Learning activity 1

Evidence: Vacations around the world

In this evidence you are going to read an article about the way people around
the world spend their vacations. Then you have to do a description about the
way people spend their vacations in your country and answer the questions

A. Read this article about vacations around the world.

Vacations around the world

Vacation time is a very important part in the life of all people in the world.
People from different cultures spend their vacations in different ways. The
number of vacation days ranges from 10 to 30, being the Europeans such as
Germans, French and Swede the luckiest for having 30 days of vacations; the
Latin American countries with a big number of vacation days are Brazil, Panama
and Peru with 25 days. The unluckiest country is China having just 10 days and
being vacations not mandatory. Taking into account this aspect, people can
decide what to do and how to enjoy their vacations. Let’s see what people from
Germany, Brazil and China say about their future vacations.

What are you going to do in your next vacations?

Lauren Freudberger (Germany)

I want to visit some friends all along
Europe. First, I’m going to France to
visit my friend Jan Pierre in Lion, I’m
staying for a couple of weeks there.
Then I would like to go to Italy to visit
my cousin Florentina, I’m going to
Venice with her. Finally, I want to go
to England to spend one week with Fuente: SENA
my family that live there.

Pablo Molina (Brazil)

Well I’m planning to go to Rio and
spend a week there, I have my
girlfriend there and we are meeting
the first week. Then I want to know
Colombia. I haven’t been there and
my friend told me is a great
 destination. Finally I am staying
home and rest for the last week
before starting my work again. Fuente: SENA

Wangshenbing (China)
In general, I don’t have much time to
travel, I want to sleep late, I’m going
to eat out with my family, and I’m
going to buy some things that I need
for my house.

Fuente: SENA

B. Based on the previous article, answer the following questions

1. Which aspects do you think play an important role in deciding what to do

on vacations?

An important role is the time available to enjoy them. The holiday

destination is also important. The place where you are staying is very
important.

2. What do people like to do the most on their vacations?

People like to rest from their occupations, they like to enjoy the place
where they are staying and get to know the city or country they are
visiting.

3. Which plan do you like the most and why?

The plan that I like the most is to leave the city, travel in different types of
transport and know everything about the city that I will be visiting

C. Write a short paragraph about how is the vacation time in your country.
Include information such as the typical number of days a person gets for
vacations, the most common activities people do, and the famous places
people visit.

In Colombia the vacations are 15 days. People like the quiet places near
the mountains with animals and birds. Children like the sea, the sand and
the sun. Other people like to visit monuments or historical places among
these places are the Amazon, the Quindío, Medellin, the beaches of San
Andres and Cartagena. There are also churches like that of Buga and cristo
of the city Cali.