Ask how you can help them
• Be as helpful as you can
• Tell the customer that you're out of something and suggest something else
• Repeat the order
• Tell the customer how long it will take before he/she will get the food. Offer something while he/she is waiting

Person 2:

• Make an order for three people (one is vegetarian and one is allergic to nuts)
• Order both food and drinks
• Ask what ingredients are included in one of the dishes 
• After the waitress/waiter has repeated your order - make one change
• Ask for the bill

Part 2)

Practise at the words (for the test) at: www.glosor.eu or play memory with the cards I brought a few lessons ago.

Lesson 8

Welcome to our big film premiere:

YES!!!!
We managed to make a film about SOME and ANY eventhough half the class was missing and it was an early Tuesday morning....

Let's get into the right mood, before we watch it, by listening to this familiar vignette while we eat SOME popcorn and drink SOME soft drinks....
... Now let's watch our movie!

Film festival:
During the rest of this lesson we will prepare for Hanna's lesson where you'll be practising at restaurant dialogues.
For every film clip we watch today, I want you to write down at least one sentence that has to do with food. Especially ordering food!

The great outdoors

Lousy waitress

Falling down

Memorable pizza movie moments

Great movie sandwich scenes

Lesson 7

I was very impressed by you all, during our last lesson. Look at how many words you managed to retell after watching Jamie Oliver's presentation of kitchen tools.

On today's lesson, we will focus on making an informative filmclip about SOME and ANY.

By the end of this lesson, I expect you to have finished the filming, so that we can watch the films together on our Thursday lesson. 

If you manage that... 
....I promise to bring the popcorn and the soft drinks!

What the films should be about: 

• A dialogue between two (or more) persons, where they use both SOME and ANY a few times. Make sure to you use the correct grammar!
• At least one person who explains why they use SOME in some sentences and ANY in other sentences. (If you're not sure on when to use some and any, you can always watch the filmclip from lesson 6).

Good luck!

Lesson 6

Kitchen utensils

Let's continue with kitchen utensils a little more...

Watch this filmclip and write down as many words as you can...

Now - let's write them down on the board! I bet you know quite a few words by this time... 

SOME and ANY

Our next focus will be on grammar. When to use some and any...

Let's start with the following short filmclip: 

Here are some words that we have to know before we watch it:

1. some - någon/några
2. any - någon/några
3. positive statements - positiva påståenden
4. negative statements - negativa påståenden 
5. general questions - allmänna frågor (vanliga frågor)
6. offers - erbjudanden (man vill ge något)
7. requests - förfrågningar (man ber om något)

Make your own filmclip about some and any!

Now I want you to make your own short film clips about when to use some and any. If you can manage to combine it with your kitchen utensil words, I'll be very impressed. 

Work in groups of at least 3 and film a dialogue between at least two of you... The third person can be the one who explains why the people in the filmclip use either some or any...

Good luck!

Lesson 5

Today's aim is to extend your vocabulary...

Kitchen tools

1. Warm up:
Competition - how many words do you own already?

2. Play memory games:

3. Work with the worksheet from Hanna's lesson (you download it from Balder). You can use the wordlist on page 104 in your English book.

4. Practise at the words at: 

http://gamestolearnenglish.com/fast-english/ or: www.glosor.eu

or...

...at the following filmclip. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4wMnGvjm0A

or....

at www.glosor.eu

Lesson 4

1. Let's start with another short film clip.

2. Warm up:
As a warm up before your argumentative speech, I want you to discuss advantages and disadvantages with cellphones and other digital appliances such as iPads, computers and so on. One half of the class is for using digital appliances a lot, and the other half is against it.
Find different arguments before we start the discussion. Use the following suggestions on how to start your sentences to get a varied language.

We think... 
What we mean is...
We can assure you...
The way we look at it...
Take for example...
Let us give you an example... 

Sorry, we can't agree...
Surely you can't mean that... 
You must be joking...
That's nonsense... 
We disagree completely... 
That's not the way we see it... 

3. Now let's work with your argumentative speech. 
I want you to sit in pairs and tell the other person about your subject. The person who is listening - try to add more arguments to your friend's speech (both for and against). 

4. Peer feedback
Practise at your speeches in pairs. 
The person who is listening: Give 2 stars and a wish (i.e. two things that you like and one wish for what can make the speech even better.) 

Lesson 3

1. One more clip about kindness 
(listening comprehension - Australian accent)

2. Warm up - Speed dating! 

I want you to discuss the following topics i pairs:

• What are your eating habits? Do you try to eat healthy food?
• Tell me about the place where you live.
• What kind of clothes do you like wearing?
• Are you more of a country person or a city person?
• How important is money to you?

3. Prepararation time for your argumentative speech. Here are som good phrases that you can use:

...when you want to give your opinion about something
I think... / I don't think
In my opinion...
It seems to me...
If you ask me, ...
As far as I know...
What I mean is...
I can assure you...
The way I look at it
The way I see it...
Take for example...
Let me give you an example...

...when you are sure about something
I'm sure.
I'm positive.
I'm absolutely certain.
There's no doubt about it.
I'm convinced that...
There's no doubt in my mind

Lesson 2

Let's keep on with the kindness theme...

Let's start with a reminder from the last lesson: 20 things you should say more often... 

Discuss the following in pairs:

1. Do I say nice things to people around me as much as I think I should? Why/ why not?
2. What nice things am I good at saying? And what things do I think are hard to say?
3. How do I react when people say nice things to me (or give me compliments)?

Today I would like you to watch this short clip about Kindness boomerang.

What is a boomerang by the way?

Now I would like you to watch the clip once more, but this time I would like you to stop at each new meeting and discuss what the people in the clip might be saying to eachother.

If there's time left, I would like you to practice at the homework that Hanna gave you.