{"id":5811,"date":"2016-12-19T09:00:38","date_gmt":"2016-12-19T14:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/?p=5811"},"modified":"2016-12-14T18:02:28","modified_gmt":"2016-12-14T23:02:28","slug":"christmas-through-emojis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/christmas-through-emojis\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Through Emojis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>These days, people are using <em>emojis<\/em> more and more to communicate. They&#8217;re fun, cute, and very easy to use. Look on social media or in your text messages, and you&#8217;ll probably see a whole lot of <em>emojis<\/em>. With Christmas approaching, there are a few you can use for the holiday. Let&#8217;s practice English and learn a bit about Christmas with the help of our beloved <em>emojis<\/em>.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\">Christmas Vocabulary Through <em>Emojis<\/em><\/h2>\n<p>First, you can study some Christmas vocabulary. Here are 12 Christmas words along with their associated <em>emoji<\/em> to help you remember them:<\/p>\n<h1><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2016\/12\/Screen-Shot-2016-12-14-at-5.24.03-PM.png\" aria-label=\"Screen Shot 2016 12 14 At 5.24.03 PM\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5821\"  alt=\"\" width=\"567\" height=\"671\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2016\/12\/Screen-Shot-2016-12-14-at-5.24.03-PM.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2016\/12\/Screen-Shot-2016-12-14-at-5.24.03-PM.png 567w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2016\/12\/Screen-Shot-2016-12-14-at-5.24.03-PM-296x350.png 296w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 567px) 100vw, 567px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2016\/12\/Screen-Shot-2016-12-14-at-5.24.16-PM.png\" aria-label=\"Screen Shot 2016 12 14 At 5.24.16 PM\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5822\"  alt=\"\" width=\"566\" height=\"777\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2016\/12\/Screen-Shot-2016-12-14-at-5.24.16-PM.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2016\/12\/Screen-Shot-2016-12-14-at-5.24.16-PM.png 566w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2016\/12\/Screen-Shot-2016-12-14-at-5.24.16-PM-255x350.png 255w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 566px) 100vw, 566px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2016\/12\/Screen-Shot-2016-12-14-at-5.24.28-PM.png\" aria-label=\"Screen Shot 2016 12 14 At 5.24.28 PM\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5823\"  alt=\"\" width=\"564\" height=\"724\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2016\/12\/Screen-Shot-2016-12-14-at-5.24.28-PM.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2016\/12\/Screen-Shot-2016-12-14-at-5.24.28-PM.png 564w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2016\/12\/Screen-Shot-2016-12-14-at-5.24.28-PM-273x350.png 273w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 564px) 100vw, 564px\" \/><\/a><\/h1>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\">Reading Activity<\/h2>\n<p>Now that you&#8217;ve studied the words, try to do this reading activity. In place of the <em>emoji<\/em>, say the Christmas word that you learned.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2016\/12\/Screen-Shot-2016-12-14-at-5.38.06-PM.png\" aria-label=\"Screen Shot 2016 12 14 At 5.38.06 PM\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5824\"  alt=\"\" width=\"585\" height=\"560\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2016\/12\/Screen-Shot-2016-12-14-at-5.38.06-PM.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2016\/12\/Screen-Shot-2016-12-14-at-5.38.06-PM.png 585w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2016\/12\/Screen-Shot-2016-12-14-at-5.38.06-PM-350x335.png 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 585px) 100vw, 585px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2016\/12\/Screen-Shot-2016-12-14-at-5.43.31-PM.png\" aria-label=\"Screen Shot 2016 12 14 At 5.43.31 PM\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5825\"  alt=\"\" width=\"605\" height=\"591\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2016\/12\/Screen-Shot-2016-12-14-at-5.43.31-PM.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2016\/12\/Screen-Shot-2016-12-14-at-5.43.31-PM.png 605w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2016\/12\/Screen-Shot-2016-12-14-at-5.43.31-PM-350x342.png 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 605px) 100vw, 605px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2016\/12\/Screen-Shot-2016-12-14-at-5.47.25-PM.png\" aria-label=\"Screen Shot 2016 12 14 At 5.47.25 PM\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5826\"  alt=\"\" width=\"603\" height=\"511\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2016\/12\/Screen-Shot-2016-12-14-at-5.47.25-PM.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2016\/12\/Screen-Shot-2016-12-14-at-5.47.25-PM.png 603w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2016\/12\/Screen-Shot-2016-12-14-at-5.47.25-PM-350x297.png 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 603px) 100vw, 603px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left\">Practice reading those sentences a few times once you&#8217;re sure you&#8217;ve got the right <em>emoji<\/em>. Then, do your best to talk or write about Christmas without looking at any of the words. Hopefully the visual image of the <em>emoji<\/em> will help you remember the words more easily.<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left\">Thanks to the fine folks at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/emojione.com\/\">EmojiOne<\/a>\u00a0for their amazing <em>emojis<\/em>, and Merry Christmas everyone!<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"296\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2016\/12\/Screen-Shot-2016-12-14-at-5.24.03-PM-296x350.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image tmp-hide-img\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2016\/12\/Screen-Shot-2016-12-14-at-5.24.03-PM-296x350.png 296w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2016\/12\/Screen-Shot-2016-12-14-at-5.24.03-PM.png 567w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 296px) 100vw, 296px\" \/><p>These days, people are using emojis more and more to communicate. They&#8217;re fun, cute, and very easy to use. Look on social media or in your text messages, and you&#8217;ll probably see a whole lot of emojis. With Christmas approaching, there are a few you can use for the holiday. Let&#8217;s practice English and learn&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/christmas-through-emojis\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":5821,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[3,135139,135370],"tags":[43,480321,411106,480760,481040,386505,2008,480638,386498,6595,3390,3651],"class_list":["post-5811","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","category-english-language","category-english-vocabulary","tag-christmas","tag-christmas-esl-lesson","tag-christmas-esl-reading","tag-christmas-reading","tag-christmas-shopping","tag-christmas-traditions","tag-christmas-tree","tag-christmas-vocabulary","tag-esl-christmas-lesson","tag-reindeer","tag-santa","tag-santa-claus"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5811","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/55"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5811"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5811\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5831,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5811\/revisions\/5831"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5811"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5811"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}