1.

NAMES:
 Wilson A. Calderon Manotas
 Diana Becerra

2. AGES:
 28 Old years
 35 Old years

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

COUNTRY PLACE 1 PLACE 2 PLACE 3

COLOMBIA SANTA MARTA CARTAGENA BARRANQUILLA

PANAMA PANAMA CITY BOCAS DEL TORO LAS TABLAS

BRAZIL

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

Colombia: we are very cheerful Panama: it is forbidden to drink alcohol on Brazil: you shouldsay “hello” to
and charismatic. public streets. strangers by shaking hands.

1. They have a tradition called the 1.

1. In July they have the tradition of
dianas where they do musical band
celebrating the festivities of the sea.
battles. 2.
2. In November, the carnivals are
2. also has a tradition that is the 3.
celebrated together with Miss
carnival held on the same dates as
Universe.
Barranquilla but are a town called LAS
3. We have a long awaited tradition TABLAS
called the carnival of Barranquilla.
3.

5. Answer the following question:

How long have you been learning English?

Pen pal from Colombia answer: _ I have been learning English for about 1 year since I
started the beginning module until this year. ________

Pen pal from Panama answer: _ I have been learning English for about 8 months since the
beginning of the module until this year. __________

Pen pal from Brazil answer: ________________________________

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. Search tutorials in English.

B. Listening to music in English to know how to pronounce the words.
C. Validate by technological tools meanings of English expressions to translate into
Spanish.
D. Watching series with subtitles in English and Spanish.
E. Putting cell phones in English language.

7. As a group, write about the reasons why it is important for you to learn English.
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 One of the reasons is the economic factor, in order to improve the quality of life.
 To get a job that allows to travel to certain places where the language is needed.
 To carry out cultural exchanges taking into account their language and more
English which would be the universal language at the moment.