New Year is coming. Let's have a look at the horoscope!

Who among us has never peeked the horoscope? Whether we believe it or not, at the beginning of a new year we always have a look at the astrological predictions.In this lesson you will reflect on yourself, you will improve your personality adjectives vocabulary and you will revise English grammar about making predictions.What's your astrological sign?Star signsThe Western ZodiacThe Chineese ZodiacThe Chineese Horoscope:http://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-2/exercise-english-43375.php Zodiac...

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A Christmas Carol: a flipped lesson.

Every year at Christmas time I talk about A Christmas Carol in my classes for many different reasons. It is a wonderful Christmas tale and it allows to study some aspects of British literature, as well. We usually watch the last Disney movie and we read some excerpts from the book.This year I thought of a flipped lesson. Students have to gather information and do some research about the tale before watching the movie or reading the book. Then, they...

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Thanksgiving Day... at the movies! Let's watch some videos!

WHAT IS THANKSGIVING?Click on the following link to read my post about Thanksgiving origins, then watch the videos.http://thetravellingteachers.blogspot.it/2013/11/travelling-into-foreing-cultures.htmlAmerican holidays - Thanksgiving DayThe American Thanksgiving storyTHANKSGIVING ...AT THE MOVIES!How many times have we seen Thanksgiving dinners in American movies or telefilms? "Dear Lord, we realize that lately, everything's been changing too...

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Street food in the UK: let's try some fish and chips!

Street food is artisan food. You can usually buy it from  stalls in the streets, it is not served from restaurants or cafes.Learn more about street food in the UKWhat is street food?http://www.streetfood.org.uk/what-is-street-food.html Top 10 London street food stalls:http://www.theguardian.com/travel/2012/apr/24/top-10-london-street-food-stalls Street foodFish and chipsA common street food in Britain is fish and chips. It consists of battered fish,...

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British eating habits: let's have a tea party!

AN INTRODUCTIONTypical British eating habitshttp://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/questions/food/http://www.learnenglish.de/culture/foodculture.htmlUK food in Britainhttp://youtu.be/D53ENG2op8wTEA"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."Henry JamesThe history of tea in Britain:http://www.history.uk.com/history/history-tea-britain/Legends on the origins of tea:http://www.tching.com/2012/03/legends-on-the-origins-of-tea-from-china-japan-and-korea/A...

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Some songs to talk about world hunger and poverty

October was World Hunger Action Month!http://www.stophungernow.org/articles/world-hunger-month-2011-10-04May, 28 2015 will be World Hunger Dayhttp://youtu.be/IX8w__WR9Xc?list=PLHpm1ZOoHs84l9PKWWqix-kLyBCi6P12khttps://www.youtube.com/user/WorldHungerDayhttp://www.thehungerproject.co.uk/getinvolved/worldhungerday/world-hunger-day-purpose/http://www.thehungerproject.co.uk/song/What causes hunger?http://www.wfp.org/hunger/causeshttp://eschooltoday.com/hunger-and-malnutrition/causes-of-hunger.htmlhttps://www.freedomfromhunger.org/world-hunger-facts...

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Immigration to the USA: Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty.

In the late 19th century, people from many parts of the world immigrated to the United States for different reasons: famine, lack of jobs, rising taxes, or because they were politically or religiously persecuted. In fact, U.S.A. was perceived as the land of freedom and economic opportunity. At the beginning, the federal government left immigration policy to individual states but then, it decided to regulate the increasing influx of immigrants....

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