Objective: To?enhance?your?ability of presenting and summarizing information clearly and concisely. For this mini-task, you will choose?a city in within your

Answer the following question in it entirety Both in English and Spanish

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Region: Central America 

City Costa Rica 

The city has been chosen already-Costa Rica! Ensure that you read, follow the instruction and understand what you are doing. 

Objective: To enhance your ability of presenting and summarizing information clearly and concisely.

For this mini-task, you will choose a city in within your region and describe it to an exchange student. You must mention the environmental challenges that this city currently faces as well as viable solutions. You will need to do some research to find this information in local websites.

Note: Once students have selected a region, they are required to maintain continuity with this selection throughout all subsequent mini-tasks and their final project. Changing the selected region after mini-task 1 is strictly prohibited. Any deviation from the initial selection will result in penalties during the final project phase. 

• A. English Component
• B. Spanish Component

A. English Component ✍️

Research your city's climate, prominent places, and transportation options. Use reliable local or state websites, city guides, and environmental reports to gather accurate and up-to-date information on the environmental challenges your city is facing, as well as potential solutions. Then, prepare a short outline (100-150 words) summarizing your thoughts and key points. Divide your outline into sections, ensuring a smooth flow from one topic to the next. This will help you stay on track and deliver information in a structured manner.

B. Spanish Component ????

Record a 2–3-minute video in Spanish describing your city to an exchange student and mentioning the environmental challenges that it faces and their possible solutions. Make sure to answer the following questions in your video:

• ¿Cómo es tu ciudad? Descríbela. (clima, lugares, medios de transporte)
• ¿Qué negocios o tiendas visitas con frecuencia? ¿Qué haces y qué compras allí?
• ¿Qué problemas medioambientales existen en tu ciudad?
• ¿Cuáles son algunas posibles soluciones para combatir esos problemas?
• ¿Qué es importante que hagan las personas para ayudar al medioambiente en tu ciudad?

Remember that you are still a beginner/intermediate Spanish-speaker, so errors are expected. The objective is to create a video with informal, spontaneous, original speech in Spanish, so you should not be overly concerned with accuracy! These videos are to help you build comfort with expressing your thoughts and feelings in Spanish, so be creative, be original, and be yourself.  Do NOT create/read from a script for this assignment.