January Topics
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ArticleFestivals: New Year (1st January)
New Year's Day is celebrated at different times and in different ways throughout the world. This is because certain countries and religions around the world use different calendars. Some calendars are based on the movement of the moon, while others are based on the position of the sun. New Year ...
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Teaching toolNew Year Resolutions Fun
Use this fun worksheet to get your students talking about their plans and hopes for the new year.
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ArticleGeneral: the first lesson of the year
Even if the teacher and class have all worked together before, it is still useful to have activities to welcome everyone back and mark the start of the new year.
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Warmer/FillerSkills for Problem Solving: Pre-Intermediate—Try New Things
Use these engaging role-play cards to encourage your students to try new things and experiences.
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ArticleNew Year
What do you do on New Year’s Eve? Do you watch fireworks? Do you make a resolution? In this lesson plan, young learners label pictures, circle the correct words to describe their New Year celebrations, and draw and label their favourite New Year’s Eve activity, while practising sentence formation and ...
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LessonBusiness News Lessons: Meet Your New Personal Shopper: Your AI Chatbot
Read about the growing use of generative AI chats for shopping and the move towards AI purchasing.
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Warmer/FillerSkills for Problem Solving: Intermediate—Share and exchange new ideas
Help your students learn how to share and exchange new ideas.
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LessonCelebrations: Chinese New Year
It’s the Year of the Dragon! Help your students learn about the Chinese New Year and discover their animal signs with this engaging lesson.
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Warmer/FillerSkills for Problem Solving: Upper Intermediate—Learn From Your Mistakes
Help your students understand how sometimes taking risks and making mistakes can make them better learners.
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LessonBusiness News Lessons: Can reducing public holidays inject the much-needed extra cash into the economy?
Read about the economic cost of days off and whether it is beneficial for state budgets to reduce them.
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LessonCelebrations: Kwanzaa
In this lesson, students learn about celebrating Kwanzaa, its principles, and symbols.