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Opening to Europe
Start date: Jun 1, 2016, End date: May 31, 2017 PROJECT  FINISHED 

SUMMARY OF THE PROJECT CONTEXT Our High School is engaged in a Multilingual Project. Currently we have started a Strategic Plan which is focused on the implementation of multilingual classes. The main idea is to improve the knowledge and the use of foreign languages, especially English, not only for teachers but for students as well.We want to give our students the capacity to succeed in this internationalized and global society, in their academic as well as in their professional activity. To achieve this goal they will need the ability to communicate in different languages.The methodology used is CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning), consist mainly in teaching a non linguistic subject in a foreign language.Our present proposal in the current context is to open to Europe from a methodological, linguistic and curricular point of view. Therefore, new methodological tools are to be acquired and an improvement in the individual competences is to be reached. A change in the teaching organization is required. To achieve this change we have started to assign some hours to collaborative work with other countries, giving an intercultural dimension to the teaching process. We have already been working hard on this line for two academic years so far.NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS AND PROFILE A commission of teachers has been set up. The choice was made on the basis of commitment, teaching experience, interest, motivation, and availability, involving teaching members from all the school departments. The Centre’s needs to teach new subjects in English for the following year was especially taken into consideration when making the choice.The project consists of 7 participants for those training courses. The selected teachers are the following: 1. a Physics and Chemistry teacher who also coordinates the Erasmus Project, who, at the same time belongs to the Strategic Plan teachers team2. there is also a Biology and Geology teacher3. a Music teacher 4. a Humanities teacher all of the above mentioned belonging to the Strategic Plan team.On the other hand there is:5. a Social Educator6. the Educational Psychologist7. the Educational Coordinator at the schoolall of these latter being part of the so called PIM ( Intensive Plan for Improvement). DESCRIPTION OF THE ACTIVITIES 6 teachers are to attend the “training courses” in July. The scheduled courses are offered by different entities such as the “International Study programs” and the “English Language Center” in the UK, and the “English Matters” in Ireland. The courses are: - Course for Teachers of Music- Practical Methodology for teachers who teach Science or Maths or Technical subjects "bilingually" in English at Secondary Level (CLIL)- Secondary CLIL (bilingual) Humanities- Erasmus + Active English-Intensive for Staff - English for Teachers- Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL)SThe Educational Coordinator of our school management is to undertake a Structured Study Visit to Schools /Institutes & Training Seminar in Finland in October 2016.METHODOLOGY APPLIED TO DEVELOP THE PROJECT Acquiring a new CLIL methodology to teach different subjects in English. We intend to encourage the use of the TIC to achieve these objectives. Our Educational Centre longs for the restructuring of some optional subjects in order to engage in the European project and devote time to develop the committee cooperative programs among countries. It is expected to set up a periodical communication by way of the e-twinning website, the making of a weekly edition of blogs and by carrying out a fluent communication . The goal is to develop our European dimension so as to share experiences and benefit from a more global education by accepting the values from the European community as our own. RESULTS Exchange of ideas and experiences with teachers from other European countries. Getting to Know the CLIL methodology and acquiring new ideas to teach every subject in English. Getting and preparing material designed for teaching different subjects in English. Acquiring new abilities and ideas in order to use technology to teach English. Higher effectiveness in teaching subject matters. Acquisition of different perspectives.Higher intercultural awareness and value manners and cultures from other European countries.EXPECTED EFFECTIt is expected to promote and improve the multilingual program that has just been started.It is expected to offer our students a more attractive range of opportunities.

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