Europe is always in season Erasmus Project

Project Title

Europe is always in season

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : School Exchange Partnerships

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2019

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Social dialogue; Teaching and learning of foreign languages; ICT – new technologies – digital competences

Project Summary

Our project includes an exchange between an Austrian and a Spanisch secondary school. Due to this unique experience students from both countries discover foreign countries and cultures and enhance their English skills. The Spanish students also get to experience winter time in the Central Alps, including trying out typical Austrian winter sports. The Austrian students get to know life in a Spanisch city next to the sea including cultural traditions, daily life and school systems. Students and teachers from both countries socialise with each other and learn from each other due to joint activities and jobshadowing. Ideally, this exchange gives rise to lifelong ties and friendships between both countries. The children who participate also realise that learning (at least one) foreign language is necessary in order to communicate with others. They improve their language skills without having to worry about grades or pressure.
Three teachers and two groups of students (about 18-20 students) from each school take part in this project. Students from socially disadvantaged families also get a unique opportunity to travel to another country.
The students first meet via the Etwinning platform. The whole exchange takes place in English so that none of the two groups has an advantage language-wise, and both groups improve their English language skills.

In the long term run we hope that this project will lead to students becoming more open and tolerant with respect to other countries, cultures and school systems. The project includes a large variety of encounters and activities for both student groups, which will surely lead students to overcome possible inhibitions. Students’ communicative and digital competences are enhanced due to this exchange, the time spent abroad, and the joint projects on the digital Etwinning platform.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 51276 Eur

Project Coordinator

Neue Mittelschule Rosegger & Country: AT

Project Partners

• IES Padre Feijoo