Festivals: St. Valentine's Day (14th February)
February 14th is a day when close friends or loved ones send each other gifts to express their friendship or love. St Valentine's Day is believed to come from both Christian and Ancient Roman traditions - the Catholic church recognizes three different saints named Valentine or Valentinus. One legend says that a man named Valentine fell in love with a young girl who visited him when he was in prison. Before his death, it is thought that he wrote her a letter, which he signed "from your Valentine", an expression still in use today.
Related Resources
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Happy Valentine's Day!
A song video and interactive games on the topic of Valentine's Day.
Type: Game
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Speaking: St Valentine's board game
To improve students’ fluency by speaking in small groups and to build their vocabulary.
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Web Editor | Mon, 2 Jul 2012 3:52 pm
Dear Steve,
In order not to appear as 'anonymous' you need to you to 'My account' (at the very top of the page in the yellow bar) and add you 'Forum / Comment username'.
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Anonymous | Tue, 14 Feb 2012 1:17 am
Not sure why I am listed as "anonymous"!
Steve
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Anonymous | Tue, 14 Feb 2012 1:17 am
I pressed print...and all I got was this lousy page of comments...
(I just mean the page is lousy, not the comments or the people)
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michaelgleeson | Sat, 12 Feb 2011 6:06 pm
If you press print it opens the game......
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Web Editor | Fri, 11 Feb 2011 2:32 pm
Dear Cobaq 10 and Gina,
This page is reference material only, however we have now added some related resources to Valentine's Day below the article. We also have plenty of general lesson plans and worksheets about love on the site, so try typing the word 'love' into our search engine.
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gina.groves@alice.it | Fri, 11 Feb 2011 10:17 am
Yes, where is the resource....valentines day approaching fast, material needed!
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cobaq 10 | Thu, 27 Jan 2011 3:36 pm
There is no resource here!
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