Pre learning test - students

Summary

Evaluation of questionnaire 2016:

1. Good points:

 a) about initial attitude to the project:

- students perceive the project as the opportunity to get know people from different countries 60%;

- they hope to have fun during the project activities 65%;

- they will work to improve their knowledge of Europe 62%.

b) about meetings:

- they will visit new places  64%;

- students believe that they get to know other students 76%;

- they will taste local dishes 46%;

- they will have fun 48%;

- they will find out about different ways of life 49%;

- they will discover new places 65%;

-they will be more responsible and idependent 62%;

- they will express their creativity 60%;

- they will teach others about their country 53%.

2. Bad points:

a) about initial attitude to the project:

- students know little about features of different European countries;

- they don’t know if the games and activities they spend time on are the same in other countries;

- they don’t know if our school is similar to other schools;

- they don’t know where the countries are located;

- they are afraid of communication with other students.

b) about meetings:

- students are afraid of taking journey without their parents;

- they don’t know if they find out about different ways of life;

- some of them are afraid of being responsible;

- they are afraid of speaking foreign languages.

3. Conclusions:

- students have positive attitude to the project;

- we should encourage them to speak English in different situations, to communicate with students from project via the internet;

- we should encourage them to learn about partner countries not only during mobilities.

 

After learning test - students

 

Summary

Evaluation of questionnaire 2018:

1. Good points:

 a) about final attitude to the project:

- students perceived the project as the opportunity to get know people from different countries 96%;

- they had fun during the project activities 96%;

- they knew that their school is similar to other schools n Europe 96%;

- they were able to communicate easily with other European children 96%;

- they knew the location of other countries in the project 92%.

b) about meetings:

- they had fun 77%;

- students got to know other students 73%;

- they  visited new places  62%;

- they spoke a foreign language 46%;

- they  tasted local dishes 42%;

- they discovered new places 58%;

- they improved their English 57%;

 - they found out about different ways of life 52%;

- they communicated in several ways 42%;

 - they expressed their creativity 42%;

- they collaborated with children who spoke different languages 42%;

- they  taught others about their country 38%.

2. Bad points:

a) about final attitude to the project:

- some of them (33%) don’t know if the games and activities they spent time on were the same in other countries.

- b) about meetings:

- some of students were afraid of being responsible (2%);

- some of them were afraid of taking journey without parents (2%).

3. Conclusions- comparing initial and final questionnaire:

- students had positive attitude to the project at the beginning and at the end ;

- in their opinion the project gave them opportunity to get know people from different countries, also  to communicate with them;

- they had fun during the project, so they perceive it not as traditional way of learning but as learning in a different, more attractive way;

- communication with other students wasn’t a problem for them as they thought at the beginning;

- they had opportunity to teach other students about their own country, which was important for their identity;

- they improved their knowleadge of the project countries in different aspects ( culture, way of life, customs, geography).