IMAGES OF ARGENTINA

IMAGES OF ARGENTINA

1-INTRODUCTION.
This report is about the popular things in Argentina.
I asked to my friends and my family.
The questions are about food , sport, free time activities , and music.

2- FINDINGS
FOOD: The people in Argentina are very similar. Most of them love the barbacue, it is very common in Argentina. A few of them lije the fast food for example MC DONALDS , BURGER KING , ETC. But the people eat different types of food, very varied.

FREE TIME: the majority of people sleep in his free time. Other people do diferent activities (sport , instrument, art.). The people don´t have a lot of free time. The teenagers are very particular , they spend a lot of time in computers and video games.

SPORT: Soccer is the most popular sport in argentina.
Millions of people follow it. This sport provokes violence but the people love it. A few of them like others sports, like basket , like tennis , like voley. But soccer is the most important for the people.

MUSIC: The likes of the people are very varied. Some , like international groups, Some like nacional bands.
Most of the people like POP music, some of the people like ROCK music , other like TANGO , a few like CUMBIA music. The people like diferent kinds of music and very varied.

3-CONCLUSIÓN

Iam surprising in music aspect because it is very varied and the likes of the people are very diferent. Later, I am not very surprising in the others aspects beacuse I think very similar to the people. I like the barbacue, I love Soccer and I like very much the nacional bands of Argentina.

IMAGES OF ARGENTINA

Introduction

The aim of this report is to present what is popular in Argentina. I interviewed five of my friends from school, five people in the street and ten people in my family. I made three questions: What is your favourite food? What do you do in your free time? What is your football team?

Findings

Food: Half of them eat barbecue (an argentine habit) on Saturday in the afternoon. A quarter like salads and the last quarter prefer to eat pizza on Sunday nights.

Free time: 90% of the population of Argentina sleeps in their free time. The reason of this behavior is that most of them are tired after a long day work.The other 10% in their free time do any sport.

Football team: The majority in my family and friends are “racinguistas” because racing is the best team in the Argentina. Many players that arrive of Europe settled in racing quickly.

Conclusion

The favourite food of the population Argentina is the barbecue, the majority of people are “racinguistas” and most people sleep in their free time because they are tired.

Images of Argentina - Denise Gol

1- Introduction:

The aim of this report is to present what is popular in Argentina.

I interviewed ten of my friends and 20 children from my school, by the chat and in person.

The questions concerned food, free time activities, sport and music.

2- Findings:

Food: Well a lot of them prefer eating hamburgers, pizza ( Mc Donald, Burger Kind).

Under of 20% like salad and fish. More than the half say their favourite drink is coca-cola.

Free time: Arround two thirds of people like Chating and sleeping.

Just over 10% like going to the cinema and shoppings. 30% play computer games every day.

Sport: Football is the most important sport for more than half of the people interviewed.

About a quarter prefer playing volley to football. 10% like playing volley, and 5% say they don`t like playing sport.

Music: The majority of people prefer listening rock and pop music. Just over 20% listen to songs by American singers.

2- Conclusión

The most surprising aspect of the report is that a large numer like sport, and fast food.

I was also surprised to find out that it is a quite common for my friend to listen rock and pop music.

Images Of Argetina

The aim of this report is to prefent what is popular in Argentina.
I interviewed different people in the street, friends and known people.
The questions were about food, free time, sports and music.

Food: A lot of young people tend to eat junk food, because they say " we don't have time to eat" that's why de first place where they go is for example Mc Donalds. Old people prefer go to a restaurants to have a health's meal.

Free Time: It is quite common for boys and girls to have a computer in their house so in their free time they play on the computer or watch TV. Also, sometimes teenagers and old people like go out to the cinema, or go to the theathre. Almost five young persons love reading in their free time.

Sport: In Argentina the majority of people think, the football is the most important sport, boys and girls practice play in a football team.
Another common sport is tennis but only under a quarter of people play this sport.

Music: More than half young people prefer bands of music from Argentina. The majority of my friends always go to shows and buy all the cds from their favourites bands.

In my opinion, i agree with this people's answers. The most surprinsing of the report is that old people dont used to listen music or go to shows. They said me that they prefer going out to a restaurants.

Images of argentina - Melody Gue

IMAGES OF ARGENTINA


1. Introduction
This report is to present what is popular in Argentina. I interviewed friends, family and some people in the club and asked them about food, free time activities, sport and music.

2. Findings
FOOD: 90% like Argentinean food, specially the “asado”. It is a typical food in this country and it’s meat cooked in a special way. However, half of them like Chinese food and pastas or pizzas on Sunday night. Two thirds like eating “empanadas”.

FREE TIME: The majority like playing sports. 10% like playing some instruments or reading . More and more children like chat on the computer and most of the population use internet for different things.

SPORT: A lot of people like football and it is the most popular sport in this country, but some of them like basketball and the players are very good in the world cup. 15% like other sports like volleyball or rugby.

MUSIC: More then half of them like Argentinean musicians. However, they like English music, like British or American musicians. Less than 10% like center American musician.

3. Conclusion
The most surprising fact of this report is the large number of people who like local food and local musicians.

Images of Argentina

Introduction:
The aim of this report is that people who do not know that is popular in Argentina, know about their food, free time activities, sports and music.
For this I interviewed fifteen of my friends and people in my family, by telephoned, chat and in person.
Findings:
Food: The majority of young people prefer eating meat, pizzas and chicken. They often go to eat junk food, for example: hamburguers,french fries on Mc Donalds and they say that the Coca-cola is the best drink.
More than half of old people prefer eating vegetables and fish and they prefer drinking water, because are very healthy.
Under 20% of people are vegetarian. They only eat pasta and vegetables.
More and more people eat in the shopping mall.
Free time: More and more tenagers like playing computer and chatting. Over 35% of they think that watch tv is the funniest.
It is quite common for old people to go to restaurants or sleep. 1 in 3 adults prefer cinema to shopping.
Sport: The majority of girls like playing handball but a lot of them don't play because it is tiring.
Almost a quarter of boys prefer tennis to basket, but most boys do football twice a week.
Under 10% of those interviewed said they didn't like sport.
Music: A lot of people tendo to spend their money in Cds. A lot of them like listening latin music. 2 in 5 girls think British music is better than Argentinean music.
Half of adults prefer pop music to clasic music.
Conclusion:
The most surprising aspect of the report is that a large number eat junk food and not caring cholesterol.
I was also surprised to find out that many boys think the tennis is better than basket.

Next week

Remember next week you are having a short test on Units 1 and 2. Study grammar, vocabulary and communication from both the student's book and the workbook.
See you, consult me in class this week if necessary,
Jimena

Some dates

Some dates to take into account...

Friday 16th: Study present perfect/simple past, questions with when/how long, and time expressions (ago, last, in..., until, already, yet, still, just,since/for, etc.)

Tuesday 20th: Test unit 1. Just 20 minutes so please bring your books and material.

Friday 23rd: Deadline to post your report "Images of Argentina" (Unit 1, ex 11)

See you, Jimena

New book

Here go some addresses where you can buy English in Mind 3. There are many others, try searching in Internet. Good luck!!

SBS: J B Alberdi 2380, Flores Phone(s): 4637-4336

ACME Agency: Camacuá 87, Flores Phones: 4631-8559

Kel: Av. La Plata 63, Caballito Phones 4901-5647 / 4903-5306

SBS and Kel have a special discount for ORT students.

If you find it is available somewhere else, please tell us on this blog.

Have a nice weekend,
Jimena

Coaching Sessions

As from May 19th, you will have the opportunity to practise and train for your oral exam in coaching sessions here at school.
These are the possible timetables for you to pick the one which suits you best. The sessions are just 15 to 20 minutes long and will mock a real exam situation.
As you did last year, you should go to the English Lab and ask Fernando or Geraldine for an appointment, go in pairs (of the same level, of course).

Timetables:
Mondays: 14.40 to 16 or 16.10 to 17.30
Tuesdays: 14.40 to 16
Wednesdays: 14.40 to 16 or 16.10 to 17.30

Good luck, and consult me if you need to.
Jimena

New Covers for your Portfolios

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New Book

Hi, this is just to remind you about the new material for NEXT WEEK.

English in Mind 3. Student's book and workbook.

Cambridge University Press.

As I told you last class, we are going to prepare to sit for 4th year AACI exam by the end of this year. You will be having a Mid-year exam too, in July, so let's start as soon as possible!

See you tomorrow!