The project is to be implemented in a village in Podkarpacie,a small town in Germany and the capital city of Croatia.After the analysis of the probl. faced by all partner schools the main targets of the proj. activities were formulated.Common problem is the lack of motivation among students to use English lg.It was concluded that the desire to communicate in Eng. for students aged 12-14 from 3 schools is small.Eng. lessons that are conducted in a modern way do not bring enough effects.The students' knowledge cannot be used outside of school,hence there is a lack of interest in communication.This project is the answer and solution to this probl.Partner schools were chosen so that thanks to their diversity,students can see that the problem is universal,although the situation of schools is different.By working with partners we want to show students that Eng. lg is more than a subject,it is a communication tool that allows you to acquire friends,learn,grow and then study and work abroad.Active communic. in Eng. supports the development of tolerance,is a mechanism that connects cultures,can contribute to the fight against racism and xenophobia.Therefore,the aim of the project is to motivate students aged 12-14 to communicate in a foreign lg.This goal is feasible and gives the opportunity to make a lasting change after the end of the project.Without this European partnership,this goal would not be achieved.Cooperating with the tourist metropolis of Zagreb,students from small schools will see positive effects stemming from the practical knowledge of Eng. which affects the economy of the country.Thanks to the cooperation with the school in Germany,where the process of assimilation of national minorities among students is an important topic,it will be possible to observe how practical communication in Eng. improves the process of acquiring knowledge and assimilating in a class environment, especially for students who are refugees.The participants of the projects will be different students, aged 12-14.In the foreign trips,students who are most involved in specific local projects(5pupils from each school),will take part.The results of the activities will be published on the platform of project results and the school and eTwinning website,to download for free.First,pupils will prepare presentations about their schools,countries etc.During the meeting in Poland,the effects of that work will be presented.To integrate students,we will organize national sports competition,regional cuisine tasting etcThen students will prepare brochures about schools and countries.During subsequent local activities pupils will create phrasebooks in their native languages and Eng.Glossaries will later facilitate their cooperation and communication,they will be important tools for the implementation of city games in Croatia.Next local activity will be the presentations,in which the students will share information about what positives the proj. brought in their lives, how/if it contributed to the motivation to improve communication in Eng.What does it mean to be a Pole,German,Croatian-European.They will create a script for a film,which will be made together by all students in Germany,based on the knowledge and experience that they gained from the project.The element combining all activities is practical use of English.The methodology used in the project is active participation,learning from each other, self-presentation,creative projects,IT,learning through the project.Thanks to international activities,solving the diagnosed problem and working with students will take on the European dimension,knowledge will be transferredThe result of the project activities is to make students realize that learning a lg is not learning for a test,but a practical use of acquired skills.Receiving funds for this proj. will guarantee the effectiveness of the arranged actions and the achievement of the planned results.Thanks to the cooperation,students will realize that learning Eng means learning communication,a skill that is useful everywhere.Getting to know peers from the EU,solving tasks with them will make students aware that practicing speaking is a necessity in EU.Thanks to this,students will gain motivation to learn communication in Eng. and thus achieve the main goal of the project.Teachers will also benefit from exchanging experiences with colleagues from abroad.Not only activities in this proj. will lead us to the result.Simultaneously,we will be implementing the eTwinning proj,combining both activities.After end of the proj,we will continue to work on the eTwinning website,encouraging students to communicate.To ensure the sustainability of the proj. results based on the motivation and knowledge gained by our students,it is planned in all schools to introduce a bilingual system of learning.In the proj. will participate weak and talented students aged12-14. In the local activities will participate up to:18 Polish students,40 in Croatia,31 in Germany.
The project was implemented in a village in Podkarpacie,a town in Germany and the capital city of Croatia.After the analysis of the probl. faced by all schools the main targets of the proj. activities were formulated.Common problem was lack of motivation among students to use English.It was concluded that the desire to communicate in Eng. for students aged 12-14 from 3 schools is small.Eng. lessons that were conducted in a modern way did not bring enough effects.Students' knowledge couldn’t be used outside of school,hence there was a lack of interest in communication.This project was the answer and solution to this probl.Partner schools were chosen so that thanks to their diversity,students could see that the problem was universal,although the situation of schools was different.By working with partners we wanted to show students that Eng. is more than a subject,it is a communication tool that allows you to acquire friends,learn,grow and then study and work abroad.Active communic. in Eng. supports the development of tolerance,is a mechanism that connects cultures,can contribute to the fight against racism and xenophobia.Therefore,the aim of the project was to motivate students aged 12-14 to communicate in a foreign lg.This goal was feasible and gave the opportunity to make a lasting change after the end of the project.Without this EU partnership,this goal would not be achieved.Cooperating with Zagreb,students from small schools could see positive effects stemming from practical knowledge of Eng. which affects the economy of the country.Thanks to the cooperat. with school in Germany,where the process of assimilation of national minorities among students is important topic,it was possible to observe how communication in Eng. improved the process of acquiring knowledge and assimilating in a class environment,especially for students who are refugees.Participants of the projects were different students,aged 12-14.In local activities participated:30 students in Polish school,40 in German school and 50 in Croatia.In the foreign trips participated students who were most involved in local projects(5pupils from each school).The results of the activities were published on the platform of project results and the project website:englishjustspeak.eu to be downloaded for free.First,pupils prepared presentations about their schools,countries etc.During the meeting in Poland,the effects of that work were presented.To integrate students,we organized national sports competitions,regional cuisine tasting etc.Next, students prepared brochures based on the information from the presentations about schools and countries.During subsequent local activities pupils created phrasebooks in their native languages and Eng.Glossaries facilitated their cooperation and communication,they were important for the implementation of city games in Croatia.Another local activity was preparation of some materials in which the students shared information about what positives the proj.brought in their lives,how it contributed to the motivation to improve communication in Eng.What were the differences between European nations,what does it mean to be a Pole,German,Croatian-European.We created a script for a film,which was made together by all students in Germany,based on the knowledge and experience that they gained from project.The element combining all activities was the practical use of English.Methodology used in the proj. was active participation,learning from each other,self-presentation,creative proj,IT,learning through the project.Thanks to international activities,solving the diagnosed problem and working with students,knowledge will be transferred.The result of the proj. activities helped students realize that learning a lg is not learning for a test,but most of all,it is a practical use of acquired skills.Receiving funds for this proj.guaranteed the effectiveness of the arranged actions and the achievement of the planned results.Thanks to cooperation,students realized that learning Eng means learning communication,a skill that is useful everywhere.Getting to know peers from the EU,solving tasks with them made students aware that practicing speaking is a necessity in EU.Thanks to this,students gained motivation to learn communication in Eng. and thus we achieved the main goal of the project.Students learned a lot about eTwinning and experienced on-line collaboration in virtual world.Teachers also benefited from exchan. experiences with colleagues from abroad.After the end of the proj,we stay in touch with our partners in order to constantly stimulate students' willingness to communicate in Eng.We ensure the sustainability of the proj results based on the motivation and knowledge gained by our students,all schools started the introduction of a bilingual system of work in general education subjects,achieving synergy between all subjects.Thanks to the involvement of many teachers,the scope of these activities is much greater than we expected.