English Language III

FACULDADE ANHANGUERA DE SÃO JOSÉ DOS CAMPOS















English Language III

English Challenge






















São José dos Campos
2010
FACULDADE ANHANGUERA DE SÃO JOSÉ DOS CAMPOS





















English Essay for English
Course at Anhanguera´s
College.
Teacher:







Students
Luiz Carlos Domingues Branco RA:0980000005
Claudia Helena Pedrosa RA:9292641049
Jackeline dos Santos Ricardo Leão RA:0901339408




São José dos Campos
2010



Introduction



The main purpose of this Essay is to present an general idea on how is based some of Nigeria´s culture and to assure that you can learn more about a language once you head towards the culture and habits.
The students must know that they can learn a great deal from different Countries and different culture.
Learning to respect this differences, I believe is the first step to improve in your leaning process. Many books has been written on the topic of different Countries and cultures however we know that learning from books sometimes can be quite different from the real thing.
Therefore if it´s possible for anyone interested in learning a different language, travelling abroad can be a once in a life time opportunity to develop these skills.

























INDEX






Flag and Geografy 01


Economy, Ethnic, Sport 02

Religion and Food 03

Arts, Music 04

References 05

Exercise 06


































English Language III
English Challenge
Part 1
Step 1


People in the world.

Students:
Luiz Carlos Domingues Branco 0980000005 combra@ig.com.br
Claudia Helena Pedrosa ,9292641049 elennutri2009@hotmail.com
Jaqueline dos Santos Ricardo Leão,0901339408 jakk21@hotmail.com





Selected Country is Nigeria
Part 1
Step 2

People in the World


A – Geographic Information of the Country Federal Republic of Nigeria


Flag of Nigeria

Area: 923.768 km ²
Capital: Abuja
Population (approximate 2007): 137 Millions of. People.
Nationality: Nigerians
Divided in : 36 states.
Localization: West of Mainland African.
9º Nation more populous of the world
City principal: Lagos, Kano, Ibadan, Kaduna e Abuja.
Clime:Tropical on North and Equatorial on South.







B – Economy

Coin: Naira/kobo
(GDP)Gross Domestic Product: US$ 353.2 billion (2009 information)
(GDP) per segment :agriculture 18% ,industry 50,9% ,trade and service 31,1%(2008).
Force of work is:51,04 Millions of people
Principal product exportation :oil end derivate 95%,cacao,rubber.

C- Ethnic

Nigeria is The country given more population of continent African with 125 Millions of the people since your independence in 1960 ,old colony Britannic.

Haussas, Iorubas,Ibos,Fulanis, Tives,Ijos, Buras = 94,5% of. Population and others.
Ethnic Principal is :Haussas,Ibos,Iorubás.65% of population

D- Sport

Soccer Ball is more playing in Nigeria ,But boxing, table of tennis , Basket Ball, swimming, cricket ,hockey, polo, racquet of squash ,wrestling ,weightlifting ,judo,handball.

Religion in Nigeria
Religion in Nigeria just like many multi cultural countries, has a number of religious movements and practices. But Nigeria’s (or naija if you like) religious movements and practices are mainly Christian, Islamic and traditional or indigenous groupings.
In Nigeria the head of the Islamic religion is the sultan of the Sokoto caliphate who along with a number of emirs, preside over the affairs of the religion in the North.
In southern Nigeria there is no recognized supreme religious Authority although majority of Muslims bare allegiance to the sultan, they however also operate independently without necessarily being subjects to him.







Christianity in Nigeria

In the southern part of Nigeria consisting of the Yoruba, Igbo and other minorities from the Niger delta region and parts of the middle belt region that falls into the south of Nigeria, Christianity is the predominant religion.
Up until the late 1980’s most of the Christian religious movements were the orthodox churches such as the Anglican, catholic, Baptist, Presbyterian, Methodists among other church movements that date back to the pre- 20th century era.
These days most Pentecostal churches teach prosperity, earthly success and maximize the use of flamboyant, colourful methods to drive home their points.

There is no known number of indigenous faiths or practitioners however they are not as numerous as the other movements in the big two religions of Nigeria.
Nigerian Food - Green vegetables with aromatic spices.
Nigerian food make up some of the most popular of all African cuisine. They are often in the form of thick rich green vegetables cooked with aromatic spices and garnished with assorted meat or fish.


soup cooking
Examples of these vegetables stews inlcude, Efo riro, Ewedu and Ofe onugbu from Igbo land. These vegetable dishes are eaten with a choice of cassava or yam flour processed into a soft dough with hot water


Some of the common native ingredients used include vegetables like Spinach, Ewedu (jute leaves) and Melon seeds(Egusi), garnishes like shrimps, crabs, stockfish and snails with tomatos, onions and small chilli peppers to make red stew.


Edikai Ikong with Pounded yam
Appetisers include barbecued meat like Asun or Suya and Pepper soup, which is made from a selection of aromatic spices and chilli peppers with meat or fish. I really like Cat fish pepper soup, it tastes really delicious and it’s spicy.
Preparing the foods can be easy once you have the ingredients and the right recipes.
Nutrition wise foods in Nigeria are a combination of high energy inducing carbohydrates as in Yam or Cassava, vitamins and minerals in vegetables and protein from assorted beef or fish.





Art & Culture:
Arts and Culture in Nigeria are as varied as the 374 language groups in the country. The culture of Nigeria is rich in oral traditions , philosophy , rites and rituals, dance, music , fashion and performing arts. Part of the most visible aspects of the cultural heritage of Nigeria includes dress codes of various linguistic groups ranging from clothes long worked with rags tied around the waist and worn over shirts , cloths tied up at the bottom of the body accompanied by head scarves various sizes , shapes and colors.








Arts:
The works in bronze, wood and ivory carvings , pottery, terracotta pieces (from the Nok culture ), the iron works and many others can be found in popular galleries and museums around the world. The others are works in silver and leather , woven fabrics and worked and decorated gourds . Archaeological discoveries indicate that the Nok Culture cultural heritage of Nigeria to date of more than 2000 years .

Musical Art : The various forms of traditional music flourish in Nigeria along with modern forms such as Afro- beat , Juju , High -life and Pop, etc. . Many musicians use traditional instruments while others mix traditional instruments with modern in a new trend.

Reference

BUENO,Silveira. “Minidicionario inglês-português – português – inglês”.Edição Revista e Atualizada.Editora:FTD.

CAMPOS,Giovana Teixeira. “ Minimanual Compacto de Gramática Língua Inglesa,Teoria e Prática”.1ª Edição – São Paulo:Rideel,2004.

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9- ____ your mother Canadian?
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10- _____ you give me a hand?
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11- ___ we working at the same company?
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12- ___ they live together?
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13- What time__ ___ now?
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