Merry Christmas 2023

Christmas is celebrated on December 25 and is both a sacred religious holiday and a worldwide cultural and commercial phenomenon. For two millennia, people around the world have been observing it with traditions and practices that are both religious and secular in nature. Christians celebrate Christmas Day as the anniversary of the birth of Jesus of Nazareth, a spiritual leader whose teachings form the basis of their religion. Popular customs include exchanging gifts, decorating Christmas trees, attending church, sharing meals with family and friends and, of course, waiting for Santa Claus to arrive.

Activities to learn and practice the Xmas spirit:

A set of popular vocabulary game based on Taboo.  Download here>>>>>christmas-forbidden-words1

Christmas Super Quiz Game: A quiz game for reviewing Christmas vocabulary.

Christmas Quiz Game        

Christmas Quiz Game (Nativity Story)

Question Sheets

Question Sheets

 Multiple Choice Questions

Multiple Choice Questions

Video Info: What do you know about Xmas?

 

 

What Do You Want for Christmas? | A Short Film from The Right Brothers on Vimeo.

https://motioncue.com/15-best-christmas-commercials-of-all-time/

LYRICS TRAING: https://es.lyricstraining.com/search?qry=Christmas 

Artificial Intelligence. Challenges ahead

Artificial Intelligence has become the latest buzzword in education (and, of course, in ESL teaching). A wide range of AI tools for language learning and teaching is available. Some AI tools can be really helpful for students (and time-saving for teachers). However, some others are making it easier for students to cheat. This site is a compilation of free AI tools which might be of interest to ESL teachers.

https://sites.google.com/view/ai-tools-esl/home

• Chatbots (ChatGPT, Bing, Bard, among others)
• Reading
  • text analysers
• Writing
  • writing help
  • AI writers
  • Decide whether a student’s writing is original or has been written by AI/has been “supported” by digital tools
  • Plagiarism checkers
• Speaking
  • Speaking help 
  • Text-to-speech
• Teacher tools:
  • Transcription
  • Enhance sound- remove background noise/music
  • content creation
  • activity design

Writing. Book/Film Review

 

Writing

• Introduction: give the title and author of the book. If you're reviewing a film mention the director or actors.
• Body:
  1. Summarize the plot in a few sentences.
  2. Mention the setting: the place and time of the plot.
  3. Say something about the main characters.
  4. Say something about the content.
• Conclusion:
  1. Comment on the book or film.
  2. Let others know whether or not you liked the book/film.
  3. Why do you like it? Why don't you like it?
  4. Is the author's style good or bad, is the book/film interesting or boring, etc?
  5. Do you want to recommend the book/film?

Post Writing

Edit your writing.

Useful Expressions:

  Title, Author / Director, Actors

The film is directed by...
The film is produced by...
It is starred by...
The book is written by ...

Setting

The action takes place in ... (setting)
The action of the film is set in...
The story takes place in...

Characters And Plot

The main characters are...
The story is about...
The novel tells the story of...
In the course of the novel, the action develops dramatically.
The novel/film begins with...
The novel has an unexpected ending.
The end of... is...

Reaction

I am impressed by
I think...
The book is terribly/beautifully written
The film is terrible/exciting.
What surprised me is...
What I liked is...
What I didn't like is...
I liked/didn't like the film/novel because...