European cities have lit up their Christmas lights, and everybody is getting into the Christmas spirit, hustling and bustling around, meeting up and doing Xmas shopping. As a teacher, I obviously feel enthusiastic about finding something that we can talk about in our classes, but at the same time, I can’t bring myself to ignore…… Continue reading B2 Speaking about An Inclusive Christmas Celebration
I’m pushing myself to create my own podcasts (and no I’m not keen on my voice, but hope to improve diction and so many other things). This podcast aims to create an activity where my students can practise speaking about how their homes or different homes make them feel, using some emotion and colour vocabulary.…… Continue reading B2 Listening and speaking How to Make Your Home Really Comfy
We’ll be talking about friendships and what good fun it is to learn idioms and new expressions that can define close friends! In these first classes, my students will talk about their dearest friends, but not without expanding their repertoire with a few new expressions. Guess what this one means?
You may be wondering why I asked AI to generate an image of Putin and Trump embracing each other. Well, actually, it is because they share the same horoscope signs as my husband and I, and apparently, they are highly compatible signs in terms of having a healthy relationship. So….. you never know! Maybe the…… Continue reading B2 Zodiac Signs of ‘Bad Guys’to learn personality adjectives & describe your personality
Serena’s blog In this post, I will provide you with some tips and activities to help you understand the word formation process in English and identify words from two different word classes. The words we’re going to see here are adjectives and nouns. First things first. Look at the word cloud with words that share…… Continue reading B2 Word formation: forming Adjectives from nouns
Obviously, for our first day we’re going to describe ourselves in terms of personality. Here’s a warmer to help you remember – and learn – some personality adjectives that you will need for our first class. In this activity, you have to select an adjective that you WOULD NOT use to describe the character in…… Continue reading B2 Personality adjectives
I wonder and ponder on what could be the cause for angels to start weeping, but maybe you know the answer already. If you don’t, would you dare take the challenge? In the box below, not only will you have the opportunity to guess, but also to learn other expressions with a similar meaning.
As one gets higher up on their journey towards a native-like English level, one learns a lot of synonyms, idioms, and sayings. Here are some expressions that you can use to describe the personality of a person you enjoy being with because she or he is… Aha! You must click on the slide to find…… Continue reading Idiom: Full of beans
In this post, we’re going to practise narrating funny anecdotes related to giving or receiving gifts. For the activity I’ve found a hilarious video where a grandson receives a present from his loving grandad. The problem is that something went very wrong. The video is in French, but I’m absolutely sure that you will understand…… Continue reading B2 Speaking: Can you tell me about the worst gift you have ever received?
Now we’re approaching Christmas, people become aware of how important it is to share good times with their loved ones – oh! Now I’m getting a bit soppy :D….(leave it Serena, you’re not inspired today…) Ok, let me start again. In this post, you have a short video with questions related to friendship, which I…… Continue reading B1-B2 Speaking about friendship
