This is a special advent calendar, where you can practise and improve your English 24 days before Christmas. All the activities are to be done in English and with HOPE, LOVE, JOY AND PEACE:
1. WATCH A CHRISTMAS MOVIE WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES
2. TALK TO YOUR FRIEND / COLLEAGUE / PARTNER ABOUT THE MOVIE
3. WRITE DOWN FIVE REASONS WHY PEOPLE LOVE WINTER
4. LISTEN TO A CHRISTMAS SONG / CAROL AND LEARN THE LYRICS
5. FIND AN ONLINE RECIPE FOR SHORTBREAD BISCUITS AND TRY IT
YOURSELF
6. SURF THE INTERNET AND FIND THE ORIGIN OF CHRISTMAS WREATH
7. WRITE A ‘THANK YOU’ LETTER TO YOUR PARENTS / CHILDREN
8. WRITE A CHRISTMAS CARD AND SEND IT TO SOMEONE YOU HAVEN’T
BEEN IN TOUCH FOR A LONG TIME
9. WRITE DOWN HOW YOU USED TO CELEBRATE CHRITMAS / NEW YEAR
WHEN YOU WERE A CHILD AND TRY TO RECALL THE FEELING
10. LISTEN TO BBC 6 MINUTE ENGLISH PROGRAMME ‘CHRISTMAS
KINDNESS’ ON THE INTERNET
11. WRITE DOWN FIVE THINGS YOU’RE GRATEFUL FOR
12. GO TO YOUTUBE AND WATCH HOW JAMIE OLIVER MAKES
CHRISTMAS PUDDING
13. DO CHRISTMAS BRAINSTORMING – WRITE DOWN AS MANY
CHRISTMAS WORDS AS POSSIBLE IN THREE MINUTES
14. GO TO THE LIBRARY AND BORROW ‘CHRISTMAS CAROL’ BY
CHARLES DICKENS (THERE’S ALSO A SHORTENED VERSION) AND
READ IT
15. WRITE DOWN YOUR INTERPRETATION OF THE BOOK AND LEARN
SEVEN TO TEN NEW WORDS
16. GO ONLINE AND FIND OUT WHAT A CHRISTMAS CRACKER IS AND
HOW IT’S MADE
17. MAKE A CRACKER FOR ONE OF YOUR RELATIVES
18. FIND AN ONLINE RECIPE FOR HOT APPLE CIDER, INVITE YOUR
FRIENDS AND SERVE IT TO THEM
19. WRITE DOWN A NICE CHRISTMAS SAYING AND PUT IT ON YOUR
WINDOWSILL
20. DRAW A CHRISTMAS TREE WITH 10 CHRISTMAS BALLS AND WRITE
YOUR MOST PRECIOUS VALUES IN THEM
21. WRITE DOWN FIVE MEMORABLE EVENTS THAT HAVE HAPPENED TO
YOU THIS YEAR
22. LIGHT A CANDLE, DRINK A MUG OF EARL GREY TEA AND ENJOY THE
MOMENT
23. WRTIE FIVE RESOLUTIONS FOR NEW YEAR AND PUT THEM ON YOUR
DESK
24. TAKE A BREAK, BREATHE DEEPLY AND THINK OF THE POSITIVE
EFFECTS THIS CHRISTMAS CALENDAR HAS HAD ON YOU.