8th grade Oral Presentation SPEECH FOR PRESENTATION

INTRODUCTION (introduccion) 1.- Good morning classmates and teacher. We are going to talk about Colombia. 2.- Good morning for you all. Our topic deals with Colombia 3.- Good morning everyone. Welcome to our presentation about Colombia LOCATION (ubicacion) 1.- The country we chose is in South America. It is surrounded by ____ , ___ , and ___. Its capital city is ________ 2.- Colombia is located in South America next to ____ , _____ , and _____. _________ is its capital city. 3.- Colombia is a South American country which capital city is ________and is next to ___ , ____ and ____. FLAG (bandera) 1.- The Colombian flag has 3 colors yellow, blue and red. 2.- This is the flag of Colombia. As you can see it has 3 colors yellow, blue and red. GOVERNMENT 1.- The president of Colombia is Juan Manuel Santos who was elected in 2010 and finishes his government in 2014 2.- Juan Manuel Santos was elected as president in 2010 and his government will finish in 2014 TYPICAL FOOD (comida y tragos tipicos) 1.- In Colombia the most famous dishes are ____ , ____ and ___. And the most famous drink is _______. 2.- If you go to Colombia, you can not miss _____ , ____ and ___. And to drink you can have _______. 3.- The colombian Typical food is _____ , _____ and _____. The typical drink is______. ***(para invitar a las personas a probar la comida pueden decir lo siguiente) a) Do you want to try some food? b) Do you want to try our typical food? c) Do you want to try the typical drink? FAMOUS PLACES (lugares famosos)

1.- The most important places in Colombia are _____ , ____ and ____ 2.- if you visit Colombia you can not miss visiting ______ , _____ and ______ which are the most important places in this country. 3.- To say that you know Colombia you must see _____ , ______ and ______.

FAMOUS PEOPLE (personajes famosos; escritores, actores, deportistas, etc) 1.- The most famous people from Colombia is The writer; Gabriel Garcia Marquez, the actress; Sofia Vergara and the singer; Juanes 2.- Colombia has many important people as Gabriel Garcia Marquez who is an important writer , Sofia Vergara who is a very well known actress and Juanes who is a very famous singer. 3.- In Colombia there are many famous people such as the writer ;Gabriel Garcia Marquez, the actress; Sofia Vergara and the singer; Juanes. IMPORTANT FESTIVALS (festivals importantes) 1.- The most traditional festivals in Colombia are ________ and ________. 2.- ________ and __________ are the most popular festivals in Colombia. 3.- regarding festivals, the most popular are ___________ and ____________. TRADITIONAL CLOTHES (ropa traditional) 1.- The traditional clothes of Colombia are taken from the people that lives in the countryside. Men usually wear a hat, pants and a white shirt. Women wear a long skirt, a blouse and a hat with flowers 2.- As you can see the clothes traditionally used by women are a long skirt, a blouse and a hat with flowers and by men is a hat, pants and a white shirt. TRADITIONAL MUSIC (musica y baile tradicional) 1.- The traditional music of Colombia is __________ and the traditional dance is______ 2.- Here you can listen to ________ that is the traditional music of Colombia and the traditional dance is__________. CLOSING ( a modo de conclusion para cerrar la presentacion) 1.- We hope you liked our presentation and thanks for your attention. 2.- Than you very much for your attention and we hope you enjoyed what you heard. 3.- This is all we can tell you about our country, we hope you liked it and thanks for your attention.