What Is Your Country Famous For?

WHAT IS YOUR COUNTRY FAMOUS FOR?

Docente

Francesco Cantù, Di Guglielmo Eugenia, docenti delle scuole partecipanti

Scuole partner
Grecia, Romania, Spagna, Italia.

Anno scolastico
2017/2018

Principali materie
Italiano, Inglese, Geografia, Cittadinanza e costituzione, Informatica.

Lingua di scambio
English

Età degli alunni / Numero degli alunni coinvolti
15-16 ANNI Alunni coinvolti in totale: 80

Link TwinSpace

The aim of the project is to learn as much about foreign countries as possible. Students will describe the most popular things in their countries, like places, monuments, brands, people, food, music, films, etc. Students will use English language, meet new people, new cultures.

OBIETTIVI

1. Use of innovative pedagogical methods in English language teaching that increase students 'participation in the learning process, and develop their cultural awareness experiencing whole Europe without leaving their class.
2. Curricular Integration by the choice of a school curriculum project theme, and by doing project tasks within lesson time.
3. Cooperation and communication between partner schools through the use of a foreign language that help students to understand the similarities and differences between their countries.
4. Collaboration between partner schools by working not only in parallel, but trying, as much as possible, to have a collaboration on a shared outcome.
5. Use of ICT tools in order project’s pedagogical objectives to be achieved.
6. Results, impact, and documentation of the exact project will be visible in twinspace.

PROCEDURA DI LAVORO

We shall follow the following schedule:
November
Initially, students after their acquaintance will be divided into groups, and will be familiar with e-safety rules in etwinning.
Then students will describe their schools, their lessons as well, the area where they live, and they will talk about being a teenager in their country.
December
During this month students will exchange wishes for Christmas and New Year 2017, as well as information about the customs of this period in their country.
After all mentioned above students, using ICT tools, will deal with the following main topics of the project:
January
1. Our Country / Population
2. Places / Cities
February
3. History
4. Monuments / Museums
March
5. Touristic attractions
6. Culture
April
7. Religion – Easter in our country
8. Festivals
May
9. Music / Dances
10. Food
Finally an e-book on the project will be created.

RISULTATI ATTESI

Public twinspace, e-book with their discussions and exchange of information showing use of language, collaborative work and use of ICT Tools.