Pontificia Universidad Javeriana

Facultad de Comunicacin y Lenguaje

Departamento de Lenguas
Cursos de Servicio

Name: ANDREA CAROLINA MOLANO DUARTE

Date: Novemeber 14th-2016
Teachers name: HAROLD CASANOVA

VIRTUAL ENGLISH 1-2 1630-HMCG

Task 1. Read the following mail and write a reply in the space
provided below. Write 80-100 words ( 40 points )

Dear Lisa,
Im really happy to know youre going to come to my country, its a country
place and you must know it.
The first place I would recommend you is Cartagena, this place has a colonial
architecture that makes it very romantic, the weather is incredible, is very hot,
and you can enjoy the beach.
Another beautiful place to know in Colombia is Medellin, this is a modern city
with many parks and places, as they are: Parque Arvi, in this place you can
enjoy the peace that finds you when you are sailing above the city.
Of course I must recommend you my city, Bogota, here we have a lots of
museum and the centre of the city, specially La Candelaria, has a colonial air
that makes you fell at another time, unlike Cartagena and Medellin, Bogota is a
cold city, especially at this time of the year.
I hope you get all my recommendations.
See you soon

From: luckylisa100@totmail.com
Subject: travel doubts
Hi my dear friend,
As you know vacation season is coming and I want to have everything ready
for my trip to Colombia. This is my first time there and I would like to have
some recommendation in terms of places to visit, where to stay, kind of
weather and clothes to wear and things. It will be very helpful to know the dos
and donts for being in Colombia.
Your advice will help me a lot because you are the only Colombian person I
have contact with.
I am looking forward to your answer.
Best regards,
Lisa

Task 2. You are going to write on your last vacation trip. (100-120
words) Write a paragraph giving your opinions and reasons to support
it. (60 points)
Begin with a sentence like this:
My last vacation trip was
Use the pictures to write about:

My last vacation trip was the best Ive done ever; I went to London!
The trip began with a long plane ride from Colombia, it took almost 20 hours,
because I had to do two connections. When I finally arrived I was amazed how
wonderful and different this city is, I loved the architecture, the people, the
weather, everything.
I lived with a host family, what is incredible because you can improve the
language and at the same time you can have a real rapprochement with the
culture, I loved how polite are the English people. In the first days I loved the
food, I think because I was excited about the trip, but with the passage of the
time I began to dislike it, I am used to eat a natural and homemade food, but
everything in London was processed and fast food.
In my stay in England I was able to know several cities and to perform different
activities that I had never done, such as surfing, which made me really happy. I
really enjoyed my time in England and I hope to have the opportunity to go
again soon.

Criteria

Descriptors

Content and
register

Easy to follow, clear,

relevant,
appropriate level of
formality, length
Range of vocabulary
and expressions,
new vocabulary,
adequacy
Grammatical
accuracy, structures
Logic in the
sequence of ideas,
support of ideas,
cohesive devices,
coherence
Handwriting, layout,
punctuation,
spelling,
capitalization

Vocabulary

Language use
Organization

Mechanics

Total
Score
(over
100 pts)
24

Task 1
(40 pts)

Task 2
(60 pts)

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20

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16

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MARK PER TASK

FINAL MARK