Video guide
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Focus on Inviting and suggesting, present simple
Universidad Estatal a Distancia
Vicerrectoría Académica
Dirección de Extensión Universitaria
Language Center - English Program
Costa Rica the happiest and greenest
nation in the world
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSrsjpQEWvY
A. BEFORE YOU WATCH
In pairs, answer the following questions.
1. What is your favorite place in Costa Rica?
2. What places of Costa Rica do you know?
3. What places would you like to know?
4. What activities can you do in: the mountains, the beaches, the city or in the countryside?
5. What do you think are some of the best attractions in our country?
B. VOCABUALRY:
Due to: (adj.) caused by:
His illness is probably due to stress.
Satellite: (noun): a natural or artificial object in the space that goes around a bigger
object:
Satellites take pictures of the weather.
Investment (noun): the act of putting money in a property, business..:
Foreign investment in the country is the state’s economy.
To spend (verb): to give or pay money for something. To pass time:
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I want to spend the weekend in my parent’s house.
Available ( adj. ) : things you can get or buy. Free to see, talk, ..
Costa Rican beauties are available for all the people.
Mortality rate: expression used to describe the number of deaths in a place:
The mortality rate in that country is the lowest in the region.
Army (noun) : the military forces of a country:
She joined the army at the age of eighteen.
Distinguished (adj.): important and respected:
I have some distinguished guests
Stunning (adj.) : very attractive or impressive.
She’s a stunning woman.
C. WHILE YOU WATCH:
One of the most beautiful countries around the world is Costa Rica. It contains a lot of
attractions, natural beauties and thousand of species. Moreover, there are thousand
activities people can do.
The length of its territory allows people to get to know different climates, places, cultures,
animal species, types of food and many other things.
1. Watch the video. What are the things you would like to know of our country?
2. How would you describe our country to a person that has never been here?
3. What activities would you recommend to your partners to do or not to do?
C.1 Listening for specific information.
a. Mark T (true) or F (false) next to each sentence, according what you hear in the video.
Correct the false ones.
a. (
) Costa Rican territory is only 25 000 square miles.
b. (
) You can know Costa Rica in a few days.
c. (
) Costa Rica Has a Tropical weather due to its location.
d. (
) Something that is not attractive to visitors is the ticos.
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e. (
) water, telephones and electricity are not available everywhere.
f. (
) Costa Rica doesn’t have an army since 1949.
g. (
) Costa Rica exports traditional products.
h. (
) Costa Rica has one of the most concentrated biodiversity in the
region..
i.
(
) 25 % of its territory is national parks.
b. Complete the following sentences using the information you hear:
a.
Four adjectives used to describe Ticos are:
___________________________, ___________________________
__________________________ , ___________________________
b.
This is the phrase that best describes the experience of visiting Costa Rica:
___________________________
c.
Three characteristics that distinguish Costa Rica for the rest of countries in the
region: ______________________, ____________________________ and
__________________________
d.
The mortality rates is the lowest in our country due to______________________
e.
Why have tropical illnesses been eradicated for Costa Rica?
f.
International investments are in Costa Rica because the ___________________
g.
These are three things this country exports: ______________________,
______________________ and _______________________.
4.
Answer the following questions:
a. What are 2 characteristics of the Pacific coast?
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
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b. What can visitors find in the northern region?
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
c. What has inspired Caribbean food?
__________________________________________________
d. What activities can you do in the central valley?
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
D. PRODUCTION.
Pair work. Situation:
Student A is a tourist who wants to visit some places in Costa Rica.
Student B is a tico who travels a lot to all Costa Rican touristic places.
Student B invites student A to visit some places and gives different suggestions
about them.
Student A asks for information about the activities and attractions in the places st. B
suggests.
Useful language:
What about going ..
I think..
Would you like to..?
I prefer..
I’d like to invite you to..
I like… better
Let’s go to…
I’m sorry I don’t like…
Why don’t we go to..
Don’t forget to…
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