This project emerged from the need to go further in the process of internationalisation of our school in different levels: continue with exchange of good practices transnational projects, explore cultural learning with the aim of developing a European identity among the school community and at the same time develop linguistic competences, offering our students a new language: Italian. The topic of the project is cultural heritage, and it was worked through long term mobilities. 8 15–16-year-old students took part along 2 school years in a 2 month exchange with students from Sicily. From a methodological point of view the project was designed and carried out from an open and eminently communicative perspective, which focused on social, linguistic, and cultural competences, without forgetting key ones. The work plan with this project was as follows: 1. Dissemination of the project and activities among all the members of the school community. 2. Pairing of the students and pre-exchange communication among them. 3. Meeting with families of selected students. 4. Fulfilment of all documentation. 5. Study agreement. 6. Flight tickets, insurance, payment, documentation. 7. Linguistic support. 8. School support at sending school. Appointment of contact teacher. 9. Beginning of the exchange. 10. Sending school support with teacher in Sicily for 4 days for adaptation period. 11. School support in receiving school. 12. Regular classes at school. 13. Blog creation. 14. Come back to sending school. Support. 15. Evaluation of the exchange. 16. Dissemination activities about the exchange. 17. Preparation of receiving activity in the classes. 18. Celebration of cultural related days at school. With this structure, we attained the following results, intrinsically related to the objectives in the application form: 1. Improve social and linguistic competences of participating students. 2. Improve the students’ knowledge about the culture, society and heritage of the receiving countries. 3. Develop the internationalisation of the participating schools. 4. Widen the students’ horizons by placing them in an international context. 5. Improve the quality of teaching at participating schools through the exchange of good practices.
This project emerges from the need to improve the internationalization our schools have already started in different ways:continue with the exchange transnational programmes in order to exchange good practices, implement cultural heritage learning with the aim of developing a European identity and the same time, develop linguistic competences, offering them an extra foreign language. The topic of the project deals with European Cultural Heritage and it will be worked through long term mobilities, mainly. Every year, four students (15-16 years old) from each country will study in the partner country for a period of two months. The objectives to tackle through the project are: Improve the social and linguistic skills of the participating students. Develop the internationalization of the participating schools. Widen the students horizons. Improve the quality of teaching in the participating schools through the exchange of good practices.