Summer School Report

Summer School Anno
2012/2013

Anno 2012/2013

SUMMER SCHOOL
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

Andrea Checchetti

Summer School Anno 2012/2013

SUMMER SCHOOL
ITG-ISA di San Giovanni in Fiore

PROGETTO C-1 FSE04_POR_CALABRIA-2012-128

DIRIGENTE SCOLASTICO Prof. Giovanni Tiano

Prof.ssa Rosa Loria Talerico
COORDINAMENTO
Prof.ssa Angela Sgro

TUTORS

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

ITCG-ISA di San Giovanni in Fiore (Cs)


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



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.




“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



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



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.



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



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.



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



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



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.




Il vero viaggio di scoperta non consiste nel cercare nuove
terre, ma nell'avere nuovi occhi.
Marcel Proust

hetti
Andrea Checc


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