The main aim of this project is to improve the educational process by the impementation of the cooperative learning that will support the cooperation of pupils with different educational needs. On the other hand, the level of knowledge and interest in language teaching will increase and it will be done through the transfer of the cultural heritages in our languages to young generations. In this project we want to provide continuation of proverbial and idiomatic richness in the languages, to help students realize the common elements of our languages and to promote widely use of proverbs and idioms in classes, to help students to improve their study, linguistic, social and artistic skills. By studying proverbs and idioms in the languages students will be able to identify their cultures' characteristics in other European languages. In this way the sense of multiculturalism, international cooperation, tolerance and acceptance of differentiation will be enforced having as an overall objective the realization that European people share not only a continent but also a common culture.This project foresees a number of groups participating throughout the life of the project. We have planned for 3 Short-term joint staff training events. The goal of the first meeting at the beginning of the project is to develop a share understanding of roles and responsibilities and to plan for the project mobilities, identify key delivery points, activity plans, materials, the second staff meeting will analyze the achievement of ongoing project tasks and one meeting at the end of the project to evaluate the project outcomes and to finalise the project results. We plan to involve 6 pupils and 3 staff from each partner during the 3 pupils' exchange. The age of the pupils is 11-18. Our pupils will perform their project results in each exchange. At the same time, students will learn each other, support and improve themselves and exchange their experiences. The project, which is characterized by its strong ties with the local people, will allow schools to be no-longer self-referential structures but open spaces to the external culture, developing reciprocal links and acting as active points of reference for the vitality of the area. Many people could benefit from this project. As we have already explained, many benefits will achieve, not only for our school communities, but for the local communities in the participating project countries, too. We are planning to encourage and promote the students to explore and observe the local community in which they live. Our teenagers need to be encouraged to search for local usage of spoken language and to talk to people in the local community. So our idea is to explore and discover the hidden treasure in terms of proverbs and idioms in informal spoken language by giving pupils the opportunity to be journalists or interviewers for a certain time or to speak to people in local informal languages as they themselves observe and experience in daily life. The community itself will provide a great deal of help to the students to digest the proverbial / idiomatic language. The partner schools intend to build: cultural bridges (to link different cultures in terms of languages, traditions, literature, music, dance, history), educational bridges (to link various systems of education, innovating the teaching techniques and methods), temporal bridges (to connect the past, the present and the future) interpersonal bridges (to make new friends). The project will produce a number of outcomes: * 3 Short-term joint staff training events (Slovakia, Spain and Romania) * 3 Short terms exchange of pupils (Italy, Poland, Turkey) in which the pupils will work together on common proverbs and idioms with their stories and meanings in English, communication skills, problem solving, team work, critical thinking and more (they will discover the proverbs and the idioms, the stories in the background, prepare sketches and plays, sing songs, draw pictures, make animations, prepare competitions. * Pupils training peers upon their return to their school * E-twinning collaboration * E-book with short videos filmed from the real cooperative learning lessons * A compilation of pupils work and implementation of the project * Guidance on replicating the project upon completion of it * Newsletters and flyers The special events with the local folklore/ballad singers can be a great opportunity for the students and the community in terms of proverbial/idiomatic language. The local town municipalities will be another stakeholder. They will help the students about the special places/corners in the towns where the cultural background of the proverbs or idioms can be traced. The project objectives and its results fit in well with the priorities selected as the project will impact directly on skills and competences of its participants (staff and learners) and it focuses on promoting a comprehensive approach to language teaching and learning
The main goal of this project was to improve the quality of the educational process by implementing cooperative learning, which supported the cooperation of students with different educational needs. On the other hand, the level of knowledge and interest in language teaching has also increased, through the transfer of cultural heritage in our languages to young generations. In this project, we started to use the wealth of proverbs and idioms in the partnership languages and helped students to realize the common elements of our languages, and we encouraged the wide use of proverbs and idioms in the teaching process, helping students to improve their study, language, social and artistic skills. Through the study of proverbs and idioms in the partner languages, the students were able to identify the characteristics of their culture in other European languages. In this way, a sense of multiculturalism, international cooperation, tolerance and acceptance of differentiation was promoted, the overall goal of which was to realize that Europeans share not only a continent, but also a common culture. This project assumed the participation of several partners during the duration of the project. 3 short-term joint employee trainings were planned. The aim of the first meeting at the beginning of the project was to develop a common perception and understanding of roles and responsibilities and to plan the mobility of the project, to identify key points of the project, activity plans, materials, the second staff meeting was to analyze the fulfillment of ongoing project tasks and one meeting at the end of the project was planned to evaluate the outputs of the project and the finalization of the project results. However, the cards were mixed up by the Covid19 pandemic. So we first held 3 short-term teacher meetings and only after the pandemic measures were lifted, we organized 3 work meetings with students. During the exchange with pupils, we involved 6 pupils and 3 employees from each partner. The age of the pupils was 11-18 years. Students presented the results of their activities and collaborated during each exchange project stay. At the same time, students learned, supported, improved and exchanged their experiences with each other. The project allowed the schools to be no longer just closed self-referential units, but opened space to external culture, developed mutual ties and act as active institutions for the vitality of the regional area. Many people have benefited from this project. As we have already explained, this has brought many benefits not only to our school communities, but also to local communities in the countries involved in the project. Our students researched and observed the local community in which they live. We encouraged our teenagers to look for places with local colloquial language (with dialects and idioms) and talk to people in the local community. Our idea was to explore and discover the hidden treasure of proverbs and idioms in informal spoken language by giving pupils the opportunity to become journalists or interviewers for a period of time and speak to people in local languages while observing what they experience. in everyday life. The community itself provided great help to students in compiling an idiomatic language and a dictionary of idioms and proverbs. Partners built: cultural bridges (connected different cultures in terms of languages, traditions, literature, music, dance, history), educational bridges (connected different education systems, teaching techniques and methods), temporary bridges (connected past, present and future), interpersonal bridges (they established new friendships). The project brought these results: * 3 short-term joint employee trainings (Spain, Slovakia and Romania) * 3 short-term student exchanges (Poland, Turkey and Slovakia), during which students worked together on common proverbs and idioms, with their stories and meaning in English, improved communication skills, solved team problems, critical thinking and discovered proverbs and idioms on the background of stories, they also prepared sketches and plays, sang songs, drew pictures with idioms, made animations and prepared competitions. * After returning to school from project activities, students trained their classmates * E-twinning cooperation continued * E-book with short videos filmed from real cooperative learning lessons and project activities * The compilation of students' works and the implementation of the project were processed Students were helped to find special places/corners in the cities where they could trace the cultural background of proverbs or idioms. The goals of the project and its results were and are in the line with the selected priorities, because the project had a direct impact on the skills and competences of its participants (employees and students) and focused on supporting a comprehensive approach to language teaching.