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Evaluation of 6th Meeting in Spain

Students who were in Ubeda answer the questionnaire about the visit.
Thirty five students filled the questionnaire. Large majority of the students have had opportunity of speaking English with other people, 77,15% claim that it was enough for them and some of them 25,71 % (9 students) claim they have had the opportunity but not too much None of the students were too ashamed to speak with other people or haven’t had opportunity of speaking English.
Students have found out a lot of information. They have learnt about the culture (77,15%), they have tasted the traditional dishes (74,3%). Large majority of the students have learnt new words in Spanish language (80%!!!) it is more students than in any other visit !!!. Students  learnt about history (34,3%) and monuments (48,5%). Less than a half (40%) have found out the tradition of other countries. Few students have found out about the educational system (22,8%) and famous people (11,4%).
Like always the most important thing for the students during mobility was to make friends with other teenagers (91,4%!!!), for a half of them the most important thing was to get to know new country (51,4%) and for one third 34,3% it was important to taste new dishes.
Large majority of the students (80%) found the stay in Ubeda as a very satisfying experience. Staying in Ubeda was stressful at the beginning for 20% of students. It was probably because the stayed at the host families for the first time. Only one student did not like staying in Ubeda but he/she was glad she/he could come.
Most of the students are going to keep in touch with their new friends (85,7%), Only 11,42% are not sure about it. Any student is not interested in keeping in touch with new friends. One of them aren’t sure and said “maybe”
The students like both sightseeing Ubeda more than team – work  54,3% and 71,43%, three students answered that it was something else but they didn’t explain.
Large majority of the  students think that they have improved their English (74,3 %), because they  :
talked to other people
Spoke a lot
Talked to other teenagers from the project
Had the chance to speak  English to other people
Used English in practice
Talked a lot
Learnt thousand of different accents
Spoke English all the time with friends
Some of the students 20% think they didn’t improve they English because they:
Can speak English
Didn’t learn new words
Use a lot English at school
Talked with only few students

Some of the students have add comments. They think that:
He/she wanted to eat with less olive oil
Everybody should have eaten together
She/he could have had more free time and more time to sleep but she/he had a great time in Spain
We had a great time
She/he had best week of her/his life
This week was a once in a life time experience and he/she is glad he/she could be there
She/he made so many friends, Spanish people are very nice and friendly, he/she hopes to come back
She/he had a lot of fun and it was nice to visit other country and talked to people from different countries,
She/he wish the trip had been longer
She/he learnt to speak a little Spanish, made a lot of new friends. All the people were friendly and spoke English well
She/he thinks it was an amazing trip, he/she met a lot of people and made a lot of friends. The school has an interesting design and he/she liked it a lot
It was a nice experience in Spain and she/he hopes to came back to Spain again
The trip was a great experience and she/he liked the Spanish people
Everybody was so friendly, everybody wanted to help
Thank you for everything

Evaluation of 5th Meeting in Bulgaria

Thirty-three students who have been in Plovdiv filled the questionnaire. More than a half of the students have had opportunity of speaking English with other people, 54,55% claim that it was enough for them, 33,3% students have had the opportunity but not too much, One the students was too ashamed to speak with other people or and three students think they haven’t had any opportunity of speaking English.
Students have found out a lot of information. They have learnt the most about the traditions of other countries  (78,79%), because of the topic of the meeting they have found out about the culture (69,7%) tasted the traditional dishes (48,48%). More than  half of the students have learnt new words in Bulgarian language (54,55%). One third have learnt about history (33,33%) and monuments (24,24%). A few of the students have found out about the educational system (12,12%) and famous people (15,15%).
The most important thing for the students during mobility was to get to know new country (78,79%) and on the second place make friends with other teenagers (66,67%), for 33,33% it was important to taste new dishes.
Most of the students (72,73%) found the stay in Bulgaria as a very satisfying experience, for some of them 21,21% it was stressful at the beginning but they were content to be there. Three students did not like the stay in Bulgaria but they were glad they could come.
Most of the students are going to keep in touch with their new friends (78,79%), 21,21% are not sure about it. Any student is not interested in keeping in touch with new friends.
The students like sightseeing Bulgaria most (69,7%) and more than a half (51,52%) like team work most, 24,24% of students like other things the most. They didn’t mention what it was.
A large majority of the students (81,82 % ) think they have improved their English, but 18,18% students don’t think so.
Many students have add comments. They think that:
She/he wants to come back to Plovdiv
She/he will miss Bulgaria
It was a very beautiful place and she/he wants to come there again
All things were fantastic
She/he made new friends and she/he loved staying there
The mobility was perfect
It was a very fun experience and she/he wish she would be able to come again without the stress concerning with introducing new people
The people were very friendly, she/he made many friends
It was a beautiful experience
The people were very friendly and she/he wants to have more experiences like that
It was  wonderful
She/he liked everything
This experience was very interesting and wonderful
Bulgaria is a beautiful country
She/he liked a black swan
She/he didn’t find the supermarket near the hotel
She/he liked the rose oil factory
Bulgaria is an unique country and she/he liked mosque
The food prices are low

Evaluation of 4th Meeting in İzmir

Students who were in Izmir answer the questionnaire about the visit.
Forty two students filled the questionnaire.
More than a half of the students have had opportunity of speaking English with other people, 33,33% claim that it was enough for them. None of the students were too ashamed to speak with other people or haven’t had opportunity of speaking English. Students have found out a lot of information. They have learnt about the culture (66,67%), they have tasted the traditional dishes (52,38%).
Large majority of the students have learnt new words in Turkish language (69,05%) it is much more than in any other visit. It might be because all the students stayed at the host families. Students learnt about history (38,1%) and monuments (21,43%).
Less than a half (35,71%) have found out the tradition of other countries. Few students have found out about the educational system (14,28%) and famous people (9,52%). One student mentioned that he learned about Turkish personality. Like always the most important thing for the students during mobility was to make friends with other teenagers (73,81%), for more than a half of them the most important thing was to get to know new country (59,52%) and for one third 38,1% it was important to taste new dishes. One student add that the most important was to get to know about the culture.
Most of the students (57,14%) found the stay in Turkey as a very satisfying experience. Staying in Izmir was stressful at the beginning for one third of students. It was probably because the stayed at the host families for the first time. Nether less they thought it was worth staying at the host families. Only 4,76% of did not like the stay in Izmir but they were glad they could come. Students added that they liked Turkey a lot and found out that people were nice. Other student wrote that he/she had been scared at the beginning but later he wished to stay longer there, third student added that it had been really nice.
Most of the students are going to keep in touch with their new friends (71,43%), 28,57% are not sure about it. Any student is not interested in keeping in touch with new friends. The students like both sightseeing Izmir and team work 47,62% and 42,68%, eight students added that they liked making friends the most.

More than a half students think that they have improve their English (57,14 %), because :
They had to speak English all the time
They spoke a lot in English
They learned new words Some students from Finland know English very well so they improved their English speaking with them
They had to talk about different thing in many ways
They had to speak with many different people in the way they could understand

One third of the students (33,3%) think they don’t improved their English, as a reason for that they wrote:

They know English very well, so they don’t need itThey spoke in Turkish because they know it They didn’t speak with other people Some of the students have add comments

They think that:
He/she learned a lot about the culture by staying with a family
He/she ate good food
They laughed a lot
He/she think it was very funny
The mobility and the people were great
Although the people in Turkey don’t know English very well they are wonderful people, very kind and he/she wish to see them again
He/she loves Turkey and Izmir.
He/she likes all these people there.
He/she will visit Turkey again
Huge love The people were nice and it was funny

The people were kind and it was funny to speak other language


Evaluation of 3rd Meeting in Greece


21st May 2014



Thirty nine students who have been in Larissa filled in the questionnaire. A large majority of the students have had the opportunity of speaking English with other people, 69% claim that it was enough for them, 30% students have had the opportunity but not too much, None of the students was too ashamed to speak with other people or hasn’t had the opportunity of speaking English.

Students have found out a lot of information. They have learnt about the culture (71%), they have tasted the traditional dishes (69%). More than  half of the students have learnt new words in Greek language (64%) and learnt about history (61%) and monuments (58%). Less than a half (43%) have found out about the tradition of other countries. One third of the students have found out about the educational system (33%) and famous people (35%). About 7% found out something more during the meeting. The students mentioned f.e. dances.
The most important thing for the students during the mobility was to make friends with other teenagers (87%), for some of them the most important thing was to get to know new culture (25%) and for 12% it was important to taste new dishes.
Most of the students (76%) saw the stay in Greece as a very satisfying experience, only 7% of the students think it was stressful at the beginning but they were content to be there. Three students did not like the stay in Greece but they were glad they could come.
Most of the students are going to keep in touch with their new friends (82%), 20% are not sure about it. Any student is not interested in keeping in touch with new friends.
The students like sightseeing Greece most (79%) and less than a half (43%) like team work most, 7% of students like sports activities and other things for example meeting new people who are like them (17%).
A large majority of the students (69 % ) think they have improved their English, but 28% students don’t think so.

Many students have added comments:
•   it was great and thanks for giving the opportunity to improve our English, to socialize and make new friends,
•   Greece is very beautiful,
•   Comenius is a great experience, we had a  chance to meet a lot of wonderful people and travel to another place,
•   The students would like to keep in touch with new friends and promise to try to talk to them on facebook,
•   The Greek people are very funny and they can speak English very well,
•   Thank you for this experience, we will remember it for a long time,
•   The students from other country won’t easily talk to Finns because they already knew each other but it has been very fun time,
•   The students had a lot of fun,
•   Lovely trip, thank you,
•   The student enjoyed his visit in Greece
•   The student is grateful to take part in Comenius project. It was one of the best experience in her/his life. She/he already misses everyone and She/he wants to come back to Greece,
•   Water in Greece is great,

•   The student will miss Greece and people, the student loves them so much and thanks Comenius for everything.

Evaluation of the 2nd meeting in Romania

Parents' and local community members' viewpoint
 
The visit has been discussed in detail with family members, relatives, friends and neighbours. According to them, the students have been strongly impressed and influenced by what they experienced – crossing borders, the extremely warm and well-organised reception, the good relationships among partners, the interesting and meaningful events and activities. The general conclusion is that students' participation in international projects is of great benefit.


Students' opinions

 All the students are extremely satisfied that they have succeeded in dealing with unusual situations alone, taking responsibility, “handling themselves”, that they have learned to work with people from other cultures, ethnic groups and religions, people with different viewpoints and way of life. They have also learned to respect differences, to be more tolerant and work in international teams.

Most of them answered that they have practised all the skills mentioned in the questionnaire, namely English, communicative and artistic, as well as athletic ones. They all find the visit Beneficial, Exciting and touching and unforgettable. They liked all the events and would like to participate in other activities like that.



Teachers' viewpoint
 Teachers' opinion coincides with that of students and their parents and friends. Despite the workload and many responsibilities, they have also improved communicative and IT skills, exchanged useful experience with colleagues from other countries and education systems. Relationships with their students improved, moving on to higher, more productive levels and they are convinced in the benefits of such projects.
Discussion points:
1. The date for our visit in Spain was changed. New: 12th April 2015 - 17th April 2015  (because of the exams in the different countries.)

2. Bulgary started creating the comic. The following countries are: Greece, Germany, Turkey, Poland, Finland, Romania and the last one  is Spain.
The storyline: Comenix comes from space and "collects" characters from the different countries in order to build a new nation on his planet. He gets to know about the environmental problems. In the end he sees that there is no need to union the countries because of the EU :-)

The exact storyline has to be send to the previous country during the working process. Each country has one month to continue the comic.

3. Communication among the students has to be improved! A twinspace has been created by Germany.  http://new-twinspace.etwinning.net/web/p103956.

2nd meeting: Romania, Bucharest  
23rd March till 28th March 2014

 Here's the programme:

SUNDAY, March 23
The Guests’ arrival. Meeting at Henry Coanda airport.  Accomodation at Ibis Hotel.
MONDAY, March 24
9:00 The welcome meeting – Ibis Conference Hall (teachers and students)
10:00 School visit
11:00 Snack break
11:30 Training for the teams that are involved in the program – the school gymnasium.  The chess players’ meeting – CDI(Information and Documentation Center). (I)
13:30 Lunch- Hello Restaurant
15:30 Training for the teams that are involved in the program – the school gymnasium.  The chess players’ meeting – CDI(Information and Documentation Center). (II)
19:00 Dinner- Ibis Hotel
TUESDAY, March 25
9:30 The opening of Comenix Tournament. The matches will be scheduled in accordance with the preliminary registration for different sports
13:30 Lunch Hello Restaurant
15:00 The Comenix Tournament (II)
17:00 Awards Ceremony
18:30 Romanian evening (school)
WEDNESDAY, March 26
9:00 Bucharest Bus Tour
·       The Palace of Parliament
·       Bucharest historic center
·       Lunch
·       A visit at the Command center of Bucharest subway
15:30  Free time spent with Romanian friends / families
THURSDAY, March 27
9:30 Departure at The Children National Palace
10:00-20:00 The International Symposium “Our future in Europe. Join In!”. Activities.
•Visual Arts Exhibition: “A piece of heaven in Europe”
•Written presentations “Comenius, our friend”
•Multicultural show “ Young in old Europe”
•Carnival party
•An Astronomy Lesson at the Astronomy Observatory from The Children National Palace
•Workshop “Knowing others, you will know yourself”
•Romanian folk dances – workshop
•Lunch and dinner – “Empaty Santorini” Restaurant
 FRIDAY, March 28

Departure of the partners



 Evaluation of the 1st meeting

 

The first full project meeting was held at Kesämäenrinteen koulu in Finland from October 7th-11th 2013.

  There were teams from all eight partner countries present and, as this was the first time that all partners were together, time was spent on introductions and group-building exercises.

   The formal agenda items and discussion centred on organization of the project over the next two years. The proposed project structure was reviewed and amended to maximize student mobilities within the limits of the budget. Another issue raised was the importance of travelling students having the possibility to stay with host families in order to deepen the educational/cultural experience. The project website was established at www.youthineurope.webs.com and each partner country agreed to make their own national blog which would be linked to this website.

   In the discussions, Poland and Bulgaria said that they would have problems finding enough host families, while Romania asked to be included in the programme of visits. The Finnish team said that it would make a maximum of three visits because of its extra travelling costs (Northern location!)

   Effectively, Romania took the activities connected to the cancelled visit to Poland, while Poland took the activities previously allocated to Romania. Specific dates were made for the first three mobilities.


                  Romania  24.03 - 28.03.14

                  Greece    05.05 - 09.05.14

                  Turkey     29.09 - 03.10.14


and provisional dates for the last two 


                   Bulgaria  23.03 - 27.03.15

                   Spain      04.05 - 08.05.15


It was agreed that the host country would chair the respective project meetings.

    The overall atmosphere of discussion and joint decision making was very positive.

About Project

The project aims are presenting the EU in a positive light to the youth and encouraging their active involvement in EU issues. We hope to strengthen international cooperation and knowledge of partners' languages and cultures. We will use IT to encourage communication and youth-friendly materials and activities to motivate their interest.

In the course of the project  students will have the opportunity to learn more about the European Union and its member countries, about other cultures and ways of life and  to make sure that people from various cultural backgrounds are able to work together to promote European values. Knowledge of different cultures should combat discrimination and racism. Participation in different activities will enhance communication and interaction skills and teach them how to live in a multicultural Europe.

We believe that entrepreneurship, creativity, innovation and adaptation to the rapidly changing world of work is very significant for  the future of the youth. All in all involving  youth in European issues will help them get rid of their prejudice towards EU countries , make them willing to be active citizens and qualified workers of the EU  and also motivate them to continue their studies,  preventing them from  early school leaving.

ÖZET: Projenin amacı, Avrupa Birliği'ni gençlere pozitif olarak tanıtıp, onları Avrupa meselelerine katılmaları için teşvik etmektir. Bu proje aracılığıyla ortak ülkelerin dil ve kültürlerini tanımayı ve uluslararası işbirliğini güçlendirmeyi umuyoruz.  Öğrencilerin birbirleriyle iletişimlerini arttırmak için bilişim teknolojilerini, ilgilerini projeye çekmek için de onlara yönelik materyal ve aktiviteler kullanacağız.
Proje esnasında öğrenciler Avrupa birliği ve üye ülkelerin kültürleri, yaşam biçimleri hakkında daha fazla bilgi edinme fırsatı bulacaklardır ve farklı kültürlerden gelen insanların bir arada çalışabileceklerine ikna olacaklardır. Farklı kültürlerde bilgi sahibi olmak ırkçılık ve ayrımcılıkla mücadeleyi geliştirecektir. Farklı aktivitelere katılmak onların iletişim becerilerini zenginleştirecek ve birçok kültüre sahip Avrupa'da nasıl yaşanacağını öğretecektir.


Biz, çok hızlı değişen iş dünyasında, gençlerin geleceği için girişimcilik, yaratıcılık, yenilik ve adaptasyonun çok önemli olduğunu düşünüyoruz. Avrupa meselelerine dahil olan bütün gençlerin Avrupa Birliği ülkelerine karşı olan ön yargılarını yıkmaları kolay olacaktır, ayrıca Avrupa Birliği'nin kalifiyeli işçi ve aktif vatandaş olma isteklerini arttırarak, onları çalışmalarında ve erkenden okuldan ayrılmalarını önlemekte faydalı olacaktır.

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