At the end of this year I wanted to comment on the credit and to congratulate you.
Despite of the fact that there was an insignificant change (unexpected even for me) in the formula which was used to calculate the mark for the credit, the main emphasis was put on your diligent and active work during seminars, attendance and knowledge of the language. These components were left unchangeable. Congratulations to those who have been working all this time and passed the credit successfully. It was deserved. Carry on!
And I whole-heartedly wish you all Happy New Year and Merry Christmas!
And here is a New Year song
Some useful links to busy yourself during the holidays :)
Video about values
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7a9Erpkwok
An interview with Ichak Kalderon Adizes (one of the world's leading experts on organizational performance and change) who talks about genuine leadership which implies trust, support, mutual respect and interest in other people in your team. And New Year is really the time to be happy and share good will.
Movies:
www.imdb.com (one the biggest movie sites)
http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/ (movie reviews, essays, interviews)
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/ (movies, movie Reviews, critic scores, showtimes and movie trailers)
Video
http://www.engvid.com/ (video lessons)
http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/listen-and-watch
http://www.ted.com/talks (talks and performances from TED conferences)
Audio
http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/professionals-podcasts
http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts
http://www.businessenglishpod.com
http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/think/articles/podcasting-elt
http://www.eslpod.com/website/index_new.html
http://audiovideo.economist.com/
http://bbc.in/aMPVpg
http://ru.calameo.com/download/00024431776420cf69939
Some grammar references
http://www.english-for-students.com/
http://www.rpi.edu/web/writingcenter/esl.html (articles)
www.grammarbook.com
www.native-english.ru
www.homeenglish.ru
leo.stcloudstate.edu/index.html
http://www.cambridgeesol.org/exams/general-english/cpe.html
http://www.englishpage.com/index.htm
Fun:
www.englishteachers.ru/testonline?group=holidays (Christmas tests)
English is a tough staff
(a funny and challenging English poem with an extremely ironic forewordJ))- https://www-gm-opensocial.googleusercontent.com/gadgets/proxy/refresh=3600&container=gm&gadget=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fig%2Fmodules%2Fgm%2Fyoutube%2Fcard-youtube.xml/http://i.ytimg.com/vi/s7a9Erpkwok/default.jpg