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SCUOLA MEDIA STATALE UGO FOSCOLO-TORINO
OUR EXPERIENCES WITH COMENIUS LANGUAGE ASSISTANTS
GREAT EXPERIENCES
Two Slovenian Girls, a Slovakian girl,a Slovakian
boy and now... a lovely German girl
COMENIUS LANGUAGE ASSISTANTS are A GREAT RESOURCE
• They get a grant from their National Agency and they cost no money to our institutions
• That's extremely important in recent days • In my long experience as TUTOR I had to
deal with 4 girls and 1 boy,I was very lucky to work with them all
THEY WERE ALL WILLING TO :
* learn our language
* discover our culture
*visit our town and its surroundings
*observe our teaching methods
*discover new teaching strategies
*and above all help us in any circustances
Each of them apported her/his own contribution to the school,according to his/her own skills,abilities and personality
THEIR LIVES WITH US
all of them were immediatly part of our “ school family “
we offered them great experiences according to the period they spent in
Torino
Some examples for each experience
ALEKSANDRA MARCOVIC ( 01/10/05-01/03/06)
TANJA VIDIC (01/02/07-28/06/07 )
ANDREA GYELNIK (01/10/07 al 01/03/08)
MARIAN BALEYA ( 01/10/2009-11/06/2010 )
MILENA SEBESTYEN (01/10/2010-20/04/2011)
ALEKSANDRA MARCOVIC : 4 months with us ( 01/10/05-01/03/06)
She worked with 5 English teachers + a German one
• Aleksandra lived the Olympic period
• She contributed to the development of 2 projects :
-“one school one country “ by TOROC and
- a Comenius one: “ motivate teachers to motivate students: bring life into school “
Sandra is celebrating Halloween
She was involved in the life of our school and took part tdifferent events and activities
I VISITED HER IN LUBJIANA
At the end of August 2006 I spent a long weekend in Slovenia
She introduced me to her family
I met her parents,she took me everywhere in Slovenia and she also organized a meeting with my future Comenius Language assistant : TANJA VIDIC
TANJA VIDIC : more then 4 months (01/02/07-28/06/07 )
She taught German and English
• TRIP TO MONCENISIO and SNOW GAMES
• ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECT IN PRACATINAT
• THEY WON A TRIP TO BARCELLONA !!!!!
• OUR GERMAN GUESTS IN TORINO :INTERPRETER
I MET TANJA IN SLOVENIA
Therefore I could physically meet her and Aleksandra told Tanja about her experience with us
Tanja at the school dinner
During her stay we had guests from a German school,Ttook part to all the social events and worked as interprethe German students
Tanja at the prize giving day
Every year some classes are involved in exchanges and they have tproduce a SCRAPBOOK as a memento of their experience.Tanja took part to the judging committee.
Tanja with the German and Italian Teachers
At the prize giving ceremony
ANDREA GYELNIK: 8 months (01/10/07 al 01/06/08)
She could only teach English
- still living in Torino because she fell in love with an Italian university boy!!!
- we're still in touch,when my new Slovakian assistant arrived I introduced him to her.
- I often invite her to our school international dinners and Milena could meet her,too
WHAT SHE DID
• LIVED THE SCHOOL LIFE
• TOOK PART TO MANY TEACHERS TRAINING COURSES
• ATTENDED PERFORMANCES OF SPONTANEOUS THEATRE IN ENGLISH
• IMPROVED HIS/HER COMPETENCES BOTH IN ITALIAN AND IN ENGLISH
• BECAME FAMILIAR WITH NEW TEACHING TRENDS (
ANDREA,HER ITALIAN BOYFRIEND and MILENA at a welcome dinner
INTERNATIONAL DINNER Andrea,Milena and a small part of our
school community
MARIAN BALEYA = 8 months with us( 01/10/2009-11/06/2010 )
• ANOTHER EXCELLENT EXPERIENCE !!!!!
• VERY GOOD COMMAND OF GERMAN,LESS GOOD FLUENCY IN ENGLISH
• SCHOOL FROM COLOGNE IN TORINO
• ENVIRONMENTAL STAY IN PRACATINAT
• SCHOOL OPEN DAY
• EXTRACURRICULAR COURSES chess and table tennis in English
• LEONBERG,GERMANY
• COMENIUS MOBILITY IN CZECH REPUBLIC
• SCHOOL SPORTS DAYS: FOSCOLIADI
• SCHOOL FROM LEONBERG IN TORINO
Presentation of Slovakia to Italian and German students visiting
our school
AT THE OPEN DAY
Marian helped to organize the school OPEN DAY,introduce himself to visitorstalked to students and parents explaining his role in our school
Marian with the foreign languages teachers
Marian at the mountains,students loved him very much !
IN LEONBERG
In December he took part to the exchange and spent a week in Leonbergwith class 3, me and the class teacher.We whole received a family accomodationand Marian felt at his ease with the German colleague, he contributed a lot with the translation because I don't speak German .
AT THE TOWN HALL
He translated for us the Major's speech
Marian in Leongerg with class 3F
CULTURAL EXCHANGE
Mobility in Czech Republic
In March Marian took part to the Comenius mobility to Czech Republic,once more he represented a great resource,he taught some Czech words to all the partecipant students and teachers
With our big Comenius family
Marian is with the teachers from Holland, Turkey, Gran Canaria, Czech Republic and Italy
MORE ABOUT MARIAN’S JOB
• school olympic games “ FOSCOLIADI “
• Extracurricular courses
• Trinity Exams
• Everyone in the school loved him
• As he was very religious he also attended the Holy services in the parish youth club and even there he apported his personal contribution.
OUR BENEFITS with assistants
• INFORMATION ABOUT THE ASSISTANT LANGUAGE AND CULTURE
• RAISE OF MOTIVATION IN THE STUDY OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES AND IN SOME OTHER SUBJECTS
• REPRESENTED AN EXTERNAL OBSERVER WHO MADE THE LANGUAGE TEACHERS TO REFLECT ON THEIR WAYS OF TEACHING AND MAYBE GET TIPS FROM THEIR COLLEAGUES'JOB
• THE PRESENCE OF A LANGUAGE ASSISTANT INCREASED THE EUROPEAN SPIRIT AND INVOLVED EVERYBODY IN THE
And now ...a new adventure has just started with MILENA SEBESTYEN
from Frankfurt ( Germany )
With the British in the Town Hall
With the British school from Taunton and class 3 F
ENJOYING THE VISIT TO THIS BEAUTIFUL BUILDING
PRACATINAT Milena with students at the
environmental stay
At Palazzo Madama
Milena attended Madamaknit with a Bulgarian Comenius assistant
Milena entertained the students with games and organized a fancy dress party
EUROPASS MOBILITY
Thank you very much for your attention!
Enjoy your experience with your COMENIUS ASSISTANT