Questions:

• What traditional ways of welcoming the New Year do you have in your family or in your region?
• Are children allowed to stay up late on New Year's Eve in your country?
• Are there any special meals or activities for New Year's day?
• What are you and your family planning to do this year?
• Did you speak English over the holidays? Who with?
• Did you read anything in English, or see an English film? Which one?
• Will you celebrate New Year's Eve? What did you do?
• Did you have a special meal during the holidays? What did you eat?
• Can you think of two things you were happy about from last year?
• What are you looking forward to this year? If you aren't looking forward to this year, why aren't you?

Vocabulary:

stay up: not go to bed (ex: I stayed up to watch the Olympics on television.)

welcome: If something is welcome, you are pleased to have or do it: (ex:  A glass of iced tea would be very welcome.)

film: movie (ex: I hate people talking while I'm watching a film.)

look forward to: to feel pleased and excited about something that is going to happen: (ex: I'm really looking forward to my vacation.)

allow: to give permission for someone to do something, or to not prevent something from happening: (ex: You're not allowed to talk during the exam.)