Creating a Culture Blog

Creating a culture blog is a creative, different and contemporary activity to improve our skills in a second language. Creative because you will have the opportunity to create an online diary in which you will add all the culture information that calls your attention, and you can even compare it with our Costa Rican customs. Also you can add all comments regarding any reading. Remember writing and reading will increase your vocabulary!

Besides being creative, it is also different. It is not so common to do such an activity in a learning class, and the funniest will be that it will be open for all those who like to read about this kind of topics, and they could even open the discussion for new ideas. That will also increase your skills in the second language!



Finally, creating a blog is a contemporary activity. In 2010 it is common for people around the word to have a blog where they write every little thing that comes to their mind, and even better: you can add pictures, songs and videos. So, you will be interested in finding all this kind of materials regarding your topics and expanding your knowledge. In conclusion, creating a culture blog will be a creative, different and contemporary activity that for sure will increase your skills in a second language.

People and Cardinal Points

Most people do not know cardinal points. Now I know I am not the only one. Two months ago, I had an interview for a job in a tour company. In order to arrive to the company, I had to fallow a direction. It was:450 meters West from the City Hall of Tibás. I had to use my compass because I do not know about cardinal points. Once I started to walk, I did not find the building. As a result, I asked a lot of people from Tibás where the West is. What a surprise! They did not know. Finally, I had to call to the company, and asked what was happening. I had a shock, when I knew that all the time I was Walking in the opposite direction. But it was not my fault because I was using the compass, so what happened? The girl who interview me, told me that sometimes they have that problem. When they gave the address, forty percent of the people get lost. No way! So most of the people found the place. Even with the wrong direction, because It was East not West. That was when I realized that most of the people in Costa Rica do not know the cardinal points.