World Typing Day

Challenge Listening:  This one is fast, but it repeats! 

Can you type?  How fast?

Here are some free websites to practice:

Typing.com -- Learn Keyboarding

Peter's Learn to Type Lessons

Practice typing from books with Type Racer

Shooting Style Typing Game

Happy Introvert Day

 

What are your favorite books, TV shows, and English websites?

Happy Science Fiction Day

 

My family loves science fiction.  My daughter loves Star Trek.  My son loves the Expanse and the Martian.  My husband likes quoting from a funny character on Babylon 5.  Do you like science fiction or space history?  What are your favorite movies or TV shows?

Happy New Year!

What does "auld lang syne" mean?

What are you looking forward to in 2025?  Do you set goals/make resolutions? Write about a small goal.

Merry Christmas!!

I hope you are enjoying December.  


Professional Light Displays (Be prepared for SLOW traffic!)

In the USA, different people celebrate Christmas in really different ways.  Some people celebrate it because it is a really important Christian holiday -- the day to remember when Jesus was born.

Religious Christmas Song Lyric Videos

Virtual Handel's Messiah Sing-a-long

Many people celebrate Christmas by giving money to their church or to charities.  (Some local charities.)  Some people celebrate Christmas by volunteering (working for no pay) to help people.
Volunteer Fairfax -- links volunteers to no-pay jobs (Can be a great way to meet people and practice English!)

Many non-religious and religious-but-not-Christian people in the USA celebrate Christmas as a great time to celebrate love, friendship, and family -- they shop, party, spend time with family, go to parties with friends, send cards, and give presents in the same ways that Christians do.

Lyrics Videos:  Christmas Songs (NOT religious)

Love to shop in person? Example Conversation  Challenging examples of English conversations you may have.

 Sales at Tyson's Corner,  Sales at Fair Oaks,  Sales at Springfield Town Center,
Sales at Potomac Mills


Do you celebrate Christmas?  What do you usually do?  What did you do this year?

Are you studying for US Citizenship? Today is Bill of Rights Day!

Do you know the rights in the Bill of Rights?  Should any of them change?  Which are most important?

Happy Hannukah

Do you celebrate Hannukah?  What do you do?

חנוכה commemorates the re-dedication of the holy temple in Jerusalem.  In the US, Jewish people get together, light candles, and give gifts for eight days.  In the USA, Hannukah is a big holiday, partly because it gets commercialized in a similar way to Christmas.