5th March 2019 - Fat Tuesday or Pancake Day

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Do you know how Fat Tuesday  is celebrated in Great Britain? What do people do on that day and what do they eat? Check this video. Compare this tradition with the traditions that we have in Slovenia. Which do you find more interesting? Why?
Do you like pancakes? Can you make them? What's your favourite filling?

Roddy Doyle - Brilliant!

Irish writer Roddy Doyle, the author of  Brilliant! (now in Slovene translation as Super), will come to Slovenia in November. He'll be a guest at the Ljubljana Book fair and those of you who have read the book will be able to meet him or even put him some questions. 
Have you already read the book? Write your opinion in this post. 
If you haven't read it so far, you can read an extract and you may decide to read it later. 

World Flight 2017

At today's English class we have read about Matevž Lenarčič's flight around the world in 2004. Check on this website what he has  accomplished since then and what project he has done this year. 
Don't forget to look at his photos. What do they tell you about our planet? What other interesting information did you get? 

Bob Dylan awarded Nobel Prize for Literature

"May you grow up to be righteous
May you grow up to be true
May you always know the truth
And see the lights surrounding you
May you always be courageous
Stand upright and be strong
May you stay forever young
Forever young, forever young."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Dylan

Some people find this year's Nobel prize winner for literature surprising and unusual. What's your opinion? Do you know any Bob Dylan's songs? Which one is your favourite?

Fantastic Mr. Roald Dahl

You all know that this year we celebrate the 100th anniversary of Roald Dahl's birthday. I'm sure you have read some of his books or even seen a film based upon his excellent stories. 

What is your favourite Dahl's book and why do you like it?

Did you know that he invented more than five hundred new words? Find some more information about his life and work here.

World Poetry Day - 21st March

Do you know what people around the world do on this day? 
What about you? Have you got a favourite poem? Do you know any poems by heart? Do you write poems (in English)?
Share with us a short poem or a verse that you like!

Here's one of my favourite by William Blake:            

         To see a World in a Grain of Sand
         And a Heaven in a Wild Flower,
        Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand 
        And Eternity in an hour.

Our Shakespeare Day

All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players: they have their exits and their entrances; and one man in his time plays many parts, his acting being seven ages. (Shakespeare)

Have you eaten breakfast today?

Do you usually eat breakfast? What do you usually eat? If you don't eat breakfast, what's your excuse?
Watch this video to get an idea for a perfect breakfast. Nowadays there are a lot of cookery shows on tv. Do you sometimes watch them? What do you know about the man on the video? 
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Holidays are almost here ...

Just a week and our summer holidays will finally begin. 
Where do you usually spend your summer holidays? What do you do? What's your favourite holiday activity? Are you going to travel somewhere this year? Where? Do you write postcards from your holidays? Are you going to speak English? 

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A princess has been born

Princesses do not live only in fairy-tales. There are some in the real world as well. Just recently one has been born in Great Britain. 
What do you know about her? What will her life be like, in you opinion?               

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Working as a movie translator

Today you have learned something about translating movies and writing subtitles. What was this experience like? Do you find this job interesting (creative, difficult, ...)? Why? 

17th March

17th March is a special day and a holiday in one of the English speaking countries? Where? How is it celebrated? What do people do on that day? Would you like to celebrate it too? 
Find some information about this day and post it in comments. 
  
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Christmas is (almost) here

Do you like Christmas time? Why? Where and how are you going to celebrate it this year?

Check your knowledge about Christmas and learn more here. 

Always in fashion

Do you know what's in fashion this winter? Do you wear fashionable clothes? What's your style? 
Lauren Hutton once said about fashion: 
“Fashion is what you’re offered four times a year by designers. And style is what you choose.” Do you agree?
Here you can see some interesting ways of wearing a scarf. 
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European Day of Languages

As you probably know, the European Day of Languages has been celebrated every year since 2001. Why do we celebrate this day? 

How many foreign languages do you speak? Which is your favourite language and why? 

Find an interesting fact about languages here and post it in comments. 

450th birth anniversary of ...

 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/ 
This year we celebrate the 450th birthday anniversary of one of the English greatest writers. Who? What do you know about him? Are there any of his works translated into Slovenian? Have you read (or seen on film, in theatre) any of his works?  Find an interesting quote and post it bellow.

What would you like to become?

What are some of the most interesting jobs that you know? Why do you find them so interesting? What about  the least interesting jobs?

When you grow up, would you like to be a doctor? Or perhaps a teacher? :) Why (not)? 
What would you like to be and why? 


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Waste art

At one of our English lessons we have recently seen some amazing pictures of the so called "waste art" done by Chris Jordan. You can find more interesting pictures and information here. Click on each picture to see what is it made of.
What do you think about the pictures?  Which information was new to you? 

English around the world

Have you ever been to any English speaking countries? Where and when did you go there? Did you speak English there? Who with?
If you haven't been to England yet, would you like to go there? Why? What would you like to see or do there?
You can learn more about Great Britain here .

Clothes make the man

What clothes and colours are in fashion this winter? Do you wear fashionable clothes? Do you have your own unique style? What do you like wearing? Is there anything you don't like? Why?
Check this video for some tips on smart casual looks.

This is what Oscar Wilde once wrote about fashion and clothes: 
“Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months.” 
"You can never be overdressed or overeducated.”                                                                                                                                       www.examiner.com