The ongoing war in Syria dominated the news headlines in 2015. That aside, perhaps the biggest event to happen in Europe in 2015 was the great migration crisis. When the German Chancellor Mrs Merkel said ‘All migrants are welcome’ the floodgates were opened. Only Hungarian Prime Minister Victor Orbán challenged her with his fence.

Article quiz: Students quiz each other in pairs. Score a point for each correct answer. Score half a point each time you have to look at the article for help. See who can get the highest score! Student A questions: 1) What is ISIS? 2) Who is Benjamin Netanyahu? 3) What happened in January? 4) What happened in March? 5) What does ‘pussyfooting around’ mean? -- Writing/Speaking: In pairs. On the board write as many words as you can about ‘2015’. One-two minutes. Compare with other teams. Using your words compile a short dialogue together. -- Discussion; Fap fill: Grammar; etc.