The transnational project meeting was held

in Lodz, from the 27th of May to the 1st of

June 2017.

Unfortunately, this was the last transnational

meeting planned in our project. Teachers

from partner schools in Bari, Braila and Lodz

had a chance to sum up and evaluate the

outcomes and activities carried out during the

two years.

It was also a great opportunity to discuss our

latest products, such as: the booklet, the dic-

tionary of linguistic abbreviations and popular

icons and the project website.

Moreover, the participants discussed our further

cooperation in implementation of the project.

During these few days, apart from meetings, dis-

cussions and exchanging experiences and good

practices we also organized other summing up

events.

The closing ceremony was held on the 31st of

May 2017. Not only was the event an excellent

occasion to remind the audience of the main pur-

pose of our project, but it was also a chance to

present its products. Our guests could see the

newsletters, our dictionary of linguistic abbrevia-

tions, the booklet as well as our presentations and

films created by the international project team.

The exhibition of photos showing activities

performed in the project let the

visitors know more about it.

Transnational Project Meeting

Lodz, Poland

I N S I D E T H I S

I S S U E :

TRANSNATIONAL

PROJECT MEETING,

LODZ, POLAND

1-2

DICTIONARY AND

STUDENTS’ FINAL

THOUGHTS

3

TEACHERS’

THOUGHTS

4-5

GOLDEN RULES

OF SUCCESSFUL

COMMUNICATION

6

Successful Communication

— the Future of Europe

J U L Y 2 0 1 7 P O L A N D , N E W S L E T T E R 6

PARTNERS:

POLAND

ITALY

ROMANIA

SPECIAL

POINT OF THIS

ISSUE:

TRANSNATIONAL

PROJECT MEETING

LODZ, POLAND

S T R . 2

Success fu l

Communicat ion

– the Future

of Europe

Furthermore, the guests could admire an exhibition entitled

“ Modern and Old-fashioned Forms of Communica-

tions” and a performance by the school theatre group

called ” The History of Communication”. Our students

sang a few songs, too.

During the event the project coordinator thanked people in-

volved in it and presented the teachers from Bari and Braila

with certificates of attendance.

After the ceremony all participants, students, teachers, parents

and our guests took part in the family picnic organized in the

Botanical Garden.

S U C C E S S F U L C O M M U N I C A T I O N

Transnational Project Meeting Lodz, Poland

DICTIONARY OF LINGUISTIC ABBREVIATIONS

AND POPULAR ICONS

S T R . 3 P O L A N D , N E W S L E T T E R

ERASMUS+ DICTIONARY AND OUR STUDENTS’ FINAL THOUGHTS

I consider my work on the dictionary very useful because I understand what you

need to do such a book. I have also learnt what every emoticon means and I

enjoy it. (Gagu Teodora, XA)

The making of this dictionary helped me learn a few words in both Italian and

Polish and the fact that it was about emoticons, which we use on a daily basis,

made the whole activity even more enjoyable! (Dascalu Andreea, XIF)

To my mind, this dictionary is more useful than an ordinary one and it helps you

to express your emotions without words. Also, what I enjoyed most was the fact

that I learnt some new words in two different languages, Italian and Polish, guid-

ed by my friends from Bari and Lodz. (Rusen Ana-Maria, XIF)

It was a pretty interesting experience that involved the team work with my Italian friend. Also, I never thought

that it would be so difficult to find such common things like emotion codes. (Duma Andrei, XG)

For me, the design of this emoticons dictionary represents much more than just searching for information on

the Internet. It involved collaboration, team work and understanding between the group members. I also

learned how to listen to people and take into account the ideas of those around me and I think that this expe-

rience made me a more understanding and open-minded person. I believe that this was an opportunity to

know my teammates better and to realize the fact that groups always make better decisions than individuals.

To sum up, this is exactly what I mean by a successful communication. (Sterea Diana, XA)

Being involved in this interesting activity has been a great challenge as I had to communicate more effectively

with my mates trying to find interactive ways of communication and take into account their opinions. I hope

that it will be a helpful and successful final product of the Erasmus+ project. Last but not least, we all enjoy

our lasting friendships. (Pîrlog Patricia, XID)

It was great to communicate with my Italian and Polish friends in order to create this Dictionary for our pro-

ject, “SUCCESSFUL COMMUNICATION – THE FUTURE OF EUROPE” 2015-2017. I understood how im-

portant emoticons are for a good dialogue and a successful communication, too. (Băcanu Maria, XIIE)

This part of the project helped me to learn that there are many ways to communicate. For example, communi-

cation through icons is truly interesting because we do not use any words but still understand each other, this

is what it makes it to be a successful way to communicate. (Buricea Ana Maria, XD)

.

.

Creating the dictionary of linguistic abbreviations and popular icons was one of our last

activities. Here are some thoughts of the Romanian students who were involved in it.

G GCSE Global Communication Sustained Erasmus+

e.g. Erasmus+ international meetings are the living proof that global communication does work.

S T R . 4

Success fu l

Communicat ion

– the Future

of Europe

2nd Mobility, Braila,

Romania

AND NOW IT’S TIME FOR TEACHERS ...

And now it’s our turn! The

teachers involved in the Eras-

mus Plus Project, carried out

in the last two years.

I consider this experience

unforgettable, a new way of

learning, working and improv-

ing different styles of life.

I think that it is important for

teachers to get through this

kind of experience because

for a European system of

teaching we need to work

together. Knowledge about

foreign cultures, in a world

that is getting more and

more globalized, give teach-

ers the chance to educate

students to become under-

standing, self-confident, in-

dependent, open hearted

and open minded.

Thanks to those people who

gave me this opportunity,

thanks again to the Polish

and Romanian colleagues

and to all the students.

Shall we meet again? Who

knows!!!!

A warm embrace to every-

body.

Patrizia Elefante

English teacher at Istituto Istruzione

Secondaria Superiore “De Nittis-

Pascali” in Bari, Italy

a great benefit for all of us,

too. In this framework, trans-

national cooperation and mo-

bility in our ERASMUS PLUS

KA2 Project “Successful com-

munication - the Future of

Europe” are a perfect combi-

nation for both Students and

Teachers to share experienc-

es and good practices, to de-

velop new skills and divergent

Successful communication is a

basic and transversal skill that

encourages active participation

in the contemporary society.

Young people have to be aware

of this role and they have to use

digital forms of communication

in a more appropriate way. We

are aware that integration of

digital sector into Teaching/

Learning Activities may be

thinking. Thank you very much

to Polish, Romanian and Italian

Students and Colleagues!

Rossana Viola

Maths and Physics

teacher at Istituto

Istruzione Secondaria Superiore “De

Nittis-Pascali” in Bari, Italy

I will have very nice memo-

ries for many years to come.

Ewa Makowska

English teacher at Zespół Szkół

Ogólnokształcących nr 7 in Lodz,

Poland

So much work constructing

the project and all its activi-

ties makes you think 'Never

again', but when you finally

get the grant and meet all

these amazing people

around the world, there is only

one thought in your

mind: 'Yes, it was

worth!!!'

Dorota Głąbicka

English teacher at Zespół Szkół Ogól-

nokształcących nr 7 in Lodz, Poland

I`ve taken part in the Erasmus

+ project and I must admit I

have been delighted I could

meet many wonderful people.

The project enabled me to

see how European teachers

work. I could observe stu-

dents who eagerly participat-

ed in various activities. The

atmosphere created by all the

participants was amazing.

People supported and helped

one another.

Transnational Project

Meeting, Bari, Italy

S U C C E S S F U L C O M M U N I C A T I O N

S T R . 5 P O L A N D , N E W S L E T T E R

The Erasmus+ Project

“SUCCESSFUL COMMUNICA-

TION – THE FUTURE OF EU-

ROPE”, which has just finished has

proved a great teaching experience

for all the teachers involved in it.

For two years, Polish, Romanian

and Italian teachers have shared

professional and socio-cultural

knowledge, have designed different

learning activities to cater for all

types of learners which ultimately

have led to motivating their stu-

dents to communicate in English, to

better their accuracy, their fluency

in English.

As a member of the Romanian pro-

ject team I got involved in different

teaching-learning activities which

took place during the mobility in

Romania, mostly (November,

2017) . For a week I had a chance

to meet Polish and Italian students,

to talk to them and I had the pleas-

ure to discover that regardless their

nationality all these teenagers

share the same joy, the same curiosity,

the same interest in learning English

and not only: they were eager to let the

others know something about their

country, their customs and traditions,

their local and national identity by ex-

ploring different places in their towns

and countries, in other words they did

communicate in different ways.

To me the most important feedback

was actually the reaction of my stu-

dents who were happy to have been

given the chance to take part in the

activities of the project, to make new

friends, to practise their English outside

the classroom, to see that they have

many things in common with other

teenagers miles and miles away.

Monica Mortu

English Teacher at “Gheorghe

Munteanu Murgoci’’ National College

& Foreign Languages Inspector At The County

Inspectorate Of Braila, Romania

Effective communication is one of the most important as-

pects of life. This skill is essential to achieve success

both in education and, in general, in everyday situations.

That’s why, I think that the project and its implementation

was so important and useful. Participants of the project

could learn more about the history of communication, find

the meaning of their body-language and develop their

creativity in activities such as: presentations, films or the

theatre workshops. The dictionary of linguistic abbrevia-

tions and popular icons turned out to be helpful for stu-

dents and teachers as well. But the greatest value was to

meet new people from the schools involved in the project.

Thanks to mobilities, we could experience new culture,

get to know their partners’ schools, cities and traditions.

We, teachers, could exchange good practices and learn

new solutions and methods of teaching. Personally, I think

that this project has allowed me to gain new experience

and learn new things. It was sometimes difficult to follow the

schedule of the project, lots of work, but now I'm sure it was

worth taking part in it.

Thank you very much to all Italian, Romanian and Polish

teachers who cooperated with me and supported me during

the implementation of the project. Thanks to all the students

eagerly participating in our project activities. You’ve done a

good job! Successful communication turned out to be not

only necessity, but

also pure pleasure to

me and I hope to all

participants.

Dorota Woźniak

English teacher at Zespół

Szkół Ogólnokształcących

nr 7 in Lodz, Poland

Transnational

Project Meeting,

Lodz, Poland

Transnational

Project Meeting,

Bari, Italy

1st Mobility, Lodz Poland

This project has been funded with support from the European Commission

GOLDEN RULES

OF SUCCESSFUL COMMUNICATION

1st

Be kind and polite with the people you

are talking to, learn to respect them and

don’t judge by someone’s aspect and ap-

pearance

2nd

Use clear and assertive language, help-

ing yourself with verbal and non-verbal

communication

3rd

Don’t wear a mask. Never hide your feel-

ings and protect your position by saying

what you want to say

4th

Have a positive attitude when you are

talking to someone and focus on positive

behaviour

5th

Be more open-minded and try to

avoid using stereotypes