Task 4 - Talking about past events: story, video, and assessment.

By:
Lorena Villegas Alzate

Facultad de ciencias de la Educación

Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia
Intermédiate English II 551012A_764

Tutor: Juliana Alzate

Bachelor in English as a foreign language

November 9th of 2020
Task 1: Reporting past events

An adventure as a couple

This trip was in 2018 in the month of September, which was planned with my husband after

several trips that were made within the country, we felt the need to know places outside the

country, new cultures, different foods and the best of all was that the return had no date.

Since our plans were to meet up and if we liked it, we would stay the necessary time to

enjoy those wonderful places without worry and we had the expectation of new adventures

to live, new people to meet along the way, which happened wonderfully.

This adventure started in Bogota since on the day of departure we said goodbye to friends

and family, we packed what was necessary for the trip and with our savings we left happily

one night on September 28, the next stop was in Paris, there we ate delicious food, The

famous pizza and others, that day we put our bags and asking questions we arrived at the

Eiffel tower, that day I understood the importance of English in my life as a traveler since

we defended ourselves with the little English that I understood, all the stay in Paris we

spoke English For any concern or relationship with others, on the second day we met a very

nice couple of travelers and we became friends, we shared and laughed a lot, they spoke 5

languages which captivated me and motivated me to understand other languages to be able

to access other cultures already It is better than knowing other countries to speak their

languages to avoid setbacks and enjoy more.

The next day we continued with our trip to Madrid Spain, there a cousin was waiting for us

to arrive at his house and begin with the tour of the best places in this city, we went to the

royal palace, Almudena Cathedral, Retiro Park, Stadium Real Madrid and many more

places we went every day.

We arrived in that city in winter, which was another experience in the snow, we took

advantage of this time to go to the hill and there we played with the snow we shared with

friends, Christmas was also different because in that country they do not celebrate

Christmas the same, it is less enthusiastic they celebrate more the 6th of kings and

obviously we celebrate it there with their traditions and their parades.

The days we spent in those places were wonderful, we even found temporary jobs there,

with these jobs we managed to save and pay for other expenses as time went by we got to

know the surrounding towns and their cultures, one of the towns that most called us The

attention was Segovia for its majestic streets and its historical aqueduct as a world

reference, there we walked its streets and listened to its ancestral stories, and thus we felt on

the other side of history, which was fantastic since in Europe they talk about the conquest

or discovery of America as a heroic feat. . Although our reality was different, this took us to

the other side of history since previous months we were on a historical tour of Cartagena in

the walled city listening to how our brave men defended the territory from an invasion,

from the excesses that our women lived through. . In foreign hands, that was our experience

on both sides of history, a relevant and unique event for us, I remember many conversations

with countrymen in Spain that led to the same thing about the wonders of our country, the
resources, the customs and many things that we They make us unique and privileged, that is

why this trip led us to meet our roots, history and value our country and other riches that we

must value more and more

That trip brought us wonderful experiences, in which we learned about other traditions and

cultures, traveling to other places opened our minds to new possibilities and experiences,

these places remained in our hearts but this trip ended after a long 3-month vacation where

our home called us back to continue with our lives and our loved ones, therefore we

decided to return, my husband bought the return tickets with a stopover in Bogota to rest

and on that return trip we brought memories, photos and good experiences , which was an

incentive to keep working and saving for a next trip.

Task 2: Make a video

https://youtu.be/EeJfu7qhHTY
Task 3: Group Interaction

Name of the Corrections of Personal opinion Personal opinion Corrections of

group´s partner. grammatical of the story. of the video pronunciation
mistakes mistakes
Diana Maria the text has few To begin, I want Personally, this
Jaramillo errors but to acknowledge video seems to In the video the
contains some your courage in me to do since it pronunciation
aspects that are this trip, since shows the errors are few, it
not appropriate leaving the comfort in which shows
in coherence for country to meet you appear in preparation and
example when it new things, new the video, your good fluency,
says languages is story is very congratulations
“My story I want something risky interesting and
to talk about its and even more even more
my last trip so to face those accompanied by
far”, it would be situations alone, images and
better: I want to but I am glad anecdotes that
talk about the that you have you have a lot of
history of my last healed wounds property and
trip so far, in this and that you are excellent fluency
case it is more found in love.
coherent, it is I'm happy for
only a suggestion you
for future texts,
that's my
opinion and
congratulations
on your work

Juan Pablo commitment and remember I love your Your video is

Morales effort are compound resources in the very explicit and
evident in your words for video, your although we all
production, example lying costumes, the have fillers you
although you down, since background should try to
should take into being composed music, you are control that a
account to avoid the mere fact of very creative and little more so
repeating some not being the story is very that your speech
words for accompanied interesting is better,
example: "We can change the because it is
had had a lot of meaning, and good and your
fun during those punctuation pronunciation is
five days" marks such as good although
commas, points you should avoid
among others some words in
 must be very Spanish for
well located to example when
fulfill their you say waffles
function, but with sauces, you
they are very name the sauces
few errors, in Spanish, but in
congratulations general it is a
very good video
and very good
narration and
costumes,
congratulations
Carlos Sanchez In my opinion, Your video has Your video is
your text is your story leaves very good quality very explicit and
coherent, with very good and allows you the
cohesion, do not teachings since to enjoy the pronunciation
find prominent we must take story and your errors are not
errors .excellent advantage of tranquility you major but
work family time, transmit it with a remember the
healthy habits lot of nature, pronunciation of
and above all excellent work activities to
enjoy life and and very good avoid future
health since we anecdote errors with this
do not know same word in its
what destiny pronunciation, I
holds for us and encourage you
life is too short because you are
to waste it with on the right track
false people that
they give us little
or nothing good
Wilfredy Remember to Your text tells a I love hearing Your video
Mosquera use prepositions very difficult these stories exposes the
better to make story and with happy most important
the text more touches the endings, because aspects of the
pleasant as most interesting you were lucky story but
advice, to others thing, which that it was not remember to use
with expressions makes it more worse, thank you the time well on
such as "I bought captivating as a for your sincerity occasions that it
the travel ticket story, and it is in the story and requires,
and the real one those events excellent setting likewise take
started there". that are not of the video into account
you must be forgotten and connectors that
careful with leave important improve the
words like "real" lessons. story and the
and its function prepositions that
in the sentence are prudent in
so as not to
 distort the these cases,
central idea excellent work

Bibliographic references

Declerck, R., Reed, S., & Cappelle, B. (2006). The grammar of the English tense system: a
comprehensive analysis (Vol. 1). Walter de Gruyter. . 4. The absolute past tense. (pp. 195-
207). Taken
from: http://bibliotecavirtual.unad.edu.co/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx
?direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=174389&lang=es&site=eds-live&ebv=EB&ppid=pp_Cover

Declerck, R., Reed, S., & Cappelle, B. (2006). The grammar of the English tense system: a
comprehensive analysis (Vol. 1). Walter de Gruyter. . 6. The present perfect vs the
preterite (pp. 317- 330). Taken
from: http://bibliotecavirtual.unad.edu.co/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx
?direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=174389&lang=es&site=eds-live&ebv=EB&ppid=pp_Cover