ENGLISH SPEAKING COUNTRIES AND THEIR CULTURES
Introduction
You will go through an interesting exploration
of countries, cultures, and people from around
the world. The internet trip you are about to start will show you different
aspects of some English speaking countries.
Your group will be assigned one of the five countries
listed below.
South Africa Jamaica Australia New Zealand Canada
The Task
Your group will create a digital presentation using all the information that
you have accumulated throughout your Internet "trip," and prepare an
oral presentation describing your discoveries.
The Process
These are the steps that you have to follow so
as to complete the activity successfully.
A. Search for the information below using the resources
you will find at the end of the instructions as well as magazines, books, and the net. Don’t forget to copy the sources.
1. Locate your country
on a world map using cardinal points (N, S, W, and E).
2. Find the flag of
your country.
3. Find out if there are other languages spoken
and give some examples of vocabulary translated into English and Spanish
4. Main geographical features
.
5. Information about the area,
the population and the density of the country.
6. Main cities and the
most important monuments
7. Economy. Main industries
8. Currency and the
equivalence in Euros.
9. Photos of the most typical food
and festivities .
10. Bibliography.
B. Organize the material you have gathered and create a power point presentation with 12 or more
slides including all the information and pictures, graphics or maps you need.
C. Each group will present their projects to the rest of the class.
Assessment
You will be evaluated according to the different
aspects explained to you in class. Remember you have to respect the deadline.
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