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 alrede
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 vacation?

 Lauren freudberger(germany)
I want to visit some friends all alonge
europe. first" Im going to france ti
visit my friend Jan Pierre in Lion,I'm
staying for a couple of wee's
there.Then I would li'e 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 my cousin florentina" I’m
going to Venice with her. finally" I
want to go to england to spend one
week with my family that live there.

Pablo molina ( Brazil)

well I’m planning to go to Rio and
spend a wee' there" I have my
girlfriend there and we are meeting
the first wee'. Then I want to 'now
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 '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’mgoing to buy some things
that I need for my house.
 B. based on the previous article" answer the following questions5 /
Basado en el artículo anterior, responda las siguientes preguntas:

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

to doon vacations?
R//= The first aspect is the time, i have vacation is easy take a travel around
Colombia but the second aspect is the money, is impossible take a travel
If you don’t have got any pesos.

2. What do people li'e to do the most on their vacations?

R//= the people like eat different food, like a fish if you travel to the to sea or like
To eat patacon if you take a trevol to Quindio or eat empanadas of pipian if
You travel to popayan city.

3. Which plan do you li'e the most and why?

R//= my favorite plan is go to san andres island is fantastic place because the
Ocean is clean the people is cool and the food is perfect, i love go to the
Club.

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
cerca de cómo son las vacaciones en su país. I ncluya
información como el número típico de días #ue una persona tiene
para vacaciones, las actividades más comunes que las personas
hacen, y los sitios famosos que la gente visita.

In colombia number of vacation days is 15 days

Colombians people on vacation often spend time whit their family ,visit their
Friends and visit different places.
The most famous places that visit the colombian population are cartagena
Rosario island, baru island.
In recent years colombian have used their vacations to visit places like
Disney’s parks in Orlando florida.