Jamaica

INSTITUTO CENTROAMERICANO ADVENTISTA |
ENGLISH EXTRACLASSWORK |
Cultural Presentation |
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Cristopher Quirós – Ignacio Morales |
21/09/2012 |

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Index

B
Bibliography 6
ChChristian holidays 4
C
Conclusion 5
Culture 3
F
Food 3
I
Introduction 2
J
JAMAICA 3
N
NATIONAL SYMBOLS 4
S
Secular holidays 4
Sport 4
T
The Language 3

IntroductionThe eleventh grade students will get into pairs made up of one intermediate level student and one advance level student will the purpose of presenting a well-organized presentation along with awritten report of an assigned culture.
This paper should make a presentation about the culture, traditions, religion, food, national symbols and traditions of a country that the pair of students chose.This work was allocated for the purpose of practicing our communication, reading, and different skills in English.
We'll have to use our imagination and creativity to represent and show the differentcharacteristics of the country on display.

JAMAICA
Jamaica is the 5th largest island country in the Caribbean with 10,990 square kilometers in area; it is situated in the Caribbean Sea. The namemeans the "Land of Wood and Water" or the "Land of springs"
Once a Spanish possession known as Santiago, it became English, and later British, colony in 1655 under the name Jamaica. It achieved fullindependence from the United Kingdom on August 6, 1962. With 2.8 million people, it is the third most populous Anglophone country in the Americas, after the United States and Canada. Kingston is thecountry's largest city, with a population of 937,700, and its capital. Jamaica has a large diaspora around the world consisting of Jamaican citizens migrating from the country.
Culture:
The Jamaicanculture is the product of a mixture of cultures that settled on the island of Jamaica. Was formed primarily by the Taino Indians, Spanish settlers, the British missionaries, African blacks and...