1.

NAMES: ZULEY ALEXA AGUILAR URREGO

DIANA SOFIA RUIZ MARTIN
VALENTINA SALAZAR MARTINEZ

2. AGES: -31 YEARS OLD

29 YEARS OLD
18 YEARS OLD
3. Please, write three touristic places you have visited in your country.

COUNTRY PLACE 1 PLACE 2 PLACE 3

FRANCE JULES’S VERNE PALACE OF DISNEYLAND
RESTAURANT VERSAILLES PARIS
JAPAN MONTE FUJI ISLAND OF SHIRAKAWAGO
MIYAJIMA
BRAZIL PORTO BAY RIO DE JANEIRO ARCHIPELAGO
FERNANDO DE
NORONHA

4. Name “Faux pas” (cultural rules) and traditions foreigners should keep in mind
when visiting your country.

Japan: you should not wear shoes
inside a house.
1. You must not throw trash on
the street because Japanese
think that keeping the streets
clean is a common good.
2. You should take off you
shoes at the moment you
come in the home because
that is how they keep it clean
3. You must use the face mask
because Japan is a country
with high levels of
contamination and you can
also use it for avoiding a flu.
Brazil: you should walk around with
Kleenex/paper tissues on your bag to sneeze France: you should say “hello”
your nose in public.
to strangers by shaking hands.
1. In Sao Pablo city, you should
1. YOU SHOLD BE POLITE WITH THE
kiss on the left cheek when
FRENCH CITIZENS
you greet each other.
2. TO GREET EACH OTHER, YOU
2. you shouldn´t touch your SHOULD GIVE A KISS ON THE CHEEK
food with your hands. It is a
sing of bad manners. 3. YOU SHOULD RESPECT FAMILY
MEALS, ESPECIALLY DINNER
3. you shouldn´t make a circle
with your thumb and a finger
because it is very offensive.

Answer the following question:

How long have you been learning English?

Pen pal from Japan's answer: Valentina has been learning English since she was in school.
Pen pal from Brazil's answer: Sofia has been learning English since she was in school but
she restarts again classes at the last semester in the university.

Pen pal from France's answer: Alexa has been learning English for 6 years.

5. Write a list of five activities your group has done to learn English.

A. We have listened to music in English to improve pronunciation and learn more

vocabulary.
B. We have watched English – speaking movies with closed caption in English.
C. We have searched words in the dictionary.
D. We have written down words on post it to see and remember then.
E. We have watched videos on you Tube in English

6. As a group, write about the reasons why it is important for you to learn English.

WE WANT TO IMPROVE OUR ENGLISH SKILLS BECAUSE THIS LANGUANGE WILL GIVE US
THE OPPORTUNITY TO IMPROVE OUR PROFESSIONAL LIFE, ALSO THIS IDIOM WILL GIVE US
THE OPPORTUNITY TO SET UP BETTER SOCIAL AND BUSINESS NETWORKS ALL OVER THE
WORLD.