ASKING AND GIVING DIRECTIONS - MEMO - CARDGAME

Hi there!
Not long ago I posted a link to "Asking and Giving Directions Online Memory Game", which is
⏩ here ⏪, and today I want to share the very same game in a different format.

You can print it / laminate it and use it as a cardgame.
Friends may be needed !!

It's waiting for you right here ⏬  or here ⏩ASK&GIVE

B+ PROJECT

It's in human nature that we tend to see more negative things rather that those positive ones (and yes, they happen to us every day!)

I know it, and I believe you know it too, that it's better to focus on the bright side (= .

Today I suggest working on that while practising your English at the same time.
(Why not KILL TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE?)

The idea is simple.

Starting from today and repeating the routine through the next 7 days,
plan 10 minutes of your day.
Spend them on recollecting 3 things that made you happy that (or previous) day
and write them down.

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If you're afraid that nothing good happens to you, look at the example.

Today I'm happy/ thankful / grateful
- for a short walk with my dog in the park,
- that I didn't have to wait in a long queue in a supermarket,
- that I could stay in bed forty minutes longer than usually.
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ASKING AND GIVING DIRECTIONS - MEMO ONLINE

Hi there!
Some time ago I mentioned Memory Game Creator and here it comes in practice again!

Feel free to use the game where the rules are simple
- you need to match the pairs of pictures and phrases -.

If you are a student it's a nice way to learn / practice / revise the basic phrases for
ASKING AND GIVING DIRECTIONS.

If you are a teacher you can use it in the classroom (e.g. as a game for two or more opposing teams  / as a warm-up / as a time filler) or recommend it for further practice of phrases at home.

Here are the phrases:
1) cross the street
2) go past
3) go straight on
4) take the first turning
5) take the second turning
6) take the third turning
7) turn back
8) turn left
9) turn right

Here comes the link:

⏩ASKING AND GIVING DIRECTIONS 1⏪

NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS

All the best in the Brand-New 2017 !!!

Mr New Year is well-known for making people to make resolutions.

Why not to get carried away and make a few promises?  

It is always worth a try.

And even if you don't meet your expectations, you'll still be a winner - 

YOU'VE LEARNED HOW TO MAKE RESOLUTIONS IN ENGLISH.

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Today, two ways to do that:

1. Use the phrase:

I WISH I COULD ....

Mine is: I WISH I COULD BE MORE ORGANISED. 

2. Use the phrase:

I WANT TO  (which you can shorten to I WANNA)

Mine is: I WANT TO VISIT 3 NEW COUNTRIES THIS YEAR. or

              I WANNA VISIT 3 NEW COUNTRIES THIS YEAR.

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Now, time for your New Year Resolutions.

Don't be hard on yourself. Make a few but let them be valuable!

If you are a teacher, you can start your first lesson in that very New Year with making e.g. a Resolution Tree with your students.

Make them familiar with the phrase - write it on the whiteboard and give them a few examples of your own plans to improve your life this year ;).

Ask them to write one resolution on a slip of paper - help with the vocabulary they need.

Tack the slips of papers to the board in the classroom e.g. in the form of a tree - you can use it later as a topic for a warm-up discussion about their progress.

You can use I WANT TO with less-advanced students and I WISH I COULD with more advanced ones.

If you like music, there is a song to listen to as a nice finish-off and here it comes:

For I WISH

For I WANT

That's it.

Get up and make your New Year Resolution come true!