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QUESTION FORMULATION: Personalities

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LEVEL: 180 - 210 ¿Puedes contestar las preguntas usando el vocabulario sugerido? EL SIGUIENTE PÁRRAFO HA SIDO DONADO POR MARÍA PÍA ÁLVAREZ. I met Carmen six years ago at Icpna.  We are good friends because we are kind of similar in several ways.  We are both teachers, we are both married and have a child. Our personalities are also similar.  We both are talkative and a little bit loud! When we talk on the phone, we can talk and laugh for hours.  It's very therapeutic.  We are also very creative.  She loves to bake and she can decorate cakes and cookies beautifully.  I like to decorate my house. I can spend hours surfing the Net for new decorating ideas.  We are also somewhat impulsive; we say what we think.  Sometimes people don't like that but I think it's a quality because, personally, I like people to tell me what they really think.  That doesn't mean that we are impolite but if you want our opinion, we can give it to you. Carmen is also very generous, s

QUESTION FORMULATION: Sports and Pastimes

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LEVEL: 180 - 210 ESTAS RESPUESTAS FUERON DONADAS POR KEN BORSERIO: The most popular sports in Australia are football, rugby, tennis, and swimming. I used to like to play tennis and swim; but since I got older and had a family, I also got lazy and too busy to be involved in any sports. I enjoy watching rugby, tennis and swimming on the television or a live match. I am able to swim but not very well. My wife is an excellent swimmer. The last time I went swimming was last summer at the beach. My favourite pastime is sleeping. I manage to do this every night, sometimes in the afternoons for a half an hour. The other things I enjoy are: Watching movies on television or in a theatre. I only go to the theatre around three to four times a year. Reading fiction novels by famous authors (which I do around once a year). Walking for exercise, which I used to do every afternoon for half an hour. Since being in Peru, I don’t have to walk specifically for exercise because I wal

QUESTION FORMULATION: School Subjects and Majors

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LEVEL: 30 - 60 What majors are popular in your country? / ¿Qué especialidades son populares en tu país? Law and engineering are popular majors in my country. / Derecho e ingeniería son especialidades populares en mi país. What's your major? / ¿Cuál es tu especialidad? I'm majoring in education. / Me estoy especializando en educación. I'm an education major. / Yo soy un alumno de educación. I'm studying education at San Martin university. / Yo estoy estudiando educación en la universidad San Martín. What are your favorite subjects? / ¿Cuáles son tus cursos favoritos? My favorite subjects are math and biology. / Mis cursos favoritos son matemáticas y biología. What classes do you not like? / ¿Qué clases no te gustan? I don't like algebra and trigonometry. / No me gustan álgebra y trigonometría. What classes are you taking this month? / ¿Qué clases estás tomando (tú) este mes? I'm taking two math classes and a science class this month. / Y