Comenius-project
The two schools work
together on a music project which consists in the printing of a CD
containing music examples of different music styles from both
countries as well as a common Christmas concert with musicians from
both schools performing together. During the whole course of the
project the pupils are supposed to exchange e-mails about different
kinds of music in both languages in order to help each other to
understand the foreign texts and to learn about the culture and music
of the other country.
The project will enable
the pupils to learn about the other culture by experiencing it
directly. The pupils will learn to work together on a common
objective. Communicating in the foreign language during the project
will enable the pupils to learn this language more quickly and
effectively.
Products that will be
worked on during the course of the project:
-
a CD with a
compilation of examples for different music styles in both
languages, in particular the songs played in the following Christmas
concert -
a Christmas concert
performed together by musicians from both countries;
-
there will be a music
exchange via internet in which the pupils will help each other with
the language (content and pronunciation) of texts as well as
question each other about music taste in the other country (if
possible including an interview with a local band of the other
country); the results of this work will be shown on the blog -
if the pupils want to
exchange ideas about any other subjects than music, the blog can
also be used to display the results -
language learning
will be supported by the use of chats (the pupils will do exercises
together)
Benefit for the pupils:
-
the pupils will learn
about the culture of another European country experiencing that
there are both differences and similarities between the two cultures -
English as a European
communication language will be practised and its use will be
intensified -
they will learn to
communicate, at least basically, in the mother tongue of the other
country -
the pupils will
achieve communicative competence in the project language (English) -
they will learn
empathy -
the pupils will learn
to cooperate with people from another country working on a common
project -
school life will
become more innovative and interesting -
teachers get the
opportunity to learn about the other country’s school system -
pupils and teachers
will become more fluent in the use of new media
