Fun Ways to Learn English

It is holiday in British English and vacation in American English. Is it true or false? The situation is a bit more complicated: In America: holidays (="Holy Days"): eg. Christmas, Easter, Thanksgiving, Independence Day. Not official national holidays (although most people do not work). vacations : breaks from work once or twice a year In Britain: holidays : Christmas, Easter, etc. They are official national holidays (so called bank holidays). holidays : breaks from work once or twice a year So the British call both type of days holidays. And have you heard of the term staycations ? More holidays ... More vocabulary ...

Have you ever wanted to have the basic conversations together at the same place? Oxford University Press has these cool downloadable mini phrasebooks for their New English File series. They are okay to use without the coursebook as well. Download them, print them take them with you: elementary (buying things, checking in and out, ordering a meal, asking for directions) pre-intermediate (at immigration, asking for info, making phonecalls, buying tickets, etc.) You can also practise them at the Practical English sections: elementary pre-intermediate More on holidays