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