Wishing our students and readers a Happy Christmas!
In this last blog lesson of 2015, the teachers of OLA would like to wish you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! In this week's classes we will be looking back at 2015, and looking ahead to the festive holidays!
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Different names for Santa in English
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In this first class we will be looking at a quote based on Christmas, and discussing some questions based on vocabulary related to the New Year. We also recommend that you take some time to study the common pronunciation problems and common mistakes that our students make.
Quote:
Discuss the following quote with your native English teacher via Skype:
“The best gift around any Christmas tree is the presence of a happy family.”
— Burton Hillis
Questions to discuss with your teacher:
1. What plans do you have for New Year's Eve this year?
2. How does your country's capital city ring in the new year?
Check your pronunciation of the vocabulary with your native English teacher, and discuss the questions below:
| Vocabulary | Question |
| New Year's Resolution | Do you usually make New Year's Resolutions? Do you remember last years? Do you have any for next year? |
| New Year's Eve | How do you usually celebrate New Year's Eve? |
| Highlight | What was your highlight of the past year? |
| Look forward to | What are you looking forward to next year? |
| Millenium | How did you celebrate the Millenium? Did your country to anything to mark the occasion? |
Common pronunciation problems
Celebrate 
Receive
Highlight
Common mistakes
| ✘ We don't celebrate Papa Noel much | ✔ We don't celebrate Christmas much |
| ✘ The twenty-five December | ✔ The twenty-fifth of December |
| ✘ I gave to my wife a watch | ✔ I gave my wife a watch |
The traditional Christmas dinner is Turkey.
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In this class we will be looking at questions and vocabulary related to Christmas.
We also recommend you to watch the video before your English class, so you can discuss it with your English teacher.
Questions to discuss with your teacher:
1. What plans do you have for this Christmas?
2. Describe the best Christmas you've ever had.
Check your pronunciation of the vocabulary with your native English teacher, and discuss the questions below:
| Vocabulary | Question |
| Celebrate | When do you celebrate Christmas? |
| Christian | What is the significance of Christmas for the Christian religion? |
| Give presents | Did Santa visit you when you were younger? Who else gives presents to children where you're from? |
| Christmas dinner | What do you have for Christmas dinner in your family? |
| Traditions | What Christmas traditions do you have in your family? And in your country? |
Now discuss the video with your English teacher in your online conversation classes via Skype:
Click to do the English listening exercise on this video!
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Reading Practice:
This article looks at 12 strange Christmas traditions that you probably didn't know, including spiders, goats, and Kentucky Fried Chicken!! Read and discuss the article with your native-speaking English teacher online via Skype:
"Christmas is mostly about celebrations, gift-giving, merry-making and church-attending. There are so many different elements that contribute to the celebration that we have come to know as Christmas: tucking into the Christmas feast of yummy pudding and turkey, hanging up socks and leaving out cookies and milk for Santa, opening presents under the Christmas trees, and having a great time with family and friends.” Read more…
Irregular Verbs
| Present | Past | Participle |
| Give | Gave | Given |
| Get | Got | Got |
| Spend | Spent | Spent |
See our other English conversation lessons, to improve your grammar and vocabulary, and practice your reading and listening skills.
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