PROJECT TEAM FROM ZARCO SECONDARY SCHOOL, PORTUGAL

Hello, dear partners! I'm Isabel Rito, Ana and Maria's school partner at Zarco in Matosinhos. 

As an English teacher I like communicating and collaborating with people around the world

to exchange experiences and enrich myself not only as a teacher but also as a human being.
I've registered in eTwinning because it can be a good way of involving and motivating students to learn English.

 

Hi, everybody! I'm Ana Figueiredo's school partner. My name is Maria Varela. I'm Portuguese and I teach English in Secondary School João Gonçalves Zarco, in Matosinhos, one of the best places on the planet to live, work, play and study. The group of students that is about to participate in the project is from a professional course in computing. The students are between 15 and 18. Best regards from Portugal!

Hello, everybody! I'm Ana Figueiredo, I'm Portuguese and I teach English in Secondary School João Gonçalves Zarco, in Matosinhos, a city in the north of the country (http://www.maplandia.com/portugal/norte/grande-porto/matosinhos/matosinhos/). My students are from the basic and secondary levels but the group that is about to participate in this project is from two professional courses, which correspond to the 11th form, with ages from 15 to 18. You can visit our school's website @ http://www.zarco.pt/site/index.php. I believe this project will be a great opportunity to know different habits and cultures and also to develop skills in the English language. Kind regards from a sunny yet cold Portugal!

 

PROJECT TEAM FROM SPAIN

Hello, dear

I'm Nuria Martos. I am an English teacher who works in a bilingual school located in Baza, a middle-size town (20000 inhabitants) near Granada (in Andalusia, in the South of Spain). 

Our school is called IES Alcrebite and this is a bilingual school with 8 groups of CSE, 4 groups of Upper-Secondary, 2 vocational groups and 1 special needs group. Our students aged 12-18. They study the secondary, upper-secondary and vocational courses here and they learn English and French (although French is an optative subject). We like European projects and we have developed several exchanges and a Comenius Project.So, we want to continue working in these kind of projects and we find eTwinning is an excellent tool to make our learners to improve their English skills.

The 40 students who are taking part in the project are in the fourth year or Compulsory Secondary Education and they are aged 15-16 years old.

You can visit our webpages:

www.iesalcrebite.es 

alcrebitesecondaryschool.wikispaces.com 

Best regards from Spain

Nuria

 

PROJECT TEAM FROM POLAND

Hi! My name is Iwona Czerwińska and I teach English and vocational English in a Complex of Vocational Schools in Dęblin situated about 100 km from our capital city Warsaw. Our students are aged 16-20.

They learn in Technical Secondary School of hotel Administration, Secondary Technical School of Catering, Secondary Technical School of Economics and Secondary Technical School of Advertisement.

Four 16-year-old students (their level is A2) will take part in this project and some parts of it will be also done by students of the final class.

You can find us on Facebook (zsz2deblin)

Best regards from Poland

Iwona 

 

Hello,

I'm Caterina Mazzaferro. I'm Italian and I teach English in a "Liceo", secondary school specialising in scientific studies.The students participating in the project are on the third year of this schoool and they are from 16 to 17 years old. Our "Liceo" is in Roccella Jonica, a small town (6,760 inhabitants) in the south of Italy on the Jonian coast. There are 400 students who regularly attend the school which includes 7 classes in Gioiosa Jonica, another small town near Roccella Jonica.

You can visit Roccella's website (www.comune.roccella.rc.it) and our school's website (liceopmazzone.it).

I think this will be a good opportunity for my students to improve their abilities in the English language.They are eager to start the project. It's the first time for them but also for me!

Best regards from the sunny but cold Roccella Jonica.

Caterina Mazzaferro

 

PROJECT TEAM FROM HUNGARY

Hello, everybody!

I'm Marianna from Hungary and I'm the deputy headmaster of a medium-sized secondary grammar school in a small town (Gyomaendrőd) in the southern-eastern part of the country near the Romanian border. As a deputy headmaster, I take an active part in improving the learning environment and organising resources and the process of teaching/learning paying special regard to exams and school events. Among my tasks are setting the directions, aims and objectives of our school, planning how progress will be made and building productive relationships with other partners, schools and organisations.

I'm specialized in Arts, Geography and English. As an English teacher, I teach English to the 11th graders. Besides me, there are 2 other English teachers who will actively take part in this project. Among our aims is to provide a stimulating learning environment for our students, in which they can develop their skills to their full potential. I think participating in this project, cooperating with students from other countries with different cultural backgrounds is a great opportunity to practise the language and broaden their mind and point of view. Anyway, our students are between 14 and 18, and their language levels range from A2 to B2. We are trying to involve lots of students in the project regardless of their command of the language.
All in all, we are really happy to work with you and get the chance to get to know each other during this project.

If you want to know more about us, you can visit our websites:  www.szentgellert.hu         www.gyomaendrod.com/en

Kind regards from Hungary with extremely cold weather at the moment.

 

PROJECT TEAM FROM ISTANBUL, TURKEY

Hello my Colleagues,

I am Ahsen as an English teacher from Turkey. I have been working at Turkiye Gazetesi Vocational High School for three years, which is my third year in experiencing the teaching process as well. Together with my students, we are a warm team from Istanbul being one of the most fascinating and historical cities all over the world, and we can say that Istanbul is the beating heart of Turkey. Basically our school exists in Bahcelievler, the European side of Istanbul. Since it is a vocational school, we have certain departments such as IT, Accounting, Marketing Field etc. The students' ages of the school ranges from 15 to 19. But I am working with the 10th grade students whose ages are 16-17 and whose departments are different from each other. We are about twenty five people in this project.

As a simple person, I am always in an endless search for something new to improve myself both professionally and individually. So I want my students to get into a new learning area which is totally unknown for them. Also I want them to learn knowledge not just in the classroom but out of it. Most of my students have A2-B1 level, and unfortunately some of them don't. But they are so eager that I believe they will also break through their barriers and will achieve this project. I just try to provide them a real life situation to active their language. Hopefully we will enjoy the whole process all together.

Best regards from Istanbul

 

PROJECT TEAM FROM HUMA HATUN VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL, TURKEY

Hello Everybody,

I'm Sibel from Turkey .I teach English at  Hüma Hatun Vocational and Technical High School in Balıkesir. Balıkesir is a city in the Marmara Region of Turkey.Our school has 800 pupils and 75 staff.The school has vocational departments such as  Food and Beverage Services, Child Development and Care, Clothing Production  Technology, Handicrafts, ICT and Graphic- Design and Photography. My students are about 15 -18 years old. After one year of general education, our students choose their  departments and continue their education in this department.Our school website is http://balikesirkml.meb.k12.tr/.

My students are interested in learning English and I believe that this project will develop their awareness of other countries and nationalities and also give a chance to work alongside their fellow pupils as well as friends in other countries.

 

Hi everybody, I am Sébastien and I teach Economy and Trade in a professional school in Chaumont. Chaumont is a city of twenty two thousand people in the north-east of France, in the south of Champagne and at the broder with Burgundy. Our school has 1200 pupils including 400 in the professional part, and actually it is in reconstruction. You can visit our school's website ( http://sepia.ac-reims.fr/lyc-bouchardon/-spip-/) who is also in reconstuction. My students are 16 years old and I believe also that this project will be a grat opportunity for them to discover new cultures, have an open-mindedness and develop skills in English. Kind regard from France who the weather is beautiful but cold.

 

Hi Everbody,I'm Ozgur. I'm a philosophy tecaher,also teaching sociology,psychology,logic and democracy.We are four participants in this project. Two of them are teachers, two of them are students. The other teacher is an English tecaher, Burcu. She helps me about writing. One of the sudents is Kadir who knows the techonology well, preparing videos and taking photos. The other student is Omer who writes passage about the index topic. He uses English succesfully and fluently.

We're so willing to prepare this project, we love being with you!

ın photo from left to right: Burcu (teacher)- Omer (pupil)-Ozgur (teacher)- Kadir (pupil)