Visibility of eTwinning Projects Groups July 2019 Newsletter Newsletter 9 | Page 89

Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group July 2019 Newsletter
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language skills, writing skills. We also aimed
learning about different countries and cultures and
sharing what we learnt. We started this project with
different countries such as; Ukraine, Poland,
Lithuania, Croatia, Philippines, Russia, Italy, Serbia,
Romania, Benin, Brazil, Latvia, Uzbekistan,
Malaysia, Macedonia, France, Bosnia and
Herzegovina, Nepal, Vietnam and Spain. Our
students are between 14 and 18. Teachers took a
list of students which wanted to write letters to a
foreign country then we matched students
according to their ages. Teachers from the project
made a collaboration to organise students writing
letters about their schools, country, traditions,
festivals and foods. Students learnt about different
cultures, similarities and differences. We shared
what we learnt in projects Padlet page
(https://padlet.com/isilgulmez/letterproject).
After the project we made an online survey to
explore student and teacher views. Below you can
see some of the views and opinions from students
and teachers about the project.
Student views
“I've learned a lot about different countries, such as
popular foods, events, historical facts and
monuments and much more.” a student from
Bosnia & Herzegovina
“I learned that, although other cultures may seem
very different, they are alike in many ways. Even in
types of traditions and food.” a student from
Romania
“I learned that we have different and very intriguing
habits.” a student from Italy
“I learned about differences and similarities
between countries and their religions.” a student
from Croatia
“Keeping in touch with other cultures and talking
about their different life style is very attractive to
me. Also I have a foreign friend now thanks to the
project.” a student from Turkey
“I liked that the project helps us meet new people,
connect to them and their cultures.” a student from
Macedonia
Teacher views
“It`s great project with good project idea. Benefits
for students are improving their language
competences, learn about culture of other
participants, emotional benefits, exchange of their
personal experiences... Benefits for me as a teacher
is a chance to do project based learning, collaborate
and work together with teachers from different
countries, work with students on some new way,
improving my language and teaching
competences...” a teacher from Serbia
“It was a nice experience. My students were eager
to receive letters and they were glad when they
read the letters and found out that they have many
things in common with students from Turkey. It
was a great opportunity to exchange thoughts and
experiences and I think we should repeat it.” a
teacher from Romania
“It's a very nice way to learn about another culture.
We learn something new about another culture, we
can practice English and we can also have the
opportunity to start a friendship with somebody
abroad. “ a teacher from Brazil
“Practising English, acquiring new friends…” a
teacher from Croatia
“It is a very interesting project. It helps students to
be good at writing and know more about different
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