Sri lanka's proyect

-This proyect about Sri lanka was made by Ana and Patricia

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AFRICA'S VIDEO ACTIVITIES

ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS

1. Where in the world is Africa?
2. How many times is Africa larger than The United States?
3. How is the savanna defined in the video?
4. Which animals can be found in the savanna biome?
5. Where is located the chaparral biome in Africa?
6. Which are the most famous deserts in Africa?
7. The main natural resources mentioned in the video are .....

1. Africa is located in South of Europe and in Southwest of Asia
2. Africa is three times larger than The United States.
3. The savanna biome is defined in the video as a grassy plain which covers nearly half of Africa. The savanna characterized by scattered trees among a landscape of grasses and shrubs.
4. The most common animals that can be found there are elephants and giraffes.
5. The chaparral biome is located at northern coast of Africa and along the Mediterranean coast and in south of Africa.
6. The most famous deserts in Africa are the Sahara desert, the Namib Desert and the Kalahari Desert.
7. Oil, gold mines and rubber trees.

                                                   FIND THE MISSING WORDS

1.Africa runs 5 000 miles from the Mediterranean sea all the way down to the cape of Good Hope and 4 600 miles from Cape Verde all the way over to Somalia.

2. Biomes are climate zones and throughout that area, throughout that region, you can see the same average temperature and average precipitation what that means is that you also see very similar plants and animals living in that region.

3. The most famous desert in Africa is, of course, the Sahara desert. Now, some parts of the Sahara desert are sandy, like you can see here. Other parts of the Sahara desert are rocky but in either case, the fact that it is very dry is going to make it a very difficult barrier to cross.

4. It is not the rain itself that’s particularly important, it’s also the biodiversity There are many different plants and animals species that can be found in the rain forest and that’s one of the thing that makes the rain forest so valuable not just in Africa but throughout the Earth.

5. The Nile river is the most famous river in Africa, because is the longest river in the world. But there is also the Congo River which is the ninth longest river in the world.

6. Africa actually has its own version of the great lakes with famous lakes like Lake Malawi, Lake Victoria and Lake Tanganyika as well.

7. All the Africa is a plateau. Meaning that Africa itself is an elevated land. But that doesn’t mean you can’t find any mountains in Africa. You can find mountain ranges like, for example, the Atlas Mountains in northwestern Africa.

8. Africa also has some interesting mountains like mountain Kilimanjaro, the highest peak in Africa which seems to just rise on its own out of the ground.

9. The Great Rift Valley refers to a region of Africa that is literally, being split apart. There are some tectonics plates that are located within or near Africa, that are, actually, moving away from each other, and what’s doing is creating not just some of the highest elevations in Africa, but also lakes like Lake Tanganyika that is among the deepest in the world.

GEOGRAPHY: VOCABULARY UNIT 3

KEY WORDS AND TERMS

Population: is a group of people who live in a territory or a place at a particular moment in time.

birth rate: number of births that take place in a population over a year per 1000 inhabitants that occur during a year in a particular place.

death rate: number of deaths that take place in a population over a year per 1000 inhabitants that occur during a year in a particular place.

natural increase: is the difference between births and deaths, and it is expressed as a percentage. This percentage shows if a population is growing, stable or decreasing in size, as well as the rate at which it does so.

infant mortality rate: Is the number of deaths of infants under 1 year

life expectancy: describes how long a person may live in years. It’s an indicator of a country’s quality of life and, as with many other indicators, there are great differences between the situations in different countries.

dependency ratio: it´s a age-population ratio ofthose typically not in the labor force

family planning: people who decide to have a x number of children.

population piramids/age-gender structures: is one way to look at the demographics of a country. Demographics are population characteristics, such as age, gender, race, religion, or language. A population pyramid looks at only age and gender. It is constructed to show how many people in a particular age group are male of female. This is done using a horizontal bar graph. The result is a clear picture of how a country's population breaks down according to gender and age, and where the most people occur according to those two pieces of information.

fertility rate: Is the number of live births by the number of women ages 15-49 in a given year per 1000.

ageing population: the percentage of a worker's retirement income that is paid out by a pension program.

population distribution and population density:the world’s population is distributed very unevenly across the globe. There are certain regions which are truly barren and others which are extremely populated and which have very densely populated areas.

MEDC:more economically developed country (rich countries)

 LEDC:less economically developed country (poor countries)

SELF-ASSESSMENT

The aspects I really liked this term have been the way of giving lessons, they are very entertaining and at the same time we have learned a lot. As well Clarissa’s class it’s very interesting and I have learned new things from other cultures.

What I liked most was the video: “Can´t stop the feeling” it was amazing and I enjoyed a lot.

My strength is the writing because we t many new expressions and vocabulary and that helps a lot. I think my weakness is the translation because I think in Spanish and translate it into English and there are expressions that changes.

I really need to improve my speaking and  participate more in class.

To practise my english outside the class I go to conversation class, I listen music in English and I often watch series in English with subtitles.

In this term I have learned very interesting things such as the growing up in Australia and New Zealand, exchange programs and movie genres. In geography with Teresa I learnt a lot of information about the territories, the natural environment and the historical evolution of world population.

Thanks for this term, Cristina and Teresa!!

What kind of films do you like more????

ENGLISH: VOCABULARY UNIT 2

Hilarious: something it's extremely funny and makes you laugh
Dull: is not too interesting and exciting
Enjoyable: something that gives you pleasure
Entertaining: interests you, or give you pleasure
Successful: something that is popular or makes a lot of money
Blockbuster: is film or book that is very popular
To sink: go down
Income: is the money that they earn or receive
Profitable: something that results in some benefit for you
Release: is a new film that just become available for people to see it
Big business
Just in time:

Bestseller: is a film of which a great number ofcopies has been sold

Awards: prize
Plot: the dialogue
If a film is a hit, it's very popular and successful
Setting: stage
Villain: villano


EXPERSSIONS FOR TALK ABOUT FILMS

•  I was on the edge of my seat the whole time! : This means that the movie was very interesting and exciting

•  The special effects were breathtaking, but the acting left something to be desired

• I have a hard time understanding the dialogue without subtitles

ENGLISH: VOCABULARY UNIT 1

Homesick: when you feel unhappy because you are away from home and are missing your family and home very much
Settle into: you adapt to your new life
Allowed to: give permission to have something
Properly: something it is done correctly and satisfactorily
Yummy!: very delicious
Painful:
Hunt: kill wild animals for food
Australian aborigines: Aborígenes australianos
Didgeridoo: Is a kind of instrument made of wood, and can be two metres long
To die- died -diying: morir
The dead: muerte
It is dead: muerto
It was very tasty: It means that it has a pleasant flavour which makes it good to eat