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Tuesday, 14 December 2010

It's Christmas time

Hello there!
It's Christmas time at last.




Do we celebrate Christmas in every country the same way?


Of course, we don't. You can have a look at this BBC page on this topic: Christmas - In France, Spain, Germany and Italy


Finally, here's a Christmas card for you all. You only need to click on the word Christmas.

Tuesday, 9 November 2010

Role Play: What an excellent Hotel!



Student A


You are booking into a hotel.


Elements:


Book into the hotel - you have a reservation.


Complications:


You are on your own.
You want a shower.
You want breakfast in the morning.
You have an early meeting and must not be late.


Student B


You are a hotel receptionist.


Elements:


Welcome the guest.
Find them a room.


Complications:


You can't find their reservation.
You only have a double room with bath available.




Before writing the whole dialogue, perhaps you need to watch an example. You can have a look at this Blog for Tourism.


However, still unable to start writing any line, here's some useful vocabulary on Hotels.




For further practice you can also watch and fill in these vocabulary activities:


Many things about the English Language


The Hotel Room of the Future, by frenchfrog
Find this and other travels exercises in English Exercises .org




Finally, let's watch this You Tube video on vocabulary.