1.

NAMES:
Jenni Marcela Gonzalez ID: 711727
Fabian Melchor Arismendi ID: 715281
Miguel Angel Correa ID: 711659

2. AGES:

3. Please, write three touristic places you have visited in your country.

COUNTRY PLACE 1 PLACE 2 PLACE 3

FRANCE Canada Belgic Suzie

JAPAN Hawaii Corea Taiwan

BRAZIL Portugal Angola Mozambique

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. Never eat on the subway.
2. Don't walk on the right.
3. Don't get on the bus from the front.
5. Answer the following question:
Brazil: you should walk around with
Kleenex/paper tissues on your bag to
sneeze your nose in public.
1. Do not ride night buses.
2. Buy in the São Paulo market
without asking prices.
3. Buy in the São Paulo market
without asking prices.
France: you shouldsay “hello” to
strangers by shaking hands.
1. Christmas markets in France.
2. French champagne and French wine
are two of the typical drinks of France.
3. It is customary in France to greet
each other with a firm handshake, but
not excessively.

How long have you been learning English?

Pen pal from Japan's answer: It takes the average student between 18 months and two
years to pass a level.
Pen pal from Brazil's answer: in approximately 9 months and divided into 7 times of 50
hours.

Pen pal from France's answer: if we study about 4-6 hours a week, making a total of
about 600 hours, spread over about 3 years, for example.

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

Example: We have watched English movies with closed caption in English.

A. We consult with teachers who can teach us English.

B. Listen to songs in English.
C. Learn with your ears, not your eyes. Learn with your ears, not your eyes.
D. Study the same stories in different verb tenses.
E. Do “listen and respond” exercises, not listen and repeat.

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

Example: We want to learn English because we want to study abroad, learn many things
about other cultures and enjoy the advantages of communicating with new people
around the world.

Without a doubt, mastering English is essential to have a better chance of finding a good
job, if we master the English language we will have access to a more complete education
and we will be able to consult a greater amount of information than if we limit ourselves
to mastering only our native language, We could access new cultures is always an effective
way to continue learning and growing as people, to travel around the world, there is no
better way to invest your time and money than to learn and master English.