Have you heard of a Christmas carol called ‘The Twelve Days of Christmas’?
This article will tell you a little bit about it.
You can also learn the words and sing along too!
“On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me…”
About: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
What do you know about ‘Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer’?
How many reindeer does Santa Claus have?
When was the song ‘Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer’ written?
Do you know the words to the song?
Find out all this and more by reading the article – and sing along to the song!
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Christmas Vocabulary Quiz
Try this Christmas Vocabulary Quiz.
How many of the 16 Christmas words can you get?
Good luck!
Vocabulary: British English vs American English (12)
There are many American English words that are different in British English.
This time we look at the following 5 American English words. Do you know what British people often say?
candy; purse; underpants; the movie theatre; a movie
Click here to find out if you are right!
Buckingham Palace
There are many places to go sightseeing in central London. In this month’s Newsletter we’d like to introduce Buckingham Palace.
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About: The Red Arrows
The Red Arrows was formed in 1964, and is the aerobatics display team for the UK’s Royal Air Force (RAF).
The team is made up of 9 pilots and they perform in many shows across the world.
The Red Arrows are famous for…
About: Chatsworth House
Chatsworth House is a stately home in the county of Derbyshire in England. It’s close to Bakewell (3.5 miles / 5.6 km) and Chesterfield (9 miles / 14 km), and has been the home of the Duke of Devonshire and his family since 1560.
Chatsworth House has been selected as the UK’s favourite country house several times, and many people visit it in all seasons to…
Let’s talk about: Christmas
This month Eri interviews Chris about Christmas.
Do you have any plans for Christmas or New Year?
Not this year I’m afraid. Unfortunately I have to work until the 26th of December so I won’t be able to go back to England.
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December’s English 1
This month we will look at the following two expressions:
1. things are looking up
2. to come down with something
Have a look at the examples. Can you make a sentence of your own?
December’s English 2
Lets also have a look at the following expression:
1. to kick off
Have a look at the examples. Can you make a sentence of your own?
Let’s talk about: Hobbies
This month Eita interviews Chris about his hobbies.
What are your hobbies?
I like watching and playing sports, watching films, reading books, and travelling.
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Have you heard of Twitter? Do you use it?
Twitter is a social networking service. It allows users to send and read short text posts of just 140 characters. These posts are…