Corrections

Maria Jose:

Hello!

The (extra word, it is not necessary) ¨Fiestas patrias¨ are (ww) a typical celebration of Chile (wo). In this day it(extra word) is celebrated the independence day, but(sm) really is the celebration of de firth(misspelling) national meeting, (p) the date is the 18 of September (wo) (ww).

Many Chileans people,(p) don’t know your(wf) (sm) history,(p) (sm)only celebrated(wt) in this date.(p) And remembering that are Chileans,(p) The typical folklore dance, (sm)¨Cueca¨, only is danced for the people is this date (wo),(p) in the year,(sm) they forget (sm)it the cueca(wo for almost all this paragraph).

When (sm) was a child, I liked to dance cuenca in the(ww) school,(p) all years in this date I danced cueca… and my Qualification(ww) in sports was good.

The last year I celebrated (sm)with my family, (sm)is very funny,(p) because all are(wt) happy. Sometimes (sm)do(ww) empanadas (typical food Chilean). But (sm)is very slow, then we buy(sm).(sm)Is easier to do a barbecue, (sm)we do ¨anticuchos¨.

So, with the(extra word) ¨chicha¨, typical drink (sm)of grape, the(extra word) people drink a lot and dancing(wt) cueca. In the Park O´higgins is located de fondas(wo),(p) in this place many people re-joins(ww) to celebrating(wt), the(extra word) children fly a(extra w) kite(s),(p) because the wind in September is very(extra w) favorable,(p)(sm) in the sky the view is beautiful,(p) (sm) is very colouring.I prefer not (sm)going to the(extra w) fondas.

William

Being Chilean is very difficult(p) we always have troubles in the football (extra word) soccer an example is the defeat last Sunday 0-3 before (ww) the Brazilian selection (p) but not only this meant to be Chilean, we have a lot of (ww) traditions and(ww) (p) the greatest is the Fiestas Patrias or independence day (extra phrase), colloquially called by the Chileans “el dieciocho” this special week, yes!! (mw)Is a week of celebrations, even when “el dieciocho” is in a bad date(ww) (p)for example Tuesday(p) the(extra w) politician vote(vt) immediately to create a public holiday to prolong(ww) “el dieciocho” , I wonder why this people vote immediately (ms)this type of things but when they must vote (mw)a essential law they create (ww) a lot of obstacles.

The typical(extra phrase, it is not clear) Chileans always go to “fondas”; (mw) a type of tent where the(extra w) people can dance the typical Chilean dance (wo) called “la cueca” (p)as well we can eat a lot of things like empanadas or anticuchos and obviously drink a big glass of chicha, I remember when I was a child that sometimes I go(vt) with my parents to the Fonda in Parral (p) but I always fall (vt) asleep for this reason my parents usually went alone.

In this time I’ll have my vengeance(ww) and I will do what I want (ms) maybe go to the fonda or go to my relatives (mw), have some fun, make a good barbecue and put on (ww) weight or perhaps (mw)stayed in my (ww) home alone studying for the exams. I don’t have a special “dieciocho” because in my opinion each new(extra w) dieciocho could be better.