Welcome everybody! You know I'm a big fan of festivals and national customs all around the world.
You can send a friendship request to my Facebook profile in English:
https://www.facebook.com/profesoringles.murcia
And then join my Facebook profile and group: Holidays all around the year.
Please join it if you want to know more about festivals and national customs all over the world!
Furthermore, I am going to show you some interesting resources on these topics in this blog entry.
First of all, I would like to mention some webpages:
National Day Calendar: An amazing website with all national days around the world.
Festivals all around the world. Lonely Planet's festival guide for each month.
Scottish festivals. We love Scottish festivals! With an interactive map.
Irish festivals and events. Ireland has many traditions and events to discover, too.
ACTIVITY 1- READING
As an example, let's watch this video about Scotland's summer festivals.
1.2) SPEAKING
Would you like to travel to Scotland this summer? Would you go to any of these festivals?
Which one would you visit and why?
ACTIVITY 2 - Birthday traditions all around the world.
2.1) READING.
Let's check some birthday traditions all around the world.
2.2) SPEAKING
1- Did you know these traditions?
2- Is there any special birthday tradition in your own country?
2.3) LISTENING
Now watch this video. It's not subtitled but we can get some general ideas about how birthdays are celebrated all around the world...
2.4) SPEAKING
1- Did you know these traditions? Which tradition do you like more and why?
2- Do you eat something special for your birthday in your own country?
And that's all for now, folks! I hope you enjoy this funny trip surfing on the net.
Or, even better, visiting these places to check these customs directly! :)
