Learning activity 1 / Actividad de aprendizaje 1

Evidence: Vacations around the world / Evidencia: Vacaciones alrededor

del mundo

In this evidence you are going to read an article about the way people around
the world spend their vacations. Then you have to do a description about the
way people spend their vacations in your country and answer the questions. /
En esta evidencia usted va a leer un texto acerca de cómo pasan las personas
sus vacaciones alrededor del mundo. Luego debe hacer una descripción sobre
cómo son las vacaciones en su país y responder las preguntas.

A. Read this article about vacations around the world. / Lea este artículo sobre
vacaciones alrededor del mundo.

Vacations around the world

Vacation time is a very important part in the life of all people in the world.
People from different cultures spend their vacations in different ways. The
number of vacation days ranges from 10 to 30, being the Europeans such as
Germans, French and Swede the luckiest for having 30 days of vacations; the
Latin American countries with a big number of vacation days are Brazil, Panama
and Peru with 25 days. The unluckiest country is China having just 10 days and
being vacations not mandatory. Taking into account this aspect, people can
decide what to do and how to enjoy their vacations. Let’s see what people from
Germany, Brazil and China say about their future vacations.

What are you going to do in your next vacations?

Lauren Freudberger (Germany)

I want to visit some friends all along
Europe. First, I’m going to France to
visit my friend Jan Pierre in Lion, I’m
staying for a couple of weeks there.
Then I would like to go to Italy to visit
my cousin Florentina, I’m going to
Venice with her. Finally, I want to go
to England to spend one week with Fuente: SENA
my family that live there.

Pablo Molina (Brazil)

Well I’m planning to go to Rio and
spend a week there, I have my
girlfriend there and we are meeting
the first week. Then I want to know
Colombia. I haven’t been there and
my friend told me is a great
destination. Finally I am staying
home and rest for the last week Fuente: SENA
before starting my work again.

Wangshenbing (China)
In general, I don’t have much time to
travel, I want to sleep late, I’m going
to eat out with my family, and I’m
going to buy some things that I need
for my house.

Fuente: SENA

B. Based on the previous article, answer the following questions: / Basado en

el artículo anterior, responda las siguientes preguntas:

1. Which aspects do you think play an important role in deciding what to do

on vacations?

In my case the first thing is to rest, I have the opportunity to look for a
better job, money is an important factor for an excellent vacation where I
include my preference, among those the weather, the exploration of new
cultures, I can think of something more basic but nice Share in family at
family dinners, go to the movies and share in the same city. Always
looking for the goal that is to rest.

2. What do people like to do the most on their vacations?

Rest of the routine, sleep, explore the cuisine, visit different and exotic
places, travel, go shopping and the activities that the city or destination.

3. Which plan do you like the most and why?

Go to movies, because I like entertainment, travel because I can think new

things and breathe totally different air to be used, I love everything related to
new cultures.

C. Write a short paragraph about how is the vacation time in your country.
 Include information such as the typical number of days a person gets for
vacations, the most common activities people do, and the famous places
people visit. / Escriba un párrafo corto acerca de cómo son las vacaciones
en su país. Incluya información como el número típico de días que una
persona tiene para vacaciones, las actividades más comunes que las
personas hacen, y los sitios famosos que la gente visita.

In Colombia it is usually 15 days of vacation, the people of my country love to

travel, they like entertainment like visiting museums, cultures of other cities,
exploring the gastronomy, in Colombia there are several tourist sites, the main
one is Cartagena de Indias , a city where they find pre-Columbian history, some
beautiful beaches, in Santa Marta we will see an exotic place that is the beach
of baru where the beautiful sea meets fresh water, with that river where they
can choose their preference, we can not leave behind the gastronomy of our
pacific region, another place is our amazon region, where we find great variety
in flora and fauna. We can not leave behind our capital Bogota, where we find
the 2 largest hills; Monserrate and Guadalupe, discover history with the amount
of museums, go shopping, Colombia is a place to travel with family and live
unique moments, there are many more places to visit but Colombia attracts
people for its gastronomy, for its beaches.

Criterios de evaluación
 Usa términos y expresiones relacionados con las vacaciones, teniendo en
cuenta la estructura gramatical, vocabulario y contexto requerido.

 Usa “to + infinitive” al expresar un propósito teniendo en cuenta la

estructura gramatical, vocabulario y contexto requerido.