Happy St Patrick’s Day! This special day is celebrated every year on 17th March and it is a great time to present some new vocabulary relating to Ireland and Irish folklore. Our St Patrick’s Day lesson includes interesting words and phrases relating to Ireland along with lots of interesting facts about this Irish holiday. We have even prepared a tasty recipe for making your own traditional ‘boxty’ – Irish potato pancakes! Read on to discover more about St Patrick’s Day. Continue reading
Valentine’s Day vocabulary will be making its way into EFL classrooms this month! Love is in the air as the 14th February quickly approaches. With so much vocabulary linked to this most romantic of days, this is the perfect time to introduce some new words and phrases to the class.
English vocabulary can be brought into an EFL Valentine’s Day lesson plan in various ways, including listening to songs, reading poems or letters, talking about activities or writing love letters and greetings cards. There are lots of ways to celebrate Valentine’s Day in the EFL classroom this week. So go ahead and light the pink candles – it’s time to explore Valentine’s Day vocabulary in a romantic EFL lesson! Continue reading
2013 is the Chinese Year of the Snake. This smooth and wily creature will traditionally bring leaps and bounds in academic pursuits – great news for EFL students. People born in the Chinese Year of the Snake are naturally intelligent, cautious and witty.
Their propensity to seek out and understand information means Snake people are well suited to careers in education, research and academia. The influence of the Snake means that 2013 is set to be a year full of steady progress and educational achievement for everyone in the world of EFL!
For EFL teachers, check out our lesson plan for EFL comprehension exercises using the Chinese New Year as a theme.
These kind of seasonal activities are great for EFL lessons as they keep the content relevant and help students learn about a different culture, making the text interesting not only for English language practice but also as an article about Chinese tradition.
The Year of the Snake means that 2013 should be especially prosperous and successful for EFL students and teachers! Ssssssssuper!
Happy Chinese New Year! The Year of the Rabbit begins on Sunday 22nd January 2023. The rabbit is associated with peace, longevity, intelligence, elegance and auspiciousness in Chinese culture. This peaceful, contemplative creature should imbue your EFL teaching learning and teaching with gentle strength and diligence this year. Chinese tradition dictates that 2023 will be filled with quiet, steady and effective progress, along with a touch of witty humour!
The Chinese New Year is a great time for a seasonal EFL lesson. Learning about other cultures and traditions is always interesting and a great way to learn more English, so we’ve prepared a fun comprehension exercise for your next EFL lesson relating to Chinese New Year! Continue reading
On New Year’s Eve people all around the world celebrate at midnight according to their own culture and customs. People might attend parties or host them, watch fireworks with friends, dance and sing songs or gather together with family for a special meal at home. Some people prefer to treat the night like any other and sleep through it! Of course, this year most people will be celebrating at home due to the current pandemic.
One tradition in much of the English-speaking world is the singing of Auld Lang Syne – but what does this phrase mean? Read on to learn more about this interesting New Year tradition and discover what we have in store for English language learners and teachers in 2025! Continue reading
We would like to wish all My English Language visitors a very happy Christmas and best wishes for the holiday season!
We hope you have enjoyed this year of English language articles and blog posts and we look forward to bringing you more exciting resources next year.
We are particularly pleased with our new pages on telling the time in English and how to use numbers in English. Our recent house and garden page is also now available containing lots of vocabulary related to the home.
Most seasonal, of course, is our new page on writing Christmas cards in English! This should be of help for any students looking to send festive greetings to English-speaking friends this year.
Our blog this year has lots of fun new seasonal posts in addition to news pieces and we hope you have found these articles helpful and entertaining.
Right now, you can explore all the Christmas vocabulary on our dedicated Christmas EFL lesson page and learn how to write a Christmas card in English!
Now is a great time to send a festive message to our international friends in their own language. Let’s spread the Christmas cheer to all language lovers around the world!
Merry Christmas – Feliz Navidad – Frohe Weihnachten – Joyeux Noël – Buon Natale – Vrolijk Kerstfeest – Miilaad Majiid – Wesolych Swiat – God Jul – Krismas ki subhkamna – meri kurisumasu – Noeliniz kultu olsun – hyvää joulua – Sheng dan kuai le 圣诞快乐 – geseënde Kersfees – с Рождеством Христовым
If we have missed out your language here, please get in touch and wish us festive greetings in your own language so we can add your greeting to our list. We’d love to hear from you!
Whether you are studying English or teaching EFL, we wish you great success in your language and educational ventures in 2023.
Bring out the mince pies and raise a glass of sherry – cheers, everyone!
Happy Christmas! The festive season is the perfect time to take a look at Christmas vocabulary and put it into context. Although not all EFL students celebrate Christmas, it is still an important cultural holiday for English-speaking countries, so EFL students will benefit from knowing what it’s all about.
Christmas is a really interesting topic with loads of quirky traditions (and we’re not just talking about Uncle Bert’s insistence on charades before the King’s speech!) So before you launch into another verse of ‘We Wish You a Merry Christmas’, hold onto your paper hats – it’s time to think about Christmas vocabulary…
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The London Jazz Festival 2018 is in full swing! People have been flocking to the capital to hear the melodious blast of trumpets, the rhythmic scratchings of snare drums and the ponderous strummings of the stately bass. So what better time to think about using music in the EFL classroom?
Music speaks to everyone, crossing cultural divides and vaulting language barriers with ease. Music is the perfect extra teacher in the classroom, especially this week with the London Jazz Festival in full swing. Read on to find out more about this world famous music festival and how it can bring a boost to the EFL classroom. Continue reading
British Sandwich Week begins on 16th May 2021. This event will see all sandwich lovers cutting slices from the wholemeal loaf, washing the rocket and baby tomatoes, layering smoked salmon and spreading the camembert. Now you just need to find the wicker hamper and tartan blanket.
Short of time? You could just put a slice of spam in a bap! Whether you are preparing for a high class luncheon or slumming it with pre-packed ham, National Sandwich Day is a great time to think about foods, fillings and lunchtime snacks in the EFL classroom! Continue reading
We’ll be losing an hour of sleep soon as we put the clocks forward one hour. That’s right, it’s the start of British summer time! This means lighter afternoons and mornings. The only ‘fly in the ointment’ is the missed hour of sleep on the Saturday night during the change over. Daylight Saving Time means that most of Europe will ‘spring forward fall back’ as we change our clocks. Just make sure you don’t put your clock back one hour by mistake! Continue reading
