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Here you have, general information about one of the most important festivities around the world.

The activity we are going to describe is Unit four: “Let´s celebrate”, fourth grade. The theme of this activity is celebrations of the continents of certain countries around the world, considering a brief description of the country, typical holiday, and its traditional meals.   The general objective is that through the use of digital tools in conjunction with the information available be able generate and expand knowledge about some cultures and festivities held in 13 countries around the world, also to identify and relate them to each other, from this way also form a feeling of appreciation and respect for the different ethnicities and customs that exist in the world. It is focus on developing mainly writing and reading comprehension skills. This activity consists on showing specific photographs and pieces of writing giving specific details about 13 countries and its most important festivity, its typical food, and vocabulary related to the topic. It also include an digital pl...

In present days our students have a vast access to information, but many students do not take advantage of that. Our mission as teachers lay on teaching for those challenging that they might encounter nowadays. One of the fundamental changes in our 21 st century education are the 4Cs: Communication, collaboration, critical thinking and creativity identified in 2002 by The National Education Association a teacher’s organization in the United States. There is a huge importance to include the 4Cs in the language learning classes since English is a lingua franca, an inclusive language for global understanding. language learning seeks for communicative goals , but we should also make our students evaluate their own learning; why am I doing this? That is when we need to practice critical thinking to understand what we are saying and why. In a classroom, we need both teachers and students to understand the importance of group work to facilitate learning, so collaboration too has a sig...