Christmas

Students' Christnmas party 2008

The members of the FACE Club gathered together and organised a Christmas Party. There were jokes, competitions and wishes.

competion: making a reindeer

drawing competition

whose reindeer is better?

miming task

drama contest

drama and singing contest

We had a great time together. We organised a Christmas lottery, so that every participant went home with a little Christmas gift and warm wishings.

Christmas Masquerade 2008

The Christmas Masquerade at the ETRC started at 4 p.m. on December 27th.
The single condition of being admitted to the party was coming in a mask or costume. The teachers observed the rules and everyone came prepared.
The hosts – a gypsy and a dog – welcomed the comers.

We began by sharing Christmas and New year traditions in our families. For many of us New Year remains a traditional family holiday. For Americans Christmas is considered to be the big holiday, not the New Year. In Albania at New Year day people become insane: everyone makes fireworks; there is so much smoke that you can hardly see in front of you.

The next activity was creating fur-trees and Santas out of colored paper. All you need for this activity is the sample, which you can find in the Internet, scissors, glue and persistence!

When the hand crafts were made we had to invent the Christmas story.
For this activity we made our guests move around.
They had to find words hidden in different places in the room and outside it – in the corridor, above the doors of the lift, following the instructions on paper.
Example
To find your words you’ll have to follow the instructions:

Open the fridge
Have you already chosen the menu for your holiday table? In MENU Magazine on p.51 there is a recipe of pork tenderloin and something you are looking for!
How many chairs on wheels can you find in the room? One is special!

The words were taken at random, and we tried to choose words that are not connected to Christmas vocabulary at all, such as: to get an injection, to die one’s hair, to keep to a diet, volcano eruption, salad fork, Wow!, Yes, I agree, etc. We selected nouns, adjectives, verbs and funny expressions and interjections.

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2069 Chisinau, Moldova
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ETRC seminars and workshops 2008

September - Sharing Experience, first seminar is on September 11. Everyone is welcome at the opening session, where we will discuss everything new and inetesting that we've learnt or accomplished during the summer.
October - Multi-media in extra-curricular Activities.
November - Testing and Assessment.
December - Speaking

Archaive of ETRC seminars and workshops 2007-08

#1.September - Technology (Seminars dedicated to the use of computers in English teaching.The use of Power Point to teach vocabulary, electronic textbooks, teaching English through films.)
#2.October - Grammar
(Teaching grammar through authentic materials, teaching grammar in discource, practice activiti)es, class management, some amples of lesson plans)

#3.November - Ready-made Lessons (Ready-made scenarious for Halloween - using drama at the lessons; handouts for Thanksgiving Celebration)
#4.December - Speaking
(English language history; learning through speaking; warm-up activities - make your students talk; pair work)

#5.January - Psychology and English (Learning styles - find out how your students learn better; how to develop super power memory - exercises to train your memory)
#6.February - Literature&Reading
(A small part of materials is available online - Grammar Auction; activities to work with text)

#7.March - Writing (Register: formal and informal language; Letter Writing; Genre and Structure; Alternative assessment; A Genre Analysis Approach for Teaching ESL Composition; Writing Essays; Giving Written Feedback)
#8.April - Evaluation&Testing

#9.May - Listening

Christmas Masquerade 2008

ZORRO

ALIENS

Misterious

BEAR

While eating pies everyone had the opportunity to take the prediction for the coming year out of the “magical box”. The predictions were made in a very simple way – you just open for instance Dictionary of idioms and select some funny sentences. And with your proper lucky hand you may select your destiny!
Example
Your prediction:
You may have been wrong but you did what you did according to your own lights. It’s well and good that you’re here on time. I was afraid you’d be late again.
Your prediction:
Borrowing can be the same as stealing. If the owner doesn’t know what you have borrowed; it amounts to the same thing. And remember you’re looking for trouble if you ask the boss for a raise. Happy holidays!
Your prediction:
The old head of the company was elbowed out of office by a young vice president. They tried to elbow me out, but I held on to what was mine.
Please feed the kitty – make a contribution to help sick children! Joyous holidays!