December 2013

December is here ... soon it will be the end of 2013!!! Can you believe it? I can't!! The year has gone by so quickly. 

December is such a wonderful month and there is so much to see, do and EAT!

December 2013

NOVEMBER 2013

November is a wonderful month, so many different things are happening and of course it is only TWO months until Christmas.

November 2013

November Dates: 

November 11th -- Remembrance Day

     Facts on Remberance Day

Movember -- all month

In the USA they celebrate THANKSGIVING on the fourth THURSDAY of the month and after that comes BLACK FRIDAY.

October 2013

  October 2013

October is a great month here in Canada, we get to see the change of leaves and temperature as well as shorter days. 

Get out and enjoy all the different fall colors that nature has to offer. 

In October, Canada celebrates THANKSGIVING, the second Monday of the month. Then at the end of the month (Oct. 31st) there is HALLOWEEN.Click on the links to learn a little more about these celebrations. 

• Canadian Thanksgiving is the First and the Best
• Canadian Thanksgiving 2013: When is Canadian Thanksgiving this year? 
• Halloween in Vancouver
• Vancouver Halloween & Party Events (Might be something interesting to check out ... I've never done any of these ... so can't recommend any. Just remember to be careful!)

Also you will see lots of pink ribbons around as October is BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH. 

September 2013

September brings many changes to people's lives ... what September memories do you have?

Here are the classes for SEPTEMBER 2013. 

We know that in September, we will wander through the warm winds of summer's wreckage. We will welcome summer's ghost. -- Henry Rollins 

By all these lovely tokens September days are here, With summer's best of weather And autumn's best of cheer. -- Helen Hunt Jackson 

August 2013

Summer is HALF way over ... welcome AUGUST 2013. 

There is also a holiday in AUGUST. 

        August 5th  is BC DAY - no classes.

                    Culture & History of BC

July 2013

Happy Canada Day! -

July 1st!

Click here for JULY 2013 classes. 

Here are some links with more information about the July 1st holiday: 

Canada Day 

Canada Day - wikipedia

Canada Day - kidzone

June 2013

June 2013 Classes

"I wonder what it would be like to live in a world where it was always June."

-  L. M. Montgomery 

(Famous Canadian author,

 known for her "Anne of Green Gables" Series)

May 2013

For this month's classes click on MAY 2013. 

The month of May is a beautiful month, where flowers are blooming more and the weather turns nice and warm. 

FYI: May derives from the Latin Maius, meaning ‘of Maia’. Maia was the goddess of spring.

"Sweet May hath come to love us,

Flowers, trees, their blossoms don;

And through the blue heavens above us

The very clouds move on."

-  Heinrich Heine, Book of Songs

April 2013

Please click on  APRIL 2013 to get to the class activities. 

Famous poems about APRIL.

March 2013

Welcome to 120 Speaking & Pronunciation. Please click on the link for this month's lessons. 

March 2013

"Daffodils,

That come before the swallow dares, and take

The winds of March with beauty."

-  William Shakespeare 

February 2013

Hello .. welcome to the month of love and FRIENDSHIP. 

Here is the presentation for this month: 

February 2013

January 2013

Welcome to 

Speaking & Pronunciation 120!

At the following link you can find information for things done in class. 

January 2013