"Xīn xiǎng shì chéng -- may all your wishes come true."
-- Traditional Chinese New Year's greeting
Happy Spring Festival! That is, Happy Chinese Year! Technically, it began Thursday night but Friday was the first full day it was celebrated in the U.S. It’s now the Year of the Dog, which is the second to last animal in the Chinese zodiac.
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Dog image in the style of Chinese folk art from Xi'an; source: The ESL Nexus |
If you’d like to know more about the various animals of the Chinese zodiac and their personality traits, my Chinese New Year Writing and Reading resource includes info about each zodiac animal and asks students to write a paragraph stating whether they agree or disagree with the description. Find it HERE.
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Click HERE for more info; source: The ESL Nexus |
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Find out more HERE; source: The ESL Nexus |
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Learn more about this resource HERE; source: The ESL Nexus |
I wish you and all your students a wonderful year!