World's Smallest Car - video lesson

Get Ss to discuss the different types of cars they know. Ask them what the smallest car they've seen is. Then show them the video. Ask them to take note of all numbers that they hear and what they refer to. Then in pairs they combine their information. 

After watching the video for the second time, they will create an advert for this car in groups of 3 and present it to the rest of the class.

  

Wedding Customs

Weddings are a topic that the majority of students can relate to in some way. They are also a good entry point for a discussion on national traditions, customs and differences.

Bulgarian wedding customs are a mix of old and new that might seem strange at first glance but young couples are happy to be able to mix and match as they see fit to their needs and beliefs.

Below is one way you can create a lesson around wedding customs:

• Tell your learners they will watch a video. First, give them the link to this matching LearningApp to practice some wedding-related vocabulary.
• Play the video below, and tell learners to make a list of the traditions that they can see.
• Give learners some time to discuss these traditions and whether they find them interesting, strange, familiar, or anything else.
• Divide learners in groups and tell them to describe to each other how a wedding goes in their country. Then, in the same groups, they can compare wedding customs among their countries and discuss their personal feelings towards those customs.
• At the end of the class, one or two learners can present a typical wedding in their country to the class. Take class feedback on impressions and comments.

Weddings in Malta

Weddings in Malta are almost always big, lavish affairs that involve a long church ceremony, fancy cars and huge receptions for anything from 250 to 600 guests on average. It is typical to invite all the family on both sides, including distant cousins, as well as the couple's colleagues, bosses, neighbours and even old school friends.

In contrast, Bulgarian weddings, while slowly becoming Westernized in clothes and traditions, are usually a little smaller, around 50-200 guests, and will involve close family and friends, and the occasional neighbour.

Below is an example of a modern Bulgarian wedding, mixing traditional costume with a Western-style wedding gown, as well as an image of a traditionally dressed couple.

     

EdPuzzle

Maltese Weather

Malta is known for its Mediterranean location and its 300 days of sunshine. However, despite commonly held perceptions for its eternal summer, it does have a rainy winter season that usually starts in October and continues until February or April, depending on the year.

Maltese winter is warmer than continental winters, as it has no snow and temperatures rarely fall below 10 degrees Celsius. However, humidity levels are often in the 90s, which, combined with the strong winds, can make for a very unpleasant time if you are not dressed appropriately.

Some of the websites you can use to check what the weather would be like during your holiday are:
Malta Weather
Malta Airport Weather

Spark Adobe materials

Witty Comics

Comics can be used as decoration for plain worksheets, or as conversation starters. They can also introduce new grammar in context.

"Yesterday" cloze text

Listen to the song and do the exercise below.

A trick with Learning Apps

One of the many cool features of Learning Apps is the fact that you can group apps into a sort of folder and link your students just to that folder. You can give it a background image and structure and rename it according to your needs, thus making sure that your students only have access to the apps you want them to see. Below is an example of an App Matrix.

LearningApps on literature

Guess the character's name before you run out of petals!
This could be used as an introduction to a literature lesson or to a reading lesson on the topic of famous literary characters.
It can be continued with an exercise on imagining a day in the life of specific characters.