CELEBRATING EUROPEAN ANTHEMS

CELEBRATING EUROPEAN ANTHEMS 

About the project 

Our project Celebrating European anthems is a common project to celebrate the European Day of Languages by learning about European hymns. 

The students will get to know the meaning of the European hymns by listening to students of the project sing their national anthem in their language. They will make a short video of their performance, so that other participants of the project can watch it and use it. They will translate the text in English and make subtitles for the videos, so that they can analyse it during the lesson. We will celebrate the European Day of Languages by watching all the videos of the performances, reading the texts in English and then by exploring the meaning of the anthems (similarities and differences in the common European learning environment) and broaden their knowledge about the European culture and anthems. Drawings or mindmaps will be created and shared in the Twinspace of the project. 

Key words: European Day of Languages, European hymns, celebration.

AIMS 

Students  

- will learn new vocabulary or broaden their knowledge in foreign languages, 

- will celebrate the European Day of Languages by learning about the European common culture (anthems) and different languages and by celebrating with other European peers, 

- some of them will take part of an international and eTwinnning project for the first time, so they will get to know all the phases of participating in an European project, 

- will get to know and consider their peers’ ideas about the same topic and use them to collaborate on a shared task, 

- will get to know how to share collaboratively some aspects of the culture that are common in Europe or similar and different in other countries’ environments, 

- will integrate their knowledge of different subjects in lessons: children will draw, make a video, gain new knowledge, learn some words in a foreign language or translate them, work as part of an international team. 

WORK PROCESS 

The key feature of the project is cooperation, therefore each partner will bear equal responsibility. All partners will update the materials in the Twinspace of the project and present the project activities and goals to their students. The celebration of the European Day of Languages, so the communication among partners will be regular and frequent in September. Students will take an active part in all the activities. Also, we will consider their opinions about the whole project. 

The agenda of planned activities: 

September 2017: The students sing their national anthem and make a short video of their performance and then post it in the Twinspace. The students translate their anthem in English and post the English and original version in the Twinspace. They can also make subtitles for the videos. 

26th of September: Students watch all the anthems (or even sing them) and read the texts. Students think about the meaning of the anthems and create mindmaps or drawings and share them. 

EXPECTED RESULTS 

Twinspace of our project 

Photos of activities in the Twinspace 

New knowledge and vocabulary in foreign languages 

Videos of performances by singing the national anthem in their mother tongue 

Collaborative and shared tasks (with drawings or online mindmaps that are shared in the Twinspace of the project). 

From <https://live.etwinning.net/projects/project/150124>  

Maps 

Videos 

Polish anthem

Slovenian Anthem

Ukrainian Anthem

Croatian Anthem

Lithuanian Anthem

Romanian Anthem

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eTwinning Project

I think it`s the right time to tell you what i actually do on eTwinning platform. So, this academic year starts with a plenty of new projects and I`m going to share with you one of them (because this one is almost finished). CELEBARATING EUROPEAN ATHEMS. Our project Celebrating European anthems is a common project to celebrate the European Day of Languages by learning about European hymns and was successfully integrated into event dedidated EDL (you can check here and give us your vote)
The students will get to know the meaning of the European hymns by listening to students of the project sing their national anthem in their language. They will make a short video of their performance, so that other participants of the project can watch it and use it. They will translate the text in English and make subtitles for the videos, so that they can analyse it during the lesson. We will celebrate the European Day of Languages by watching all the videos of the performances, reading the texts in English and then by exploring the meaning of the anthems (similarities and differences in the common European learning environment) and broaden their knowledge about the European culture and anthems. Drawings or mindmaps will be created and shared in the Twinspace of the project. So, what i can say by the end of the project. This one was a great motivation and a good start for a whole year. My students are inspired and ready to participate and collaborate in other eTwinning projects.

Друзі, хочу поділитися з вами цікавою інформацією, особливо цікавим це буде вчителям німецької мови. Гете Інститут пропонує взяти участь у розіграші базового пакету актуальних навчальних матеріалів для викладання німецької мови. Але, вам потрібно сплатити тільки доставку Новою поштою (мені це обійшлося в 60 грн). І як ви зрозуміли наша школа також отримала даний пакет.

The European Day of Languages

Hello, everyone! Our school is taking part in a huge event dedicated to European Day of Languages. But we need your support. Please, vote for us! Go here

Рік німецької мови

Ураааааа! Нарешті! 9-10 вересня в Києві офіційно відкриється Українсько-німецький рік мов! У програмі Фестивалю-відкриття на Контрактовій площі ― концерти німецьких і українських гуртів, кулінарні майстер-класи, ляльковий театр знаменитого Олафа Мьоллера, експериментаріум для дітей, майстер-класи з роботехніки, наймасовіший урок німецької мови, Літературний сад і багато іншого.

9 та 10 вересня на Контрактовій площі у Києві з 12:00 до 22:00. Вхід вільний.
#зробинаступнийкрок

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