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INTERNAL EVALUATION OF THE PROJECT HUGE DESIGNERS AFTER THE FIRST YEAR / JULY 2010 – JULY 2011/ teachers who will work on the project;
MOBILITIES:
- Promoting the project among the local community and local authorities. Press releases on upcoming activities;
a) From the beginning of the project till now /July 2010 - July 2011/, we have already two mobilities: 1. in Turkey /08 – 12 November 2010/ at Ortahisar Fatih Ilkogretim Okulu, Nevsehir:
-There has been contact by e-mail the project coordinator on the upcoming video links between students;
- participants from Bulgaria: 12 people / 8 students, 4 teachers/.
-Familiarize students with the project. Was selected team for the implementation of future activities;
2. in Romania / 09 – 13 May 2011/ at Scoala Generala Numarul 2 Codlea, Brasov:
- Familiarize parents with the purpose, activities and tasks of the project, also with accommodations of their kids in Turkey;
- participants from Bulgaria: 6 teachers. b) According to the original plan of the project, mobility in Bulgaria was planned for March 2011 and in Romania in June 2012. At the first project meeting in Turkey, after discussions between all partners was decided these two mobilities changed: in Romania in May 2011, and in Bulgaria - May 2012.
- Phone conversation with the coordinator of the project concerning the organization of travel and accommodation for the forthcoming project meeting in Turkey; - Search for geographical and historical information about Cappadocia, Turkey;
c) Till the end of the project we will not go to project meeting in Poland because we already done our mobilities.
Preparation of presentations by students and teachers for Bulgarian school system, Tsarkvitsa and Bulgaria;
d) Prior to the project meeting in Turkey we made the following: - On the pedagogical council of the school was elected team of
-Observation and evaluation of presentations prepared by students; 1
- Preparation of the play about friendship and values in life in English;
Poland: 19 people (8 teachers, 11 students) Turkey: 12 students)
- Was made information area of the project.
f) The participants pupils for the mobility was selected according this: - their language skills; - their age; - their involvement in project activities; - parental consent; - students interest;
Prior to the project meeting in Romania we made the following: -We selected the teachers, who had to involve to project meeting in Romania; - Bulgarian coordinator contacted with Romanian coordinator and discussed the agenda, accommodations and all about future meeting in Romania;
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their creative skills.
g) Before the project meeting in Turkey the children contacted with their Turkish partners using skype, messenger, mail and facebook. They know each other, made new friends and then they decided where they stay. They choose children with common interests. The age of Turkish students was also important.
- The agenda was presented to the teachers team; - Were made presentations about project results; - Were selected pictures and students products for school exhibition in Romania;
h) Being guests in Turkey, our learners involved full in the activities during mobilities. Every day the programme began when children were taken from host families. Students from each country - partner presented their plays on English. Then all together into huge designers design their hand bracelets, masks, paintings and other creations according of their imagination. They visited English lessons, play together in the schoolyard, danced, sang and took part in tours in Cappadocia, also visited local authorities. And then in the evening they were returned in the families.
- Search for geographical and historical information about Codlea, Brasov. e) In Turkey - 29 people( 15 teachers, 14 students): Bulgaria: teachers)
people (4 teachers, 8
12 people ( 8 students, 4
Romania: 14 people (6 students, 8 teachers) Poland: 3 people (teachers) In Romania- 37 people ( 18 teachers, 19 students): Bulgaria: 6 people (teachers) 2
i) For the staying in Turkey parents prepared small gifts to host families.
- presentation of activities, products,
j) ) During mobility to Turkey were developed activities as:
country
project
results
from
each
partner
- joint artistic program - school visit - joint exhibition of the project
- presentations of schools and education system of host and partner schools
- visit the mayor of Codlea, the Brasov County School Inspectorate
- watching lesson program -sightseeing in Codlea, Brasov (old
- sports and art workshops in school, handmade products
town, churches, historical and cultural monuments,
- visiting the mayor, the governor, Urgup Nationale Eucational Directorate
museums,
mountain
resort)
- joint artistic program with all partners
- tour of Barsa land, ethnographic and
- Cappadocia tour, sightseeing in Ortahisar, Urgup, Red Valley
multicultural area
During
the
project
meeting
-Romanian traditional evening
in k) The time spent in each kind of activity in Turkey and Romania / every mobility was 5 days/
Romania were developed activities as: - school visit
In Turkey (approximately):
- watching lesson program
- school visit- 1 hour
- participation in interactive English
- watching lesson- 2 hours
lesson - interactive workshop
-interactive lesson/workshops- 5 hours
teacher and
students-“Our values”
-artistic program- 3 hours
- Romanian history lesson in English at
-various presentations- 6 hours
the Bran castle and Peles castle
- visiting local authorities- 3 hours
- arts workshop
-sightseeing- 5 hours
-ICT workshop
- tours/trips – 1 full day 3
EVALUATION a), b) We evaluate the progress of the
In Romania (approximately):
project
among
- school visit- 1 hour
with
students,
questionnaires teachers
and
parents, discussions after each
- watching lesson- 2 hours
mobility
among
students
and
teachers.
-interactive lesson/workshops- 6 hours
c) The
-artistic program- 3 hours
feedback
participants
-various presentations- 7 hours
reached
was
that
the they
involved in so big project for the first time in their life /and the
- visiting local authorities- 2 hours
school history too/ and they feel -sightseeing- 6 hours
very good of that, they feel so proud when their products were
- tours/trips – 1 full day
shared whit other partners, they l) After the mobility in Turkey and
can practicing their language
Romania were developed fallow
skills, they learned a lot of the
up activities as:
culture to partner countries and
Is carried conferencing between
proved their potentials to the
students and teachers from different schools.
Were
Familiarize
exchanged
parents
with
others.
photos.
d) The most importantly of this evaluation is that encourage students to learn using all their senses. That we achieved was: - Use of interactive methods in which students play a leading role and active participation; - Developing the imagination of students; - A specialized school room for studying English. It suspended all materials produced entered during the draft-boards, posters, albums, labeled in English. - Is an opportunity for students to communicate in English and so were motivated to learn a foreign language;
project
meeting in Turkey. Were made a movie for staying in Turkey. Students shared their impressions from this journey and published on a school blog. Results from this meetings were published also on school’s site. The teachers
found
different
ways
to
communicate with their students.
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2. in Romania (host country) – Mai 2011, at general School No 2 Codlea-Brasov
- To realize that language learning is not necessarily only within the classroom; - Our partnership has influenced not only students but also the entire school.
e) As a consequence of our evaluation results students improved their skills in team work, and also computer using the following tools: Word, Power Point, Movie maker, email, Facebook. Created interest in new ways of learning a foreign language, motivate students to participate in upcoming projects. Knowledge of partner countries and their cultures are enriched by including facts about the history and geography of these countries in the classes.
Primary school, partner school Teacher coordinator Mrs Mihaela Dan
b) The mobility in Romania was planned in June 2012, but after the first project meeting in Turkey(nov 2010), the coordinator proposed and the partners decide to do the second project meeting in Romania, in May 2011. c) We can complete the planned mobilities because we have another 2 meetings project to do: in Poland and in Bulgaria and minimum 10 mobilities according to project application. d) Before the mobility to Turkey, as guests, we developed preparatory activities according to project application, means knowing multiple aspects about the countries and partner schools :
Bulgarian project coordinator: Miglena Ivanova
I. Mobilities
- the county school inspectorate and the community were informed about the project meeting, newspaper articles were written in the local newspaper, the local authorities have provided bilingual (Romanian and English)material to promote the city and region as magazines, brochures, calendars
a) We have already carried out the mobilities: 1. in Turkey08-12 November 2010 , at Ortahisar Fatih İlköğretim Okulu- Nevsehir Primary school, coordinator school Teacher coordinator Mrs Eda Karaca. 14 romanian people: 6 students, 8 teachers
- interviews were held with those interested in participating in the project meeting - were held meetings with the families of students who participate in mobility, 5
were established safety rules, were discussed rights and duties of students and teachers during mobility, was presented the agenda of the project meeting
discounts offered for contracted the services
groups,
we
were sent information on accommodation, food, things to see/to do, prices and all these were set by negotiation with all partners
- were written, directed, played, filmed and added to the project site plays(dramas) with different themes
- was written agenda of the project meeting, responsibilities of pupils and teachers involved were fixed
- was wrote and staged the musical to be produced in Turkey in the common artistic program
- were prepared interactive English lesson, common workshop "Our values", art & craft workshop, ICT workshop , were prepared teaching materials, necessary for workshops, posters and audio-video presentations, musical and artistic program, exhibitions
- students were selected to be part of musical distribution, according to their abilities and interests - PowerPoint presentations and videos were made for school, city, county and country, in which both illustrated geography, history, customs and traditions, sightseeing and cultural sites, and important Romanian personalities. All these were added to the project site.
- were held meetings with host families, settled rules for guests food as culture they come from (especially Turkey), security rules, daily schedules, leisure time, fun activities for students placed in host families
- presentation was made about Romanian national educational system and about beginning of project implementation in school.
- the County School Inspectorate and the community were informed about the project meeting, about the activities that will be held, invitations were sent to local authorities and other community institutions, newspaper articles were written in the local newspaper
Before the mobility to Romania, as hosts, we developed preparatory activities for preparation of the project meeting: -interviews were held with those interested in participating in the project meeting, interested in hosting partners students from Turkey and Poland, those interested in guiding guests.
-were prepared informative maps that contained the agenda, leaflets, useful information as addresses, phone numbers e) In Turkey- 29 people( 13 teachers, 16 learners):
were visited locations for accommodation, food, sights, and have collected information about prices,
As guests:
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Romania: 14 people (6 students, 8 teachers) Bulgaria: students)
-other skills / talents required during mobility, according to the activities included in the agenda of the project
12 people ( 4 teachers, 8
-availability on effort
Poland: 3 people (teachers)
-agreement of the project team after the evaluation of each person
In Romania- 37 people ( 18 teachers, 19 learners) as guests
- age of learners ( age 12 up)
As guests:
- parental consent for students
Poland: 19 people (8 teachers, 11 students)
g) Students have communicated with each other since the beginning of the project, using services provided by yahoo, skype and facebook. Many of them have discovered common interests and decided to be hosted by the person who was already a virtual boyfriend or girlfriend. For others, the coordinators writing short profiles and were chosen pairs. After the mobility in Turkey, for mobility in Romania, the turkish students were hosted by the romanian students who were guests in their houses. Choice pairs was influenced by the age of the students too. Always girls were accommodated in families with girls and boys in families with boys, with their separate room.
Turkey: 12 students)
people (4 teachers, 8
Bulgaria: 6 people (teachers) As hosts: people ( 20 teachers, 20 families, 35 parents, 5 auxilliary staff, 300 students f) The choice of participants in mobility (students and teachers) was done in several steps: -letters of intent -involvement in design / development of the activities of the project plan, during project implementation, especially those developed as extracurricular activities
h) During the mobility, learners were involved in the implementation of the activities, as guests or hosts.
-products/ results obtained from their work supported
As guests in Turkey: - involvement in activities / program to be held during mobility (coordination of the students artistic program for example)
- learners attended the entire program included in the agenda of the project, being present at all common activities (academic, extracurricular, tourism) with teachers participating , all day long, beggining in the morning at 9 o’clock, until the end of the joint program, at 18-19 o’clock.
-knowledge of English
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Students participated in all workshops, English lessons, organized sports games, joint show , visiting partner schools, local authorities, visiting museums, tourist attractions.
Learners had to help accommodate the guests in the Romanian living conditions (accommodation, food, customs). They participated with partners in all activities included in the agenda (classes, workshops, visits, artistic programe, joint extracurricular activities ) beggining in the morning at 9 o’clock, until the end of the joint program, at 18-19 o’clock, organized together with their families leisure program for the guests students .
There were performers, coordinators, interpreters, tourists. They sang, danced, recited, made teaching materials , worked individually, in pairs or in teams, have participated in organized leisure activities of their host families, have always communicated in English. Learners have had to learn how much they could about the culture of Turkish partners, words and phrases in Turkish. They also had a duty to learn the pair and host family a little about Romania and some words in Romanian
Students were permanent bond between guests students and school students, between students and teachers, between guests and host families, between guests and the community. They were the organizers, performers, teachers, coordinators, guides, translators, they have taught visitors something about Romanian language and culture.
They supported each other when one of them had small problems with food, with the accommodation, or gaps in communication with host families because of the foreign language.
g) For the mobility to Turkey, the families have contributed money to purchase airplane tickets to Nevsehir Turkey, the project grant entering into bank account just few days before departure.
As hosts in Romania: Learners prepared with their teachers and parents the entire project meeting: houses, joint programe, artistic program, equipment and materials required during activities, presentations, leaflets, informative maps.
For the activities held during the project meeting in Romania, as hosts, families hosted turkish and polish students, take care of them , fed them (breakfast and dinner, snacks for school) , organized and supervised fun and cultural activities, sightseeing in students free time and their leisure time.
Romanian students had to accompany permanently the student housed, to help him in understanding and compliance schedule included in the agenda of the project.
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Other parents prepared snacks and cookies for school , for entire team guests.
During the project meeting in Romania were developed activities as: - school visit
Some parents helped teachers to organize the locations where activities took place(classrooms, restaurant, picnic, Culture House). Parents of students involved in performing arts program helped them along with coordinating teachers in making costumes, scenery and props necessary for the performance of the program.
- watching lesson program - participation in interactive English lesson - interactive workshop
teacher and
students-“Our values” - Romanian history lesson in English at
h) During mobility to Turkey were developed activities as:
the Bran castle and Peles castle
- school visit
- arts &craft workshop
- presentations of schools and education system of host and partner schools
-ICT workshop
- watching lesson program
project
- presentation of activities, products, results
from
each
partner
country
- sports and art&craft workshops in school
- joint artistic program
- visiting the mayor, the governor, Urgup Nationale Eucational Directorate
- joint exhibition of the project
- joint artistic program
- visit the mayor of Codlea, the Brasov
- sightseeing in Ortahisar, Urgup, Red Valley
County School Inspectorat -sightseeing in Codlea, Brasov (old
- Capadocia tour (Göreme open air museum
–lesson
Christian
and
English,
of
Muslim
history
town, churches, historical and cultural
and
religious
monuments,
in
museums,
mountain
resort)
Çavuşin-Avanos-Zelve, - tour of Barsa land, ethnographic and
visiting pottery and onyx workshop)
multicultural area -Romanian traditional evening
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j) The follow-up activities developed after mobilities:
i) The activities carried out during mobilities in Turkey and Romania lasted 5 days. The time spent in each kind of activity (approximately):
Romanian students have increased communication with students known in mobility, using yahoo, skype, facebook.
In Romania:
Romanian teachers who participated in mobility have created new ways of
- school visit- 1 hour
communicating with fellow teachers
- watching lesson- 2 hours
from Turkey, Poland,Bulgaria.
-interactive lesson/workshops- 6 hours
Romanian team made movies (added
-artistic program- 3 hours
to
the
project
site)
and
magazines(printed and added to the
-various presentations- 7 hours
school library) about project meetings,
- visiting officials- 2 hours
wrote impressions and memories on the project blog, in English, students
-sightseeing- 6 hours
and teachers improved the skills of - tours/trips – 1 full day
using English in writing and ICT skills.
In Turkey:
Learners were documented and made presentations in English about the
-- school visit- 1 hour
partner - watching lesson- 2 hours
countries,
this
includes
geographical and historical aspects, customs, cuisine, personalities from
-interactive lesson/workshops- 5 hours
various fields. -artistic program- 3 hours Were -various presentations- 6 hours
arranged
exhibitions
and
information sessions in school, both for students, teachers and for parents, all
- visiting officials- 3 hours
illustrating
the
Comenius
mobility
-sightseeing- 5 hours
experience, bringing to the attention of
- tours/trips – 1 full day
those interested in issues related to countries and partner schools.
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activity, the right location for carrying out future activities.
II. Evaluation
The progress of the project was evaluate by increasing number of students willing to participate in this project, by school results obtained by them, by quality of project products.
a) –questionnaires - open discussion -testimonials on the project blog -written articles magazines
on
the
project
c) The feedback reached the participants was by adding their products on the project site and blog, by organizing exhibition to show off their work, by ratings from teachers coordinators of the activities, by marks obtained in English language classes, by their own satisfaction to communicate with partners, both oral and written English, by obtaining certificates of participation in mobility, various diplomas of proving their involvement in a Comenius project.
b) We evaluated the progress of the project by questionnaires addressed to students and teachers involved, by questionnaires addressed to school students and teachers not involved in the project, by questionnaires addressed to students' parents involved in the project. We applied questionnaires after each mobility of students and teachers part in mobility activities, parents of students, but also students and teachers who have not participated in mobility. These questionnaires were aimed knowledge gained about the project activities and products, about countries and partner schools. We also observed participants' satisfaction about the manner of operation of each activity, their subjects, results, the time allowed for each activity.
After the project meetings, the feedback from the participating partners about Romanian team was very good in terms of professionalism, reliability, adaptability, creativity, English and ICT skills. d) The results from our evaluation revealed satisfaction of participants in project activities, in mobility. Were generated ideas, proposals for developing future activities, as well as products of the activities.
Since the principal objective of the project is to improve English language skills to use, opinion polls have watched students and teachers of English about the role of project activities and methods used to achieve this result. Questionnaires and free talks aimed finding those involved interests and proposals for the theme, the manner of operation in the activities, the time allowed for each
Evaluation revealed students' desire to conduct English lessons more as project activities involving music, dance, drama, ICT, having the opportunity of use their multiple intelligences, to work more creative, not just to memorize and reproduce. Students and teachers participate in mobility have concluded that this was 11
Internal project evaluation of the first year 2010 – 2011
an opportunity to discover new places, new people, new ways to learn, to communicate.
In the first project year two meetings were organized, namely
Parents talked about the enthusiasm and interest of students for the novelty of learning English methods, for project topics, for possible cooperation between other students from Europe. After the mobility the parents were satisfied with how their children were cared for in host families, but also the knowledge and skills with which they returned after a week spent in a foreign country. After hosting students, parents were satisfied with how the guests felt, that they could facilitate cooperation and learning of their children in a European multicultural space.
1. In Turkey - in November 2010 a team of three Polish teachers came to the Primary School in Ortahisar
in
order
to
get
acquainted with partner schools. Before the visit we prepared presentations on our country, region and school. We also took some
students'
posters
and
works, as well as evidence of the e-twinning project preceding
It was noted the need and demand of the participants (students and teachers) for conducting preparatory activities for English and ICT as extracurricular activities, in terms of improving their skills.
Comenius participation. Our aim
e) For those interested (students and teachers) were organized learning activities / practice of English and ICT as extracurricular activities. Have been implemented the active-participative methods in English lessons, pupils have been consulted on the organization of project activities but also English lessons, was promoted learning by doing , by projects , for all students not just for those involved in this Comenius project.
in fact is.
was
to
familiarize
participants
with
all
the
the main
features of our culture and show them how worth visiting our city
The meeting started with seeing around the school, getting to know
teachers and greeting
pupils
in
lessons,
observing
their working conditions and standards. Later on we were presented an English lesson by our
project
Karaca.
coordinator
Subsequently
Eda pupils
participated in a workshop and
Romanian project coordinator
teachers had some extra time to
Mihaela Dan
talk to Turkish teachers and 12
discuss further programme. Of
such as a very good grade at
great significance were visits at
English,
drama
the Mayor’s, Governor’s and
abilities,
parents’
local Educational Directorate,
and willingness to cooperate,
which gave us a chance to
readiness to attend rehearsals
understand Turkish educational
even
system, and local mentality.
Preparations
Organizers
take
months – a reasonable period of
advantage of sightseeing, so we
time to get ready. First of all,
visited Urgup, Red Valley and
Power Point presentations were
went on a Cappadocia tour.
made, both by teachers and
let
us
four
skills,
times took
social
permission
a
week.
us
five
students. Secondly a project To be precise, this is the timing of
team recorded a film that in a
particular activities: one-hour school
humorous way introduced our
visit, six went to watching various
school and its surroundings to
presentations and five to workshops.
Romanian and Turkish peers.
Another three hours were taken by artistic
programmes,
watching consumed
and
two
Last but not least, a musical
by
lessons.
Visiting
officials
over
three
hours,
"How
order
to
facilitate
Presentation with
its
The project meeting in Romania
coach to take part in the second
started with a school visit and then
project meeting and experience
our pupils went on with an English
Romania by staying at the
lesson on animals conducted in an
families of some students of the School
dialogues
and lyrics.
teachers and
eleven students went on a small
Codlea near
at
accompanied by a power Point
2. In Romania - in May 2012 a
Primary
successful
comprehension,
spent on tours and trips.
General
be
school" was rehearsed and, in
sightseeing five, and one day was
group of eight
to
interesting way. One of the most
in
enjoyable parts was a workshop for
Brashov. Before
both
choosing students for the visit,
students
and
teachers
focusing on finding common values.
we established a set of criteria
Other workshop that only students 13
participated in was an ICT one,
- five hours. Besides, one day was
aimed
totally devoted to sightseeing.
at
mastering
website
creation skills and an arts & craft Although
one, when students cooperated and communicated
freely
in
left
creative learning and teaching.
dramas, dances and musicals or an
A lot of interesting follow-up
exhibition of posters and pupils’
activities were done after the
products.
visit. First of all, students went
Sightseeing was scheduled on the
on communicating via yahoo,
agenda, too, so that we had an
skype and facebook. Secondly,
opportunity to see Bran Castle and
they started off with websites
Sinaia Peles, as well as the town its
and
awesome
Brasov
County
blogs.
Participating
students were asked to relate
surroundings. We visited the mayor and
fourth.
perfect inspiration to go on with
when all the groups performed their
and
the
wonderful memory, but also a
mentioning an artistic presentation
Brashov
after
was for a long time not only a
project products and results, not
of
was
Nevertheless, the whole event
vital aspect was a presentation of
project
meeting
planned for five days, our group
an
international environment. Another
hand-made
the
on the trip and meeting and
School
write their impressions for the
Inspectorate. At the end, we were
school website.
invited to a farewell evening with
An exhibition
was organized in the corridor
local folk music and dance.
near the language lab, so that The already mentioned school visit
all the pupils could read about
took one hour. Most of time was
the
devoted to workshops – five hours
motivated to learn the English
– and presentations – six hours.
language.
project
and
become
We also watched lessons which took
approximately
two
EVALUATION
hours.
Official meetings lasted for about three
hours
and
In order to evaluate project’s progress,
sightseeing
we organized meetings when the
organized between project activities
coordinator related to the headmaster on 14
the
activities
completed
and
systematic
work
according
the
making photos and DVD films. City
schedule. All the participants were also
models were done by older students,
asked to write their evaluations after
both individually as homework and
each meeting, listing both good and
then to be presented in English lesson,
worse points. The team of English
and during extracurricular art & craft
teachers on a daily basis discussed
classes. Zoo models were made during
project’s influence on the quality of
winter
their work and learners’ progress.
teachers who also planned some
Project’s results and organisation was
follow-up activities that were later
summarized and discussed in open
conducted both during the workshop
discussions in teachers meetings.
and in English classroom.
Both project meetings proved
to
workshop
by
two
primary
Farm
models were again prepared mostly by
truly
fifth grade students, who subsequently
inspiring, e.g. we were impressed by
presented their products in front of the
Romanian artistic programme which
rest of their group and in this way
motivated us to work on a similar
practiced correct pronunciation of the
product.
lexical
items.
Another
scheduled
The first year was very fruitful and a lot
activity was hanging up clothes, done
of
with help of second grade’s class
primary
school
teachers
were
involved in project activities. Most of
teacher
them prepared models or puppets
Children matched real clothes brought
during their art & craft classes so that
from home in suitcases and matched
English teacher could use them later
them with suitable word cards. As a
on for project purposes, in other words
follow up, they grouped pieces of
– for learning English. Puppets were
clothing according to the season they
made by two classes, one for the sake
were most useful.
of a play “Three Little Pigs” staged with
English
lessons.
Moreover, older students started the
the English teacher, the other – in
project year with a postcard and
order to practice ease presentations
magazine exchange. Receiving them
and numbers. Traffic sign activity was entirely
during
from their Romanian and Turkish
conducted by a primary
friends let them get rid of potential
teacher with a good command of
stereotypes
English. Project coordinator helped
and
gain
true
communication to communicate. On
only to record the final presentation, 15
the 21 of March 2011 we organized a
experience served younger English
Comenius Day
when subprojects on
teachers with their advice but first off
partner countries were presented. The
all help making various materials for
whole class, grade four, got interested
subprojects. Mobility experience was
in the topic and chose our partners as
extremely inspiring, too. Participants
topic of their
were shown a different education
performance. Power
point presentation accompanied by
system
music as well as posters received from
Romanian teachers. The same refers
Romanian students were presented.
to learners’ impressions, who were
After that a Comenius project team
overwhelmed by hospitality, happy to
performed the musical “How to be
be able to communicate in English and
successful at school” rehearsed for the
maintain relationships in the aftermath.
meeting
school
Students’ parents noticed their raised
gathering was first of all to familiarize
interest in English and motivation to
the whole school community with
work on the command of this foreign
progress of project activities, promote
language.
in
Romania.
This
and
great
enthusiasm
the English language and encourage older students to take part in the e-mail exchange and other project initiatives.
Polish project coordinator
Comenius project “Huge Designers”
Ewelina Szymanska
had considerable influence of teaching practice in Primary School No 50 in Gdańsk. Even after the first year it increased
students’
confidence,
willingness to speak English, motivated to polish writing skills and gave a sense of European citizenship. Team spirit was positive not only among learners but also teachers involved in the project. It triggered a lot of friendliness and readiness ot help and cooperate. Everybody felt important as primary
teachers
of
long
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