Task 3: Festivals

One of the most colourful festivals in the English speaking countries is St Patrick's Day Festival, in Dublin.  You can see how they celebrate it in the following video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3xivUse2aY

Do you know why St Patrick's Day is celebrated? Is it celebrated only in Ireland? Why?

Your task: think of any popular festival in your country or in any other country and tell us what you know about it using a Power Point presentation in which you will include the name of the festival, where and when it is held, why it is so popular and why you like it. You should include pictures, photos, videos... Be creative!

TASK 2: Learning with songs

In this task you will listen to the song "Fifteen", by Taylor Swift. Here you have it with the lyrics:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vamvgBBMyMg

Now, in pairs, reflect on the following questions:

Do you think that the lyrics of the song refer to a real situation?
What happened to the protagonist of the song?
She thought that her friends would always be there for her but, was it like that?
Do you think that you will keep your friends forever?
How does the song reflect the problems young teenagers may suffer? Do you feel identified with the protagonist?

Write down your ideas and then, put them in common with the rest of your classmates.

TASK 1: Photo or picture description

This is a task directed to begginer students who are just studying the difference between the Past Simple and Past Continuous.

Your task: Select a photo of your last holidays with your family and write a description of it. You will describe the place, the landscape and what you were doing at the moment the photo was taken.

Remember that you have to use the past simple and continuous.

Here you have a video which shows how to describe a picture. You can follow most of the advice it gives.