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Good work, people!

Most of you have already posted your draft copies of the report "Images of Argentina".
Remember you should correct the mistakes pointed in the comments box and print it on the template to hand in BEFORE MAY 30th.
This final version together with the previous letter will make up a mark for "Writing Assignments" for the first term.

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See you later today and good luck in this last test (of the 1st term, of course!)

Jimena

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Introduction
My name is Nicolás Levit and I have just done a report of Argentina.
The aim of this report is to present the most popular activities in our country and what the people like. I have interviewed some friends and my family, so i am going to say the things that i learn of ather traditions an preferences . The questions are about food, music . sports
FOOD:
The most famous and eaten food by the people in Argentina is the “Asado” this food consist in different types of meet that are cook in the “Parrilla”. Also like´s very much pizza and empanadas , generally in my family and other houses this food, are eaten on Sundays at night because my mother don´t want to cook that´s way that on Sundays Pizza is very consumed.
Over half say their favourite drink is Coca-Cola in my interview generally coca cola is consumed by adolescents and smaller ages. and the adults like so much wine and beer. (But in this country unfortunately many adolescents drink too this kind of alcoholic drinks)
MUSIC:
The music that is very popular is tango is an Argentinean invention. Here in some neighborhoods like san telmo and la boca this type of music is danced by people that do this to get some Money. Tano gis not so listen by the adolescents (I am the exception). The adolescents use to listen more cumbia, reggeaton and rock bands.

Sports : here in Argentina football is very important for the people specially for men but some women like it also. The majority of the people interviewed is from Boca or River, but there are many teams very important like san Lorenzo, independiente or racing, There are more than one deviational this team are from the division “A” but for example my team is Colegiales that is from metropolitan “B” the other categories are: National “B” , “C” and ”d”
Conclusion
I reailzed that in argentina all the peolpe do the sames things all listen the same music, all are from river or boca and all do the same things. And I also realized that is not the etter music that children listen

Do it By Nicolas levit

Images of Argentina

Introduction

Hello, my name is Matias kujawski and I have just done a report of Argentina.

The aim of this report is to present what is popular in Argentina. I interviewed a lot of people in my family ( mother , father , sister , grandmother and grandfather ) and more than half of my friends . I met with some in tearooms , I met with others at school, and for example two days ago I went to my dad’s office to interview his. I made many calls too!. Approximately 40 people were interviewed by me. The questions concerned food , free time activities , sport and music.

Findings

FOOD:

The majority of people in Argentina prefers Argentinean food ( like the incredible roasts of Argentina) to food from other countries. Here, in Argentina , this roasts are called “asados”.

A lot of people in Argentina like fast-food , especially McDonald’s ( one of the biggest fast-food in the world ).

many people in Argentina also loves pizza and empanadas , pasta is a very consumed food by Argentines.

Over half say their favourite drink is Coca-Cola and the adults like so much wine and beer.

FREE TIME:

Just over 60% of people like going out with friends, watching tv and buying a lot of things in the shopping mall.

The majority of the adults like going to restaurants and 2 in 3 childrends in Argentina like playing computer games.

More than half my friends go shopping every weekend and play computer games every day.

SPORT:

Football is the most important sport for all of the people interviewed , but half of those interviewed said they didn’t like sport

Just under 10% of people prefer another sport to football.

Argentine football is very important both locally and globally and it is known to almost every country in the world. In the Argentine football exist 5 different categoriesà First “A” , National “B”, Metropolitan “B” , First “C” and First “D”.

Argentinean football is the passion of the most of the population in this country. Some of them go to the stadiums every Saturday to watch a football match of their team.

The most important soccer stadium of Argentina is “The monumental” stadium which belongs to the team River Plate.

MUSIC:

About one quarter of the people interviewed prefer Argentine music to that from other countries.

Among my friends , the majority usually listen to songs by British and European singers.

Among my family, just over 70% usually listen to songs by Local singers. Also, many people in Argentina often hear tango.

PLACES TO VISIT: A lot of people say the most beautiful place in Argentina is the Perito Moreno glacier, which is in the south of the country. It is impressive and huge. On the north west, you can find mountains and woods, and in Misiones are located the Iguazu falls, which is the limit with Brazil, in a jungle environment.

Also in Argentina there are many beautiful provinces that can visit, for example: mendoza, cordoba, Entrerríos, corrientes, among others.

Another place much visited by tourists and by Argentines is : Bariloche. It's a very beautiful city which has the characteristic that in winter snows.

Conclusion

I was surprised that many people do not realize sporting activities in Argentina.

I was surprised that most people listen to music from other countries.
I like music from my country and for me we have to listen and support our music, music from Argentina.

The people on Argentina love sports, specially football. It's amazing the passion felt by viewers of the sport in Argentina.

Jimena, yo te lo habia impreso para que veas que lo hice... desde mi casa no me anda el ACCEDER y no pude postearlo antes , asi que te lo imprimi el mismo dia que habia que entregarlo.. por eso lo estoy posteando despues. no me andaba el acceder en mi casa.

Images of Argentina

The aim of this reports is to present what is popular and important in Argentina. I interviewed some of my friends by mail, and I talk about food, sports and music.
Music: Some friends say that the most important type of music is Tango, other says that cumbia. In other countries when you say Argentina they associate with Tango.
Food: The most representantive food is barbacue. Most people of Argentina eats 3 or 4 times a week meat.
Sport: the most important sport in Argentina is Football, also volley, tennis and rugby are prefered by argentina people.
In my opinion, people prefer sports than art or culture.

IMAGES OF ARGENTINA

The aim of this report is to present the most popular activities and what people like. I have interviewed many friends and all the people in my family for two weeks, so now I can do statistics of their preferences. The questions are about food, free time activities, music and pets.

Food: more than half said that their favourite food is roast lamb with any local drink as the well-known "mate". Some of my friends prefer Caribbean food to Argentinian food. They also like tea more and more each day, they think it's amazing!
Free time: Well, in my family there is a wide variety about the thinks they do. The majority of adults like playing Burako in their free time, so they are never bored. More than a half of young people think that shopping is better than parties. The teenagers said that in their free time they go to parties or to the club with friends.
Music: Two thirds of teenagers prefer Argentinian music to that from other countries. The majority of adults like listening Brazilian music because they can dance better. The children in my family usually listen to the radio and the sing the songs they know.
Pets: Dog is the most popular pet in my family, we all have one in our houses. About three-quarters of my friends have a cat. Under a quarter don't like pets.

The most surprising aspect of the report is that people in my family prefer going shopping to parties. I was also surprised to find out that it is quite uncommon for my friends to have a pet.

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The aim of this report is to present what is popular in Argentina. I my bests friends, by chat, in person, and by telephone. The questions concerned food, free time, sport and music.

Food : Most of my friend prefere fastfood like mc donalds, but 2 o 3 of my friends hate fastfood and they prefer another kind of food, like meat "asado" with chips.

Free time: 90% of my friends spend their free time playing computer games or something like that, chat and that kind of activities.
and the other 10% study and study and study

Sports: Most of my friends dont do any sports now, but when we were more younger we played football and basket.
a little part of my friends follow doing sports at the present.

Music: In my family the most heared rock band is La Vela puerca.
My friends prefere national rock exepting 2 or 3 who listen electro.

The averages say that the favorite food is the fast food, and the most popular free time activity is play game or chat.
I dont think It is quite common that people spend all their free time in the computer.

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Images of Argentina

Introduction:

The aim of this report is to present what is popular in Argentina. I interviewed all my family, some of my friends and I went to different popular places to asked people in general. The questions concerned food, free time activities, sport and music.

Findings:

Food: The gastronomy of Argentina is based on meats and wines. The typical meals are pasta, roast, pasties, etc. But usually the majority of the population, in special teenagers, eat fast foods like hamburgers and pizza. Also more and more young people are being vegetarian.


Free time: In my family neither my mother nor my father have much free time because both work every day and in many other families too. More than half of my friends spend their money in the shopping centers or in cinemas. Just under 30% of people go to the theater. They think it has been increasing of price.
On national holidays just over 60% of the population leave the country and the other stay and visit fairs, museums, parks, etc.

Music: The tango is a musical style and it is very popular internationally.
Actually in discos it is quite common for young people listen pop music.
The most famous singers are Britney Spears, Ricky Martin and some others.

Sports: Football is the most important sport for more than half of the people. About one third prefer basketball. The majority of the girls choose hockey or volleyball.

Conclusion:
I was very surprised with the amount of people who leave the country on holidays and also with the increase of vegetarian people.

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The aim of this report is to present what is popular in argentina.
I have an interviewe whit my father, this following quiestions concerned food, sports and music.

Food: in most of restaurants, an usual option is “milanesa con papas” or some pastas, however,
The food that is eaten by the ¾ of the people in capital federal, is meat.
I mean asado, bife or entraña. A lot of people also preffer fast food in Burger King or Mac Donalds.

Sport: the most played sport in argentina is football but in the last two years appeared hockey and rugby in both worldcup of each sport. My father thinks that football will be popular as now in the future. Bascketball has been a succesfull sport after the olimpiadas in athenas.
Emmanuel Ginobili and Nocioni are playing at the NBA after a great cup.
My father also said that in the future, Argenitna will be a powerfull country relationated with sports.

Music: me and my family are agreed that english’s songs are better than ours but we like many songs created by argentinians. Bersuit and Los Piojos are great bands but my father thinks that 80’s songs were the best.

Conclution: argentina will be an excited place to visit in a few years and many people will enjoy sports and national food like (choripan) but my father told : “national music wont be important in our comunity”.
I desagree with that; i think that music will be fantastic in some years.

Images of Argentina

The aim for this report is to present what is common and popular in Argentina. I interviewed a few days ago my friends, my family and another people that I have known since I started this report. I made a lot of questions, by telephone and in person, and the results are incredible. The questions concerned food, free time activities, sports, music and places to visit.

FOOD: Over one half of the population prefer fast food, like hamburgers and hot dogs. Other meals that they prefer are pizza and “empanadas”, it is quite common to go to a restaurant to eat this last two. About two- thirds of the population like argentinian meat, people say that it is the best in the World. On Saturdays many families gather together and enjoy a beautiful day.

FREE TIME: The majority of people like going out with friends. They prefer doing activities like dancing at night or going to the cinema during the day. More than half of my friends play computer games every time and they talk on the phone and Messenger with their friends. Many teenagers and kids have a playstation at home, where they spend hours playing videogames.

SPORT: The most important sport in Argentina is football. Argentinian football is the passion of the most of the population in this country. Some of them go to the stadiums every Saturday to watch a football match of their team. Just a small part of the population don`t like to play any sport. Most people enjoy playing football, basketball, volleyball and handball.

MUSIC: There are many famous musicians like Andres Calamaro and Charly Garcia, and there are a lot of rock bands like “Bersuit” and “La vela puerca”. Most of my friends and family like music very much. You can find people in the street listening to music. Some like music in English, they prefer clasics bands like Queen, The beatles or another british and american singers.

PLACES TO VISIT: A lot of people say the most beautiful place in Argentina is the Perito Moreno glacier, which is in the south of the country. It is impressive and huge. On the north west, you can find mountains and woods, and in Misiones are located the Iguazu falls, which is the limit with Brazil, in a jungle environment.

As a conclusion, Argentina has a rich nature and people is very friendly. I was also surprised that it is uncommon to my friends to sleep in their free time, they are very active. The barbacue is delicios, I recommend you to come and taste the “mate”.

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The aim of this report is present what kind of music people in Argentina listen, what food they eat and what they do at their free time. I interview my friends, my parents and people in school by chat, telephone and in person.

Music: People who is more than 30 prefer nacional and international rock and roll. Most of teenagers listen electro music or Rock too. And a few of they listen "cumbia".

Food: Most of people i interviewed prefer argentinian food like "asado" or maby a big "milanesa" with potatoes. But only less of half say that like vegetarian food like salad or differents types of soja.

Free time: Lot of people like going out with friends to the cinema or to the shopping. A half go to the theatre and buy clothe.

Conclution: I am surprised for the lot teenagers that listen electro music. I think this is strange.
Another thing that surprised me is that the majority of old peolple eat a lot of meat.

Images of Argentina

The aim of this report is to present what is popular in Argentina. I interviewed 10 of my friends, by telephone, and all the people in my family. The questions concerned food, music, sports, free time activities and places to visit.

Food: the 60% of the persons I interviewed said the fast food is the most common food they eat. The 25 % prefer the asado, they like to eat it on weekends. Others said they prefer pastas, pizza and fish.

Sports: in Argentina the most popular sport for the men is football, but sometimes they prefer to play basketball or tennis. The girls like to play other sports like volleyball or handball. Other sport they play is rugby, it is coming very popular.

Music: in Argentina the people listens a lot of kinds of music. The oldest people like the traditional music, like tango, Mozart or Beethoven. The teenagers had a lot of different tastes of music. The girls prefer the pop, electronic music and sometimes rock. The boys prefer the rock, jazz, blues, metal and sometimes electronic music. The international music is very popular too, a 50% said they like it.

Free time: the majority of young boys like to play online games in computer, or in the playstation, or to play football matches in the clubs, parks, etc. the girls prefer to go sometimes to shopping and go out with friends. A 80% said they like to go to the “boliches”(this is something like a disco club) on Sundays. The old people like to do more quiet activities like walk, stay in their houses, go to a club or organize a metting with their friends in a house.

Places to visit: the 70% of the people prefer to go in vacations to the beach. Argentina has a lot of beautiful cities with beach, and the people like to stay there in summer. Other places to visit can be Bariloche, las leñas, or the capital city, Buenos Aires.

Conclusion: I’m surprised about the lot of tastes of music they like. In my country we are more traditional about that. The food is very good in Argentina, they have very good meats, and the pizza is delicious!!! I like to play sports in my free time, I think play computer is a stupid habit, but sometimes I do it.

Gastón

Images of Argentina

The aim of this report is to present what is popular in Argentina. I interviewed all my family by telephone, and my best friends, by chat, or in person, and some by telephone. The questions concerned food, free time, sport and music.

Food: All my friends prefer fast food like hamburgers, chips and pizza. In my family the 60% prefer traditional food like “Asado” or “Empanadas” and the other 40% like “Pasta”.

Free time: Most of my friends, near the 70%, do sport, they prefer football, basketball or tennis and the other 30% prefer watching TV or playing video games in home. In the case of my family near the 60% stay at home watching TV, another 10 % go out with friends to see a film or only to go shopping and the last 30% do sports like football or tennis.

Music: Nearly the 90 % of my friends listen to national music preferently rock music, the other 10% listen international pop music. And in my family the 50% listen rock music and the other 50%, which included all y grandparents and my old family, they prefer tango.

Places to visit: More than the 70 % of my friends interviewed say the most beautiful place in Argentina is the Perito Moreno glacier, which is in the south of the country. The other 30 % said that the obelisk is the niciest part of Argentina. And all my family agree that the best place of Argentina are the Iguazu Falls which are one of the bigger
Falls in the world.


The most surprising aspect of the report is that it seem to be a tradition that the families of Argentina eat “Asado” or “Pastas”. And i was also surprised to find out that it is quite common for the adults to listen tango.

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The aim of this report is to present what is popular in Argentina. I interviewed friends (teenagers).
The questions concerned food, free time, sport and music.

Food: Over 50% of my friends say that the “ASADO” is the tastiest food in Argentina and less of 40 % prefer the MILANESA. About three quarters like go to Mc Donald’s if they have to choose where to go eating. More than half accompany the food with coca-cola.
Free Time Activities: The majority of my friends play or chat with the computer when they have free time. On weekends almost go dancing and around the 7 % that don’t go dancing play computer games.
Sports: Everyone say’s that football is the most popular sport in Argentina. Under the 7% prefer other sports and a lot of them practice football in sport clubs. In the second place the basket is ranked. 3 in 5 say that the best football team in America is Boca jrs.
Music: Most of people like Rock National. The most popular singer is Gustavo Cerati.
Over the 60 % listen music from other countries and the two thirds of them prefer the British group Oasis.

The averages say that the favorite food is the asado and the most popular free time activity is dancing on Saturdays. I didn’t think that almost like Gustavo Cerati as singer.
It is quite common that people play football.

Ya examine las imagenes y no me las deja subir....

sergio

IMAGES OF ARGENTINA

The aim of this report is to present what is popular in Argentina. I interviewed all my family, and my bests friends, by chat, in person, and by telephone. The questions concerned food, free time, sport and music.

Food: most of them prefer traditional foods, but the others prefer fast-food. There are different typical foods like “locro” and “asado”. But 30% of the respondents prefer the pizza.

Free time: most of them (48%) like playing sports like football, tennis, or basketball. Other prefers watch TV or go out with friends. And the 9% go shopping once a week.

Sports: more than a half of people prefer football than another sport. A quarter of them loves orts:basketball and the others are interested in tennis, volley, baseball, between others.

Music: My grandparent loves Tango. My brother and my friends prefer national rock; my mom loves relax music, and my dad queen.

I think the results where near that the once that i expect, I was surprised when I saw that my grandparents loves Tango.

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The topic of this report is to present the most interesting sides of Argentina.
I have interviewed 5 friends and my family (all under 20 years old) about where do they go on vacations, which are their favorite places to meet somebody and their favorite food.

VACATIONS: more than a half enjoy going to the Atlantic Beach, Miramar and Mar del Plata, Necochea, San Bernardo. About a quarter choose going to Santa Teresita, and the rest of them prefer going to the mountains, and the interior of the country (Cordoba and La Pampa).

FAVORITE PLACES TO MEET IN THE CITY: most of my friends prefer going to the shopping center, but about a tree quarter of my family would rather going to a park or to a museum (Parque Centenario, Plaza Francia, Museo de Ciencias Naturales) a quarter prefer the cinema, and the rest of them just go to someone’s house.

FOOD: my friend’s favorite food is fast food, but my family’s favorite food is the homemade (pasta), more than a half think that the healthiest food is the salad and meat, and they really are interested about eating healthy food.

CONCLUTION:
1) I am surprised about that only my parents (within the ones I’ve interviewed) think that healthy food is important. My friends eat all the time things full of grease and their favorite house food is Mc Donald’s, and it’s not really good for their health.
2) The places where they go on vacations are like I had supposed.

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The aim of this report is to present what is popular in Argentina. I’ve interviewed ten of my friends and all the people in my family, by telephone and in person. The questions concerned food, free time activities, sport and music.

FOOD: well over 50% prefer Argentinean food- especially asado- a food very popular here- to food from other countries. The 25% like pizza and the other 25% said that they love fast food (like Mc Donals). Over half said that their favourite drink is wine, preferably which is make in Mendoza.

FREE TIME: more half young people like going dance or spending a lot of hours in the computer chatting with friends. The other half prefer goes to the shopping and spends a lot of many in clothes. The adults that I interviewed said that they like going out, like to restaurants, with friend or family.

SPORT: all the boys that I interviewed answer that their favourite sport is football. About less than quarter prefer basketball. The other quarter said that the sport is not important to them. But the girls that I interviewed said that they love play volleyball and hockey in their clubs.

MUSIC: the majority of adult people I interviewed answer that they love music of the 80th. The young people prefer actually music, like electro, rock or pop. More than a half prefers music which is sing in English than music in Spanish

Conclusion: I was surprised about the result of sport because I thought that less than the quarter of the girls didn’t do any sport. Also I was surprised about the answer of young people when I asked them what kind of music do they listen, and they answer that they prefer music in English than in Spanish.

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The objective of this report is to present what is popular in Argentina. I interviewed friends by messenger.The questions concerned free time activities, sport, food, the perfect place to go holidays, and music.

Free time: Almost two thirds of my friend like going out with friends and playing computers games.It is quite common for girls think shopping is better than playing a sport. A lot of them tend to spend their free time with friends.

Sport: A lot of girls prefer handball to football. However, a lot of boys prefer football to handball.
2 in 5 say that the best football team in the world is Manchester.

Food: The majority of my friends like pasta.The rest like beef.

The perfect palce to go holidays: The question was ¿ beach or mountain?
3 in 5 boys say the best place to go holidays is the beach. The others prefer the mountain.
The boys who say beach prefer Mar del Plata or Pinamar.
All boys who say mountain like San rafael, a place in Argentina.

Music: All my friends prefer music in Spanish, they don’t like music in English.
They like bands such as "Babasonicos" or "Los autenticos decadentes".

I agree with most things in this report, but, for example,I desagree with two things because I prefer chinese's food to pasta or beef and the best place to go holiday is San rafael, a place with mountains.

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The aim of this report is to present what is popular in Argentina. I interviewed my family, a lot of friends and people in general by e-mail and in person, to know what they say about these things: food, music, free time and sport.

Food: the majority of my friends prefer junk food to go to, for example, a restaurant. More than 50% of my family like to go to a restaurant than junk food, like Mac Donalds. And the majority of adult people, I talked to, said that the best food is pizza and asado, and said that it is a tradition to eat that food.

Free time: some friends of mine like music. They play piano, guitar, etc. Over three-quarters of my friends like sports like, football (most of them), basketball, handball, and others.
In my family, 45% like to read books, watch the news, and rest. The other 55% like doing shopping and going to the supermarket. The 75% of the other people I talked to, prefer sleeping to doing any sport.

Music: about a quarter of my family prefer tango to cumbia. The oldest people in my family prefer classic music and tango. And the other part of my family like rock and pop music.
All of my friends like cumbia.

Sport: more than half people in my family like Football. Some in my family prefer Basketball to golf.
All of my friends said that football is the most important sport in Argentina.

Conclusion: I agree with most of the things people said. The most surprising aspect of the report is that it is a tradition to eat pizza and asado and that most of the people said that football is "the sport" in Argentina. I was also surprised that it was uncommon for my friends to sleep in their free time.

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The aim of this report is to present what is popular in Argentina. I interviewed all my family: parents, grandparents, uncles, ants and cousins, by telephone, by e-mail and in person. The questions concerned food, music, jobs/studies and places to visit.

Food: More than half prefer barbecue than fast food. About three-quarters of my family usually eat pizza on Sunday. The majority of them say their favourite drink is Coca-Cola.

Music: All of my little cousins listen to national music. Over three-quarters of the adults say they prefer international music. The best singer ever is Freddie Mercury for less than half of them.

Jobs/studies: 60% of the adults work on full-time jobs. 1 in 15 is unemployed and 2 are independent-workers. About two-thirds of the children in my family usually have good marks at school.

Places to visit: More than half the people I interviewed say the most beautiful place in Argentina is the Perito Moreno glacier, which is in the south of the country. About a quarter went to Bariloche last holiday, and say it’s a beautiful place too.

The most surprising aspect of the report is that is a tradition in most of the families to eat pizza on Sunday. I was also surprised to find out that it is common for the adults to listen international music.

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The Aim of this report is to present what kind of food, sport, music and what the Argentinian people do at their free time.
I intereviewed 10 of my friends and some people in my family, by chat. The questions concerned food, free time activities, sport and music.

Food : Most of the people interviewed prefer “locro” , a quarter say that homemade food, like "tortilla de papa", "guiso", etc, are better. The other people interviewed like fast food.

Free time : More than a quarter people like playing football or play basketball or going out.All the adults interviewed like going out with their families. Just under 5% stay at home and play computergames.

Sport : Football is the most important sport for more than half of the people interviewed. But now the rugby and the basketball are making to much popular.

6 of the 10 friends interviewed begin to practica rugby and basketball in the last 2 years.

Music : The majority of my friends like “Rock Nacional”. The people in my family with more than 40 years like more another type of music like disco music, blues ,tango, etc. In Argentina the international music is to much popular, especially English music.

I think the results of the interview are good. I feel good with the results that are near of what I have expected..

By Alan Aisicovich

Images of Argentina, Raymi Salas

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The aim of this repor is to present what is popular in Argentina. I interviewed my best friends and all the people in my family by telephone, personaly, chat and e-mail. The questions concerned food, free time activities, sport and music.
Food: Well, all the pepople under 40 years old (about three quarters) like fast food and prefer it to other kind of food. Mc donalds is the fast food company most popular at the time of choose. However everybody I interviewed said fast food is unhealthy and they don't go more than one or two times a month.
The other quarter prefer meet and salad. Especially the kind of meet what they call "asado". It's the tipical argentinian food and everybody sometimes eat it. Most of argentinians eat "asado" on sundays lunch.
Free time: The majority of boys like playing football with friends and girls like watching them while all the adults like going to restaurants or coffes Most of girls like going to the shopings, buying clothes and then going to the cinema, however most of boys hate going to the shoping. Nobody of my friends or my family like watching T.V or playing computer games.
Sport: Football is the most important sport for three-quarters of the boys who I interviewed. The other quarter prefer basketball, tennis or swimmings to football. All the girls prefer dance to other sports. But it's beacause they are dancers!
My family said they didn't like sports.
Music: About the haf of my family prefer slowly and pacific music. They said Dido, Michael Bubble and Geoge Michael are they favourite singers.
Among my friends, the majority listen to pop, rock and electro songs by American singers
Conclusion: The most surpising aspect of the report is the number of people who prefer unhealthy food to fruits or vegetables. I also could't imaginate over 70 year-old-people listen american and british singers.

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The aim of this report is to present what is popular in Argentina. I interviewed 12 of my friends and all the people in my family, by e-mail and in person. The questions concerned food, free time activities, music and sport.

Food: well, the majority of teenagers prefer fast food-especially mc Donald’s-to food from this country.
More than half of adult people like the barbecue and under 10% say their favorite dessert is the tiramisu (a cheese desert).

Free time: over three quarters like playing football and watching the matches in the TV. All the adults like going to a restaurants.
Less than half of my friends go shopping every Sundays.

Sport: football is the most popular sport for a lot of the people interviewed. It is uncommon for the teenagers to prefer baseball or hockey.

Music: about three quarters of my family prefer national music to that from other countries. Almost of my friends like pop and international rock.
The most surprising aspect of the report is that a large number don’t like a barbecue .I was also surprised to find out that it is uncommon for my friends to watch TV in free time.

Images of Argentina

The Aim of this report is to present what is popular in Argentina.
I intereviewed 6 of my friends and some people in my family, by chat and in person. The questions concerned food, free time activities, sport and music.

Food : The majority of the people interviewed prefer argentinian barbeque, the "Asado", but under a quarter say that argentinian homemade food, like "empanadas", "milanesas", etc, are better. The other people interviewed like Oriental food and fast food.

Free time : More than half people like playing football or going out with friends. All the adults interviewed like going out with their families. Just under 10% stay at home and play computergames.

Sport : Football is the most important sport for more than half of the people interviewed. Over a quarter of my friends interviewed prefer rugby to other sport. The rest of the people don't like any sports.

Music : The majority of my friends like International Rock & Roll. The oldest people in my family like Tango and hates noisy songs. Under a quarter prefer National Rock & Roll and music in spanish.

I agree with most of the things in this report, i fit in to this people. I'm happy about the results in the interview.

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

Images of Argentina

The aim of this report is to present what is popular in Argentina. I interviewed five of my friends and some people in my family, by telephone. The questions concerned free time activities, sport, food and music.

Free time: The majority of people like going out with friends and playing computers games. The adults of my family like going to the cinema and then going to restaurants. My friends love go to shopping all weekend.

Sport: All of my friends love football. Some people in my family prefer volleyball to football. And the rest of the people in my family don’t like any sport.

Food: Most people interviewed likes food Argentina and homemade (Argentina beef, empanadas). Some of my friends like fast food. And to others like food from other countries. All love to take liquefied.

Music: People of my family prefer listen Argentina music, most likes to tango. All my friends love American and British songs, they don’t like music in Spanish.

I agree with most things in this report, but, for example, I am surprised that my friends not like music in Spanish.

Writing Task

Remember you should post our next writing assignment on this blog before May 23rd!!

It's exercise 12, unit 1. Include words and expressions from Exercise 3 (Statistics and generalizations) and your own findings from family/friends and personal opinions.

Suggested layout:

Images of Argentina

Introduction

Findings

Conclusion

Include a picture too!

Good luck, Jimena

New books

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

Some important 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 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

Next Class

Next Monday we are starting with the new book, English in Mind 3 (student's book and workbook).
Remember to bring the material.

Finish at home what you were not able to complete today, I'll check your scores.

See you, have a nice weekend,
Jimena

More listening activities

Today we´ll continue practising with some situational listening activities.


Try the 6 situations HERE

Check the volume and sound settings before you start.

Bye, Jimena

Passive Voice

This goes especially for Maxi, but of course you can all practise!



Introduction to passive voice, form and use.


Activities with active and passive voice: Passive voice in the past

Good luck! and consult me whenever necessary.

Jimena

Next class

TOMORROW WE ARE MEETING AT THE ENGLISH LAB.

See you there,
Jimena

New classrooms for May

Please pay attention to the following classroom numbers for the month of May.

Tuesday 6th: 3º G
Tuesday 13th: 3º E
Tuesday 20th: 3º I
Tuesday 27th: 3º F

On Mondays and Fridays we are meeting at our usual rooms.
That's all for now, see you later, Jimena

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!

New covers for your Portfolios

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