{"id":29100,"date":"2024-10-15T13:51:40","date_gmt":"2024-10-15T11:51:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/?p=29100"},"modified":"2024-10-16T05:06:37","modified_gmt":"2024-10-16T03:06:37","slug":"asias-only-latin-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2024\/10\/asias-only-latin-town\/","title":{"rendered":"Asia&#8217;s Only Latin Town"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>B2 &#8211; Upper Intermediate<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Traveling to a country where one shares a common language can significantly enhance the overall experience. While English serves as a lingua franca in many regions, immersing oneself in a culture that speaks the same language offers unique advantages. This shared linguistic foundation can facilitate smoother interactions and foster relationships that might be challenging to establish in an unfamiliar language.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Visiting a country where one&#8217;s native language is spoken allows for enriched travel experiences through effective communication and cultural immersion. Such interactions are invaluable in cultivating empathy and global awareness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Watch the video and explore a little culture of a city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Asia&#039;s Only LATIN TOWN (They Speak Spanish Here)\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/voOCSj4OF9M?wmode=transparent&amp;rel=0&amp;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Vocabulary Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>What does \u201c<strong>creole language<\/strong>\u201d mean?\u00a0\u201c<em>It\u2019s widely considered as the world\u2019s oldest <strong>creole language<\/strong> and as a Spanish speaker myself, I\u2019m completely fascinated by this stuff.<\/em>\u201d Create a sentence with this term.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What does \u201c<strong>to be<\/strong> <strong>drawn into<\/strong>\u201d mean?\u00a0\u201c<em>It&#8217;s been years since I wanted to visit Zamboanga. Not only because it has the coolest name or unique location in the southwestern point of the Philippines, but I\u2019ve always <strong>been<\/strong> <strong>drawn into<\/strong> its culture.<\/em>\u201d Give two (2) synonyms or similar expressions and use &#8216;to be drawn into&#8217; in your own sentence.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What does \u201c<strong>to make one&#8217;s way<\/strong>\u201d mean?\u00a0\u201c<em>In 1521, the Spanish <strong>made their way<\/strong> to this archipelago of 7,641 islands and stayed for 377 years.<\/em>\u201d Create a sentence with this idiom.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Discussion Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>What is your reaction to the only &#8216;Latin town&#8217; in Asia?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Share your thoughts on creole languages? <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What would you do if you had to travel to a country where its people don&#8217;t know how to speak neither your language nor English?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Have you ever visited a society where most people speak only one language? 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