Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group July 2017 Newsletter------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Erasmus programme. They will have, maybe, the chance to win travel tickets for trips to other Erasmus + Programme countries, for instance to Greece.
Maria Georgiadou is a teacher of French. She holds a Master degree in teaching French as a foreign language( Didactique du FLE) from Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris. She has been teaching French for 20 years. She has been an eTwinning ambassador since 2010. She likes improving her teaching methods and exchanging ideas with her colleagues from all over Europe. She is very proud to be a member of the eTwining family.
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Bursa Ipekçilik proudly presents … by Pınar Alnıak Çömlek
Hello eTwinners, I am going to introduce you an eTwinning Project which has just been experienced for the first time by Prep F Class at Bursa İpekçilik Anatolian Imam Hatip High School this year. The name of the Project is“ It is time to discover Great Britain”.
Students and teachers from seven European schools have collaborated in order to explore Great Britain. The project aimed to develop students speaking skills as well as their knowledge of Great Britain( traditions, holidays, places, sports, music, other cultural heritage). The partners created visual materials, presentations, films as well as have
videoconferences, exchange Christmas cards by post or via emails. Students worked on TwinSpace platform on their own with the teachers’ support. The students also got access to their TwinSpace after they used web 2.0 tools successfully. They were the first eTwinners in our school which created great impact among the girls.
How we went further …“ It is time to discover Great Britain” has been introduced in Bursa İpekçilik Anatolian Imam and Hatip High School for the first time in its history. As I am teaching Prep Classes for 20 hours of English Language, I need to add awareness to the students by guiding them to use web 2 tools, to text in English and most importantly to develop tolerance towards others. We are at a Project School which basically teaches Theology and then English and Arabic however the pupils should improve self courage and communicating skills with their peers.
First they learned what to do on TwinSpace by following the steps. Gradually they are successful at preparing videos and Padlets and sending them via emails. By working in small groups at the school dormitory( they are from different cities), they have prepared interviews with our native speaker to introduce our school vision.
Although they are Imam Hatip School students, they have learned to be respectful to other religions and cultures by preparing hall boards with the flags of countries in Great Britain, which has created somehow awareness and surprise among the other students. The female students have been very active and we prepared Christmas Cards though we do not celebrate it in our country because of religious concerns. We put the cards with gifts, national food and souvenirs in a big parcel and sent it by post to Poland for Christmas. This action does really create involvement and tolerance in the class.
They have small chatting on eTwinning Chatroom during the arranged lesson time with Poland. It is a great experience for them as this has been the first time in their lives.
As İpekçilik is a Project School by Ministry of Turkish Education, the capacity of learning among the students is very high and they need to express themselves by the help of newly learned eTwinning portal. We have 20 hours of English classes including Main Course, Reading, Writing, Listening and Speaking; it has been the great opportunity to integrate the project into my curriculum.
They have learned too search and surf on the net both independently and with group work. They have
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