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OUR EUROPE, OUR FUTURE Angela D’Angelo St. Mungo’s Academy (Glasgow City Council) Short description of tasks The pupils took part in a languages and citizenship based film making project, “Our Europe”. They had to come up with an idea for a film, based on how being a European citizen affects them as young people, describing it in a storyboard using a European language other than English. The best stories had the opportunity to make a film and our team had this great opportunity! Aims and Objectives Encourage European languages, international discussions and creative film making. Improve language learning skills Promote team work Language: Italian Target Pupil Group S3 students Number of pupils involved: 30 Start and Finish: October-December 2017

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OUR EUROPE, OUR FUTUREAngela D’Angelo

St. Mungo’s Academy (Glasgow City Council)

Short description of tasks

The pupils took part in a languages and citizenship based film making project, “Our Europe”. They

had to come up with an idea for a film, based on how being a European citizen affects them as

young people, describing it in a storyboard using a European language other than English. The best

stories had the opportunity to make a film and our team had this great opportunity!

Aims and Objectives

• Encourage European languages, international discussions and creative film making.

• Improve language learning skills

• Promote team work

Language: Italian

Target Pupil Group

S3 students

Number of pupils involved:

30

Start and Finish: October-December 2017

Relevance to CfE capacities[

Confident Individuals who, through experiencing success and support, can interact with others in real-life situations, talk about topics of personal interest and deliver presentations in their new language

Effective Contributors who can work in individual, paired and group situations, and establish and maintain contact with other speakers of the target language.

Responsible Citizens who have a growing awareness of life in another society and of the issues facing citizens in the countries where their new language is spoken.

This project helped students to become:

Quotes from learners

• I really did enjoy it. The “Our Europe” project had improved my

confidence and had developed my language skills. If you have the

chance to participate in the “Our Europe” project, take it. You will

enjoy it!(Student 1)

• At the “Our Europe” project I developed my confidence and

communication skills. Overall, I enjoyed the project and I am glad I

participated.(Student 2)

• I think the “Our Europe” project is a very good thing. It helps you to

practice and improve the languages you speak. (Student 3)

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Quotes from teachers

I thoroughly enjoyed working on the “Our Europe” film making

project as it gave the pupils the chance to discuss and learn about

important issues affecting many different countries. They were

also able to learn new skills that they would not normally be able

to learn in school. (Teacher )

www.britishcouncil.org

My opinion• I think this project was a great opportunity for the pupils to be aware of

the importance of being European citizenship, especially now, in the

“Brexit time”. They had the chance to understand how important is to

know a foreign language in order to travel and communicate around

the world and this project made them feel more confident in Italian.

• It was also important for them to share their ideas and to experience a

team work, which will be useful also in their future.

• I must say that students were not the only ones who have learnt

something thanks to this project. I have learnt how to interact with

pupils in a better way, how to make them understand the importance

of languages and, of course, I have learnt more about the Scottish

language, just a “wee bit”!

• Further information about the project:

http://www.seet.org.uk/activities/our-europe-competition.php5