Updated 1 February 2017
Index pages in this section
New Year and Xmas games/ worksheets page
Photocopiable festivals and celebrations classroom materials
What people say at important events (with reporting verbs and names of festivals and celebrations) – NEW
Festivals and celebrations like and would like practice (starting with Xmas and New Year)
Explaining festivals and celebrations (starting with Xmas and New Year, specific to Britain and Japan, but easily adaptable with other countries)
Telephoning on festivals and celebrations (starting with ones about Xmas)
Festivals and celebrations rules (discussing how a company should deal with seasonal events, starting with Xmas) – NEW
Business meetings on festivals and celebrations (starting with discussion of office rules around Xmas) – NEW
Explaining Japanese festivals and celebrations (adaptable for other cultures)
Festival/ celebration/ ceremony extended speaking
Traditions bluff (phrases for speaking about traditional festivals)
IELTS Speaking on festivals and celebrations (also useful for non-exam classes)
FCE Speaking Part One on festivals and celebrations (ditto)
Special occasions reported speech cultural differences
Discussion questions on festivals, celebrations and public holidays
