Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group July 2014 Newsletter
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------eTwinning is a household place where I feel at
home and comfortable; it is my classroom.
Aged 16, my students did not find a way to meet
other German speaking – and writing – students.
eTwinning made it simple: I searched for a teacher
teaching German as a second language for the
group I wanted. The teacher was easy to find as the
profiles were clearly written.
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Once found, I sent a message to one of the
teachers available. His enthusiasm was as big as
mine and we decided to have them write emails
about several themes. Once every week we gave
our students the proposed theme and connected
them to one of the other students. To connect our
students both teachers exchanged a list with names
and email addresses.
How Email Correspondence Finds Its Way
Easily
by Henk Siegers
My group of students learning German as a second
language were willing to write to other students
also learning German as a second language. Their
motivation was great, but a contact seemed hard to
find.
Once the students started to write, there was
hardly any need of the teachers. The students sent
short and frequent emails to each other and talked
about several items we had in mind. On both sides
the students were pleased to write in German with
other students who were struck by the same
difficulties but were able to communicate and
increase the quality of their communication.
The writing session found an end by creating a
video of ten minutes about their school and living.
This video was uploaded to YouTube and in both
countries the videos were showed.
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