The 2nd and 1st grade students Secondary at La Encarnación School in Villena are developing the ePALS ACROSS EUROPE project with students of the same age from centers in Italy (ICS "Via dei Boschi" di Nerviano), Romania (GRUP SCOLAR STEFANESTI, Ştefăneşti ) And Belgium Athénée Robert Catteau, Bruxelles).
There are a total of 306 boys and girls.
About the etwinning project
The 2nd and 1st grade students Secondary at La Encarnación School in Villena are developing the ePALS ACROSS EUROPE project with students of the same age from centers in Italy (ICS "Via dei Boschi" di Nerviano), Romania (GRUP SCOLAR STEFANESTI, Ştefăneşti ) And Belgium Athénée Robert Catteau, Bruxelles).
There are a total of 306 boys and girls.
About the etwinning project
The project focuses on the exchange of e-mails. The students will write about themselves, their interests, their countries, towns, festivals and traditions, education etc.
Aims
- To encourage students to express opinions, feelings and personal experiencesusing English as a foreign language.
- To promote cultural awareness and understanding and to enable students to explore cultural differences and similarities.
- To enable pupils to see the purpose in their language learning and to make it real.
- To develop their electronic literacy.
- To promote cultural awareness and understanding and to enable students to explore cultural differences and similarities.
- To enable pupils to see the purpose in their language learning and to make it real.
- To develop their electronic literacy.
Work process
December: Students briefly introduce themselves to their e-pals, wish a Merry Christmas and talk about some Christmas traditions in their countries.
January-February: students prepare a presentation of their schools through pdf files / Power Point / pictures / videos.
March: students write about their hometowns (location, facilities, surroundings…) including photos in their presentations.
April: students exchange Easter cards and talk about their Easter traditions.
May: students talk to each other about their plans for the summer holidays via Skype.
Expected results
Students are expected to improve their English and ICT knowledge using the foreign language in real situations.
They will learn something about their e-pals and the traditions in their countries and eventually keep in touch with them....................................
