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Summer School Anno
2012/2013
ITG-ISA di San Giovanni in Fiore
PROGETTO C-1 FSE04_POR_CALABRIA-2012-128
Anno 2012/2013
Dirigente Scolastico
Prof. Giovanni Tiano
Coordinamento
Prof.ssa Rosa Loria
Talerico
Prof.ssa Angela Sgro
Tutors:
Prof. Andrea Checchetti
Prof.ssa Anna Maria Turco
SUMMER SCHOOL
Andrea Checchetti
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ITG-ISA di San Giovanni in Fiore
PROGETTO C-1 FSE04_POR_CALABRIA-2012-128
DIRIGENTE SCOLASTICO Prof. Giovanni Tiano
COORDINAMENTO Prof.ssa Rosa Loria Talerico
Prof.ssa Angela Sgro
TUTORS Prof. Andrea Checchetti
Prof.ssa Anna Maria Turco
I CORSISTI
Pierangelo Audia
Federico Bitonti
Teresa Chiodo
Sonia Pio Costante
Antonella Curia
Saveria De Marco
Cristian Falbo
Rosapia Iaquinta
Salvatore Iaquinta
Angelica Montefresco
Daniela Orlando
Giulia Piccolo
Caterina Pignanelli
Angelica Veltri
Luisa Verardi
SUMMER SCHOOL
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Last October I went as a tutor to London with my students. It was an
excellent experience. The students followed an English course and
developed their language competence. The English school answered in an
excellent way to our requests. Students were divided in 4 groups according
to their skills as required by the European Common Framework. Some
students got their B1 certification at the end of the course and others their
A2 certificate.
My pupils met many foreign students coming from other European
countries and they spoke English everyday improving their spoken English
skills. They also had the chance to talk with their foreign colleagues about
their school experience and to compare their respective school systems and
their ways of life detecting cultural similarities and differences. This was a
very important intercultural experience for them.
London is a cosmopolitan and cultural city and students visited many
monuments and museums. This experience gave them the opportunity to
understand also English habits and costumes as well as many aspects of
the British history.
In the morning students used to attend the English classes and in the
afternoon we did a lot of excursions such as Stonehenge, Bath and the
Roman ruins, Windsor, Oxford. Many students were impressed by Oxford
and some of them are now planning to go and study there after their
Diploma in Italy.
In London we visited: the British Museum, the Science Museum, the
English Eye, Buckingham Palace and the main Parks of London, a boat tour
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on the Thames, the National Gallery, the Tower of London, Westminster
with the House of Parliament and the Big Ben.
I am sure this was a very important experience and we hope to organize a
school trip like this in the future because it is a very motivating experience
for both teachers and students.
Prof.ssa Anna Maria Turco
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“When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life, for there is in London
all that life can afford.”
This quotation by Samuel Johnson makes us think about how a city can
contain anything people need. In the twenty days spent in the centre of the
English Capital, we didn’t get tired of it, in fact we would like to have
visited, discovered and admired everything. The museums, the huge parks,
the numerous bridges, the vast underground line are just some of the
elements that characterize London, but we loved it especially for its
vitality. It can seem strange to define a city in this way but there is no
better adjective to do it. From day to day we were catapulted from a small
town into a metropolis with more than twelve million inhabitants. It is a
lot, perhaps too much, for those who have lived most of their life in
another country, however, for us, young people, that ‘much’ is the most
daring wish.
You can always have fun in London. Even museums are an attraction for
people of all ages. There are lots of things to do, places to visit, and
wonderful views to admire. However, it is not only this that makes it
desirable to so many young people around the world. The main reason is
the possibility of personal advancement, the opportunity to make a career
based on your own skills and, above all, on social equity you can have.
There are, obviously, some typical problems of a big city: beggars and poor
areas, anyway this doesn’t cancel all the possibilities that London has to
offer. One of the social elements which surprised us is the individual
freedom. The family you belong to or where you are from are not
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important factors; what really counts is the enthusiasm you put into work
and into trying to find your own place in society.
No one judges other people’s behaviour, personality and, especially,
opinions. Today this is the freedom young people are looking for. What we
experienced taught us that if we shouldn’t have the possibility to be
completely ourselves in a specific town or city, we must not to surrender,
because there is always a place where our dreams can come true.
We are, therefore, grateful for this experience, because this journey gave us
the opportunity to discover the beauty of a small part of our wonderful
world that would have remained unknown if we had stayed closed in our
traditions and culture without exploring what surrounds us.
Antonella Curia
Salvatore Iaquinta
Giulia Piccolo
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Have you ever had an unique and unforgettable experience? One that
leaves an indelible mark? Well the educational holiday in London was like
that for us! It all began in a hot summer afternoon, when we got an
unexpected phone call from Mrs. Angela Sgro, informing us of this
opportunity and advising us to apply for it. After about a month we were
chosen , along with other school students, on the basis of two criteria:
average mark in English and family income.
Our flight was on 1st October 2012 at 9:00 pm from Lamezia Terme
Airport. “Ready to go? Maybe Not!” We were really excited but also a bit
frightened because for most of us this was the first experience away from
home and the first time on a plane. But the courage and the will to face this
challenge was stronger because London was waiting for us!
Once we took off , the flight was short but we landed late at night. An
inexperienced driver made us reach our destination very late so we went to
bed at 3:00 am.
After just a few hours we learned we had to do a placement test, what a
tragedy! The purpose of the test was to group us according to our English
level, so that we could improve it. Our tutors, Mr. Andrea Checchetti and
Miss Anna Maria Turco, lost no time in taking us around the beautiful city
of London!
We spent the first week visiting museums and art galleries, but we all
waited anxiously for the weekend: on Saturday we visited Stonehenge,
one of the seven wonders of the world, and Bath, an ancient town famous
for its Roman baths and on Sunday we had a very cold but exciting cruise
on the Thames.
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A disappointing note was food. London is beautiful but the food is
terrible! Menus were characterized mainly by potatoes, spicy chicken,
potatoes and more potatoes! How can we forget the lunch bag? It consisted
of a jumbo baguette, chips, water and a chocolate bar. We were really
hungry, but the enthusiasm of discovering new things made us forget the
pain in our stomach! It was not only fun; in the morning, we had to work
hard during the classes, speaking exclusively in English, because it was the
only language common to all the students. In the evenings we had a lot of
fun going to pubs, playing bowling and walking around Piccadilly Circus.
The second weekend brought us to Oxford and Windsor, two ancient and
beautiful cities! Their monuments are marvelously decorated, each detail
is fabulous and unforgettable. The last week was really tiring, we were
hungry and under pressure because of the exam we had to face. Everyone
chose a topic to discuss. Fortunately we all passed the test successfully! It
was an unforgettable experience that we must repeat.
Daniela Orlando
Angelica Montefresco
Caterina Pignanelli
Luisa Verardi
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In October we had the opportunity to take part in the project “Summer
School” in London. This article is about our experience which we hope will
be repeated in the future.
We reached London easily by plane . It took three hours leaving from
Lamezia Terme. The aim of the project was to attend an English language
course for three weeks and at the end of the course to get a certificate. The
experience has been useful because we improved our knowledge of the
English language. We were divided into two groups according to the
results of an entry test. Each class was formed by students from different
parts of the world.
Everything has been an enrichment, we learned new aspects of a culture
different from ours. The organized activities were very numerous: we had
the opportunity to visit London and the surrounding areas with guided
tours, we went to the British Museum, we saw the heart of the city with a
mini cruise on the River Thames and many other places of historical and
cultural importance. The visit to Oxford University was very special
because we saw the cerimony of enrollment of the students. The visit to
Windsor Castle, the residence of the Queen, was very pleasant.
We stayed in a modern hotel located in the center of London, the university
distrect of Shoreditch near the student’s hostel. In the afternoons after the
classes we were free, so we went all over, as we travelled by the very
efficient public transportation, which allowed us to reach any places
quickly. Near the hotel there was a underground station, thanks to this we
visited both the cultural and entertaining attractions of the city from
Buckingham Palace to Harrods.
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We think that taking part in the project has been a positive experience,
because in addition to improving our knowledge of the language, has
allowed us to get to know a new world, very different from the one we live
in.
Teresa Chiodo
Christian Falbo
Rosapia Iaquinta
Angelica Veltri
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I could tell you a lot of things, but I can only say that it was a great
experience, because we were able to combine language study with the
desire to know a city like London. All students were lucky to follow the
lessons of high skilled teachers. They improved their English knowledge,
because they had the opportunity to discuss a wide range of topics. The
school was the London Learning Centre. I had the opportunity to get to
know one of the their best teachers, Jason Barker, and I think that what he
says is true: “I believe that learning should be fun. English is a great
language because it helps students to communicate with anybody. Many
students make friends with people from all over the world.”
We went around London by tube and by bus, walking miles under the
ground, but it was worth it. We visited the British Museum, the National
Gallery, the Science Museum, the Natural History Museum, the Victoria &
Albert Museum, where, we appreciated, above all, how our country is
present here in an exaggerated way. While visiting these places you realize
how, throughout the centuries, Italy has created, from the artistic point of
view, a unique cultural heritage.
I spent a lot of time in libraries: for example I really liked the
“Waterstones”, a 5-storey building, close to Piccadilly Circus. I found
myself in the middle of the London Marathon and I had the pleasure of
speaking with some of the protesters of the Workers' Party, who blocked
Oxford Street, London’s most famous shopping street, for a few hours. I
bought everywhere: Primark, Marks & Spencer, up to Harrods, the
celebrated temple of shopping. What I loved most were the street markets
away from the touristic tour. Finally, it is impossible not to mention the
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parks, the symbol of English culture: Hyde Park, Green Park, Waterloo
Park, Kensington Park etc. I saw many other places taking more than 2000
photos.
We have discovered a cosmopolitan city. Our trip has allowed us to know,
through language, a metropolis in which races, cultures, from all parts of
the world, can live together.
Prof. Andrea Checchetti