The project is born from the will of the coordinating school "GALLO" to participate for the first time in an Erasmus + project. The project idea was launched on the live eTwinning platform and is immediately welcomed by several schools. The choice fall on three Liceul Regina Maria Dohoroi schools, Agrupamento de Eschola D.Sancho1 of Famalicão, Gymnasium Antano Smetonos in Ukmerge. They are those ones who seemed to us the most interested and motivated to the collaboration and the good success of the project. Matching people ho worked in project and those ones who are least experienced encourage them all to continue the idea that an Erasmus project is only sustainable benefit for students, future European citizens, for teachers, schools and the whole European community. The project, whose acronym is WEBLANGUES, has the following title: "Learning languages by creating a website". The objectives are: To promote knowledge of the culture of the four countries through the enhancement of UNESCO heritage, local gastronomy, music through the practice of the collaboration of all boys and girls, using a common language and realizing together a WEB page, powerful means of communication; improve linguistic and communicative skills; exchange information and ideas with students from different cultures and choose effective ways to disseminate them; to promote learning and teaching through the use of platforms such as eTwinning, to become aware of the possibility of cooperating, to understand the "other one", to increase academic success, to promote the social inclusion of socially disadvantaged pupils, to promote gender equality but also to become aware of analogies and differences between countries and cultures; use computer technologies as a means of placing students in a communication situation; widen cultural horizons and educate for inclusion; strengthen the key competences of citizenship; develop social skills; build a stronger bond between young people of different nationalities. The target group of the project is represented by students aged 15 to 18 All of them have common points such as: social and economic disadvantaged, risk of absenteeism and dropout, desire to take part in a European project and motivation, gender equality, SEN. These students have intermediate level of proficiency in French and are able to participate actively involved in all activities planned by the project but they need to supplement and enrich their scholastic preparation with finalized formative experiences to broaden their cultural horizons. Four teachers also participate in the mobility. Students participate in the following activities: search for information via the internet on local cuisine, selection and production of recipes, in the kitchen laboratories; elaboration of the lexicon relating to food and creation of the food pyramid with drawings google, elaboration of crosswords with definition. Analysis of the text of a song on peace to celebrate the union of countries, improvement of phonetics and performance of the song on musical basis or with the instruments played by musicians student, selection of photos and videos, construction of a power point, video editing with windows movie maker, use of eTwinning, interviews, etc ... The methodology used to carry out the project: work in groups of four, cooperative learning, peer to peer, brainstorming, storytelling. These are all methodologies that encourage students to engage in an activity with a common purpose. This reinforces the intended objectives of the project. Results and expected outcomes Development of cognitive skills in research, selection of organization and reuse of information and creation of the web page to share resources, materials and products created Development of linguistic and communicative and technological skills Acquiring the motivations of food choices for a correct diet Strengthen social and interpersonal skills Strengthen cooperation and collaboration within the group and with teachers in partner schools Become responsible for the products developed and the means to achieve them. potential long-term benefits: Encourage healthy choices when they are students but also years later when they’ll become adults. Improve key competences wanted by the EU Use of the language in real situations can encourage future European citizens to free movement of people without feeling the obstacle of the language in the search for work or in the continuation of studies. The resulting collaborative spirit will help positive relationships between people and the use of ICTs in responsible way.
The project was initiated by the Italian coordinator and brought together three schools with common needs - Gymnasium Antano Smetonos in Ukmerge, Lithuania, professional institute GALLO Agrigento, Italy and Lycée "Regina Maria" Dorohoi, Romania. The project took place concerning the teaching/learning of foreign languages in practical situations. The objectives of the project were the promotion of culture through the enhancement of Unesco heritage, local gastronomy, music, using French as a communication and research tool and the web domain to develop a common page, improve language and communication skills, exchange information and ideas with students from different cultures and choose effective ways to disseminate them, promote learning and teaching through the use of the eTwinning platform, gain awareness of the possibility to cooperate, to understand "the other", to increase academic success, to promote the social inclusion of socially disadvantaged pupils, to promote gender equality but also to acquire awareness of analogies and differences between countries and cultures, to use computer technologies as a means of placing students in a situation of communication, broadening cultural and educational horizons promote inclusion, strengthen key citizenship skills, develop social skills, build a stronger bond between young people of different nationalities. The target group of the project was represented by pupils aged 15 to 18. Activities carried out: research of information via internet on local cuisine, selection and production of recipes in cooking laboratories, elaboration of the lexicon relating to food and creation of a food pyramid with google drawings, composition of crosswords with definition , analysis of the text of a song about peace to celebrate the union of countries, improvement of the phonetics and performance of the song on a musical basis/with instruments played by student musicians, selection of photos and videos, construction of several presentation materials, video editing with windows movie maker, use of eTwinning, interviews, debates, round table, culinary exhibition of products of geographically protected origin. As methodologies, we used: cooperative learning, peer to peer, braimstorming, storytelling. These are all methodologies that have encouraged students to engage in an activity with a common goal. This reinforced the intended objectives of the project. The results of the project - The students have developed cognitive skills in research, selection, organization and reuse of information and creation of the web page where to share the resources, materials and products created, linguistic and communicative and technological skills, they have acquired motivations for food choices to proper nutrition, students have strengthened social and interpersonal skills, cooperation and collaboration within the group and with teachers from partner schools, they have become responsible for the products developed and the means to achieve them. After the evaluation and analysis of the students' activities, we can mention as long-term results: making healthy choices when they are students but also years later in adulthood, improving the key skills wanted by the EU, use of the language in real situations encourages future European citizens to the free movement of people without feeling the language barrier in the search for work or in the continuation of studies. The resulting spirit of collaboration will help positive relationships between people as well as the responsible use of ICTs.