Visibility of eTwinning Projects Groups July 2019 Newsletter Newsletter 9 | Page 115

Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group July 2019 Newsletter
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Breaking down walls on the European Day of
Languages
by Andrea Ullrich
In September 2018 we celebrated the European
Day of Languages in two different ways; one was
pure eTwinning, the other one Erasmus+ and
eTwinning.
What I had actually planned for a little bit longer
was an excursion on 26th September.
At that time we were hosting a short-term
exchange of pupils for our Erasmus+ and eTwinning
project “Breaking Down Walls”. The programme
included several activities on how Europeans
overcame walls in the past and what we can do to
build bridges today and in the future.
Both activities were registered on the official EDL
website, which made our projects visible to people
all over the world.
Let’s take a quick look at our work; I will keep it
short and give you the chance to check the material
yourself. :)
When I started last year’s summer holidays Betina
Astride Santos (EB Vale de Figueira, Portugal), an
excellent eTwinning partner and friend, suggested
that we could have a little project for the European
Day of Languages to show our pupils the diversity
of languages. As our collaboration is usually fruitful
and fun, I immediately agreed and “Show Me Your
Language” was born.
Our meeting coincided with the European Day of
Languages so we organised a tour to Point Alpha, a
memorial place at the former inner-German border,
where East and West were once separated. What
place could have been better for celebrating
diversity? After a guided tour pupils from Portugal,
France, Italy, Latvia, Turkey and Germany created
posters on words they related to the location, e.g.
freedom, peace, community, and presented their
posters in border area.
We started our project with cartoons and phrases
for pupils from other countries to translate. More
than 30 schools accepted our invitation to
contribute to the e-book, some even joined our
project. You can check the results in this Thinglink
image.
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