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Gorgona Island Context: We Are in A Channel Radio, To Talk About The Paranormal Things Wich Took Place in The
Gorgona Island Context: We Are in A Channel Radio, To Talk About The Paranormal Things Wich Took Place in The
Context: We are in a channel radio, to talk about the paranormal things wich took place in the
Gorgona island.
Interviewer.
Scientific:
The esceptic:
Hernán Plaza Rodriguéz: Psycologist who was in the prison in1963: (Hubo un guerrillero quien mató)
Libardo Medina, profesor que vivió en Guatpi y visitó la prisión. He said that he heard strange
sounds, and he believed they were Ghosts around the prison. Although, he realized it was a monkey.
b. Culture: Explain how the issue relates or responds to Colombian culture. (Why
did this belief appear?) (Juan C)
c. Influence: Discuss how it influences our behavior, how it has an impact on
Colombians’ daily reality. (Javier Monsalve)
1. The influence of this place, considered a magic place is that, this
prison represented a way to replace the death penalty. This caused a
impact in colombian people during 1950 until 1984. They created
mysterious and paranormal stories about monsters. And it was a
lesson to criminals to avoid doing crimes. Even now, the Gorgona
Islan has a big influence and curiosity to know the place that a horror
prison. People still think that there are ghosts around this island.
2. Write a script: Write a script of the interview. In the interview the expert should talk
about the topic following the host’s questions and commentaries (remember to equilibrate
the interventions so that every member of the group speaks enough, avoid having an
interviewer that only asks simple questions). To develop the topic, you must cover the
following items:
3. Record: Find a quiet space to record the interview. The audio shouldn’t be longer than 5
minutes. Remember to sound natural, doing your best to simulate the situation. The more
elaborated it is, the higher it will be graded in that criterion.
4. Language: You must use from time to time the grammar topic of this unit: modal verbs
and past modals, mainly those associated to deduction and hypothesis.
Here I present the evaluation criteria. I’m going to give two grades for this task: