Class Schedule

Here is a schedule of all the classes available, times, teachers and level. This will be kept up to date for your convenience.

Monday

• 12:30 – 14:30
• Teacher: Anna Bilek
• Room: 32
• Level: A2:2
• 13:00 – 15:00
• Teacher: Margarita 
• Room: 40 
• Level: A2:2
• 12:30 – 14:30
• Teacher: Margareta
• Room: 40
• Level: A1:2

Tuesday

• 11:30 – 14:30
• Teacher: Carina/ Lotta
• Room: 13
• Level: B1-C1
• 12:30 – 14:30
• Teacher: Margareta 
• Room: 40 
• Level: A2:1

Wednesday

• 8:30 – 10:00
• Teacher: Anna Bilek
• Room: 30
• Level: B1:2
• 9:00 – 11:00
• Teacher: Margareta
• Room:  40
• Level: A1:2
• 12:30 – 14:30
• Teacher: Beatriz
• Room: 31
• Level: A2:2

Thursday

• 9:00 – 10:00
• Teacher: Kathrin
• Room: 10
• Level: B1
• 09:30 – 11:00
• Teacher: Carina/ Lotta
• Room: 13
• Level: B1 – C1
• 12:30 – 13:30
• Teacher: Kathrin
• Room: 32
• Level: B1
• 12:30 – 14:00
• Teacher: Carina/ Lotta
• Room: 13
• Level: B1 – C1
• 17:30 – 20:30
• Teacher: Jenny
• Room: 32
• Level: B1
• 17:30 – 20:30
• Teacher: Knarig
• Room: 31
• Level: A2:1 – A2:2
• 17:30 – 19:30
• Teacher: Margareta
• Room: 30
• Level: A1:2

Friday

• 8:30 – 10:30
• Teacher: Margarita
• Room: 31
• Level: A2:2
• 9:00 – 11:00
• Teacher: Margareta
• Room: 40
• Level: A1:2
• 12:30 – 14:00
• Teacher: Anna Bilek
• Room: 32
• Level: B1:2

Remember to contact your teacher to let her know when you are coming. 

Today: Introduction Meeting!

Dear Language Friends,

Remember that today is the introduction meeting for the LF Project!

Place: Café at Odinskolan
Time: 15:15

See you there soon!

Welcome Fair at GU's Main Building

Here are some of the photos taken before and during the Welcome Fair that took place on September 29th of 2012.
It was great to see so many people interested in our project!

Some of the pictures are a bit blurry, we apologise for that in advance. 

 Anna standing by the stand half an hour before the opening.

 The stand finished and ready for future Language Friends.

  The stand finished and ready for future Language Friends.

 The stand finished and ready for future Language Friends.

During the event. Anna explaining how the project works to some students.

Sommarfesten!

To our appreciated Language Friends!

You are invited to ABF Vux's summer party!

Place: ABF Vux
Date: May 25th 2012
Time: 11.00 - 13.30

Program:
11.00 - 12.00 -> Gathering in the school's courtyard
12.00 - 13.00 -> Food
13.00 - 13.30 -> Bingo in Roland Martinsson

There will be food from different countries and cultures! If the weather is bad the gathering will take part in Roland Martinsson.

Hope to see you there! :)

LF Experiences - Birte (Germany)

We have Language Friends from all over the world and the beauty of the program is that you don't have to be native. An example of this is Birte, from Germany. 

At the beginning she was worried about not being a native... She turned out to be one of the student's favorites. One day she had 7 students with her!

1. Where do you come from?

I am from Germany, more precisely from Hamburg.

2. What are you studying?

My main subject is German literature and my second subject is philosophy. So I don't normally get in touch with the English language in my studies.

3. How did you hear about the project?

I met Bea and Anna, who are part of the project, at an information fair for my university. It was fun to talk to them and the project sounded very interesting to me, so I thought I will just give it a try.

4. Do you feel that students appreciate your attendance?

The students are awesome without any exception. They are really grateful and it was very easy to get in contact with them. It always feels good when they are reacting happily every time you show up in class.

5. In your opinion, what is the best thing that the project has to offer?

The definitely best thing of this project was that I learned so much in so many different ways. I got to know great new people, new cultures, I also improved my English and I learned a lot about myself, which was maybe the greatest thing.

Thank you Birte. We will miss you!!

LF experiences - Andrew (USA)

Now some feed back from the USA. Continuing with our interviews we have Andrew from United States of America.

Andrew was with us from day one, one of the many who came to our introductory meeting. He seemed to have enjoyed the first experience since he kept coming! :)

1. Where do you come from?
- New York
2. What are you studying?
- Computer Science
3. How did you hear about the project?
An email through the school I believe.
4. Do you feel that students appreciate your attendance?
- Absolutely, I get genuine thank you's usually after every class. They also liked the input I had when we were talking about the USA; they found it interesting to learn what the book had to say, and what a native had to say about the same topic.
5. In your opinion, what is the best thing that the project has to offer?
- I think the best thing about the project is knowing you helped somebody on that day. Helping someone is always a good feeling, and you can see how much they appreciate it.

Thank you Andrew, we learned so much about the USA with you! 

LF experiences - Huzaifa (UK)

We have asked some of our most regular Language Friends to do an interview so we could share with you first hand feedback on the experience.

Here we have the interview with Huzaifa from United Kingdom. Got to know the project later than other Language Friends but became a regular in a matter of days! :)


1. Where do you come from?
- I come from just outside of London, England, near Heathrow Airport.
2. What are you studying?
- I'm studying Electronic and Electrical Engineering at Loughborough University, England. Currently on a one year UNITECH exchange programme at Chalmers Tekniska Högskola.
3. How did you hear about the project?
- I heard about the project through the International section of the magazine Spionen.
4. Do you feel that students appreciate your attendance?
- Yes, the students really appreciate me being there. It gives them motivation to speak in English in class with someone who is fluent and in my case, a native English speaker.
5. In your opinion, what is the best thing that the project has to offer?
- The project opens up a whole new world for those learning English and for us Language Friends who want to give something back to the community. It gives an opportunity for international students taking part as a Language Friend to meet others with similar interests.

Thank you so much Huzaifa!

British theatre in Gothenburg

Once again the Gothenburg English Speaking Theatre (GEST) provides us with 1 hour and 30 minutes of pure entertainment with an award winning play performed at Folkteatern from April 18th to May 12th.
The play Expectations, directed by Gary Whitaker, won the Edinburgh Fringe Review award for Outstanding Theatre.
There are student discounts available, so if you have a chance go and see it! You will not regret it!


***** 5 stars from Fringe Review (5th August)
"This play is heart-breaking and heart-warming, powerful and poignant, morally-challenging and morally-uplifting.....when the play is over, you feel privileged to have seen it. It really is that good." -Fringe Review

**** "Brims with insight, humanity and humour" -Whats On Stage

"Snappy, Raw and Heartfelt" -The Gothenburg Times

"A real Gem of a play.....written with honesty, elegance and wit throughout" -Public Reviews

Once again LFP magic

A piece of art created after two hours of Language Friends Experience. Done on purpose or not...you can actually read a message other than the GP's headlines:

Black lizard spotted [on the] wall [with a] wall paper chequered, striped [by the] staircase. Sometimes [with] posters, curtains...

Signed,

Teddy Bear

That was fun!

John's Weather Forecasting Stone

This is definitely what an unusual forecasting method looks like. This chart offers help in predicting the weather -that sometimes seems to be so unpredictable. This method puts all type of guessing to rest. 

Now the big question is: Where can we get one? This is so plain and simple that even meteorologists would know how to use it!

Happy Women's Day

To all of our female readers we would like to wish you a happy International Women's Day! 

This year it is the 101st anniversary of this celebration that was originally called International Working Women's Day.

Time for midterms!

Dear Language Friends,

This week and next week all students at ABF Vux will be doing their midterm exams. This means that you can have a well-deserved rest from your language-friend duties. While our students are busy make sure you enjoy the nice weather and the city!


To all of our students we wish you the best of luck!

Must-know things about Sweden before moving here

In her article 20 things to know before coming to Sweden, Lola Akinmade-Åkerström talks about all the unwritten norms in Swedish society. 
A very interesting article, especially with a foreigners point of view. 

With how many of the 20 statements do you agree?

You can read the entire article: here

We are on the media...

Christopher Clausen wrote about us on Spionen!

Read the article here and spread the word!

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Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantyiliogogogoch is a large village and community on the island of Anglesey in Wales, situated on the Menai Strait next to the Britania Bridge and across the strait from Bangor. This village has the longest place name in Europe and one of the longes place names in the world. The short form of the village's name is Llanfairpwllgwyngyll, also spelled Llanfair Pwllgwyngyll. It is commonly known as Llanfair PG or Llangairpwll.

Many visitors stop at the railway station to be photographed next to the station sign.

Source: Wikipedia
Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llanfairpwllgwyngyll

Did you know that...

Did you know that the longest word in the English language, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis?

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