In this unit we learned about the holidays in some countries. For example in Mexico people celebrate with mariachis. In China New Year is the longest and most important festivity in the Chinese Lunisolar Calendar.Chinese New Year's Eve, a day where Chinese families gather for their annual reunion dinner, is known as Chú Xī or "Eve of the Passing Year". Thanksgiving is celebrated each year on the fourth Thursday of November in the United States. Historically, Thanksgiving began as a tradition of celebrating the harvest of the year. Also I learned that Carnival in Brazil is very colorful and is a party atmosphere in the midst of a grand parade.Finally, The Eid al-Fitr is a religious holiday of the Islamic tradition. It covers the first three days of Shawwal, and signifies the end of Ramadan.
Also I learned about adjective clauses with object relative pronouns. An adjective clause does not express a complete thought, so it cannot stand alone as a sentence. To avoid writing a fragment, you must connect each adjective clause to a main clause. I learned about reflexive pronouns, too. A reflexive pronoun is a pronoun that is preceded by the noun or pronoun to which it refers (its antecedent) within the same clause.
I learned it through the explanation of my classmates, my teacher's explanation and the information found on the internet. With my classmates, in groups explain about each holiday in different parts of the world. With the help of a teacher present during the class was very easy to understand about Thanksgiving in U.S.A.
These topics were very important for my life, if I traveled to another country I'm sure would have a chance to talk about holidays, a foreigner and thus improve my pronunciation.
Bibliography:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_New_Year
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanksgiving
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eid_al-Fitr
http://www.chompchomp.com/terms/adjectiveclause.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reflexive_pronoun
