Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group Newsletter no. 5 - July 2015 | Page 55

Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group July 2015 Newsletter

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eTwinning, an experience booster
by Sandra Macabre

I am a teacher of English as a foreign language in
the middle school la Canopée in Matoury, French
Guiana which is an oversea French Department in
South America. I joined the eTwinning platform in
November 2011. How did I hear about eTwinning? I
discovered about it by surfing the web. I use to surf
the web to find about activities or competitions to
motivate my pupils. A kind of routine can easily
settle down in class if one does not renew his/her
activities or does concrete learning situations.
Involving in this action seemed obvious not only
because I grew with the European construction but
because I wanted to offer my pupils the opportunity
to broaden their horizons and their minds. We are
not far from Guyana (a former British colony) and
there is a common border with Suriname (a former
Dutch colony) where English is widely spoken, most
people think all the pupils are good at English. In
fact, some have really a good level. Nevertheless,
many pupils think English is difficult to learn, I
mean academic English not slang. I want them to
consider English as a tool, a mean of
communication they can use wherever they go.
Everything went so fast. I was lucky to have an
experienced partner for the first project I involved
in on the first year. At the beginning, I just wanted
to exchange about Christmas traditions but my
partner from Poland wanted to do a school year
long project. So, we did a project about culture and
traditions. We did two projects together. She was
really helpful!
On the first year, I also replied to a search for
partners for a Comenius project and I was accepted

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