Christmas around the world

The Three Wise Men according to Wikipedia. Christmas is coming and I'd like to know how you celebrate this festivity. There are many different traditions all over the world and that's nice. So, let's discuss about different traditions at Christmas.

How do you spend Xmas at home? Anything special? Please, let us know and leave a comment about your customs.

Youtube videos about Christmas

For further information about Christmas time, click on here.

   Now, let's sing some Christmas Carols. Would you like to sing a special Christmas Carol? Which one? Have a look at: It's Christmas now below.  For carols click:    More Carols 

Last Christmas by George Michael (Spanish lyrics) Is this song really about Christmas? Well, it isn't. Actually, what is it about so? You could write your answer by leaving a comment for this post below. What about this Xmas song? Do you know any other artist who sings the same song?

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How to make Christmas Crackers

How to make a Christmas pudding How to make Christmas Brownies

Would you sit on Santa Claus' lap like this?

Have you ever received candy coal at Christmas?

Come on! Let's join a Christmas Quiz! Yes, why not?   Now it's time for some current songs about Xmas:


And finally, here are my Christmas gifts for all my dear students. Some Xmas cards. Enjoy them! Happy Christmas!

What time is it?

Excuse me, what time is it now?
It's...

Thank you very much.

Above you can read a very common situation in everyday English, on the topic of telling the time. 

And now, can you tell me the time, please?

Telling the time through YouTube

Still lost with vocabulary, try this basic vocabulary for ESO

What to read about

What to read in English?

Well, just a question of liking.

What would you like to read about?

News Horrors / thrillers  

Novels Myths and legends
Short stories Magazines
Comedies Signs
Fairy tales Articles
Adventures Fiction
Fictional Detective

For more ideas and reading, please click on our What to read section.

What's your family like?

Are you a very family-oriented person or maybe not?


Here we're going to deal with the general topic of family. Let's talk about all the members of your family.

Still lost with vocabulary, try this basic vocabulary for ESO

Handshakes

To learn a new language, you need someone to talk to, and often you'll meet someone new. More than anything else, you've got be relaxed in the classroom. So, let's break the ice and have a look at the different ways of greeting.

When saying hello & good-bye for the first time, what do you normally do?

When people meet, they should shake hands, smile and say: I'm ... (name). Nice to meet you.

or

Hello (name of the person)

Nice to meet you again. How are things?

Hello

Hi

Pleased to meet you.

Nice to meet you.

How do you do?

A handshake

A hug

Tap on one's back

Make eye contact with the other person

Hold the handshake for a few seconds

Smile

- Hello
How are you?

- I'm fine thank you. And you?
- Not bad, thanks.

- Goodbye!. Have a nice day.
- See you this morning!

- I'm sorry I'm late.
- I'm sorry.
- Excuse me!
- Don't worry.
- That's ok.
- Really?
- It doesn't matter.

As you can see above, you've got plenty of examples to practise all through this post. So, now it's your turn to grab a classmate and put your greetings into practice. Let's get it started!

TESTS & EXAMS

It's time for a TEST.  Are you ready for it?

Calm down! This is not so hard. Please just complete some sentences and that's it.

What kind of test are you going take?

ESO, ESA, KET, PET... there are too many!






  Anyway, the best exam ever is a trip to the UK or USA. Let's go on a trip!

                                                                    

Classroom language

As you can see, this is a very important section for all of you. We need to understand each other, don't you think? So, time for starting up and let's set the classroom rules and instructions.

Any questions so far?

Classroom language Listening 

How to write in English

Writing is a continuous task for any student. It's more like we learn everything: doing it and making some changes as we go along. There's no magical rule for this. All I can say is "Write in English, my friend".

Anyway, here's your writing section to practise your writing skills all day long.

Listening to this

Through this section you'll practise English by listening to different everyday situations. 

Please remember that the more you listen, the better for your English. 

Below you'll find many activities for your daily listening. 

For more listening activities, please click on our Listening section, on the right-hand side of this blog.

Are you all ears for them?