COMENIUS PROJECT 1.3 TWO-YEAR CONTINUITY ITINERARY BETWEEN SCUOLA SECONDARIA I GRADO “CAVOUR” CATANIA LICEO CLASSICO “CUTELLI” CATANIA SCHOOL YEARS 2004/2006

SCHOOL YEAR 2005/2006 THE SECOND YEAR OF THE PROJECT CAREER GUIDANCE FROM 1st LEVEL TO 2nd LEVEL OF SECONDARY SCHOOL

EDUCATIONAL AIMS Students of 1st level: enabling students to choose the upper level of secondary school consciously improving efficient study method improving group work and cooperative learning improving self- evaluation

EDUCATIONAL AIMS Students of 2nd level: learning tutoring activity improving relationship abilities improving critical abilites improving abilities to focus on the goal of the texts given

METHODOLOGY eight groups of seven students from the first and the second level per group Group work on intensive reading: analysis of language, codes and style Group work on extensive reading : references, contexts, group discussion, peer education

EVALUATION Individual evaluation Group evaluation Both forms of evaluation belong to curricular evaluation

LENGTH Five meetings lasting three hours each in co-teaching during school year Three of the five meetings have been already carried out

GROUPS AT WORK

GROUP WORK STUDENT’S EVALUATION QUESTIONNAIRE Did you like group work? Nobody answered negatively. On the contrary most of them sounded really enthusiastic.

GROUP WORK STUDENT’S EVALUATION QUESTIONNAIRE Do you think it was a waste of time? Everybody answered negatively

GROUP WORK STUDENT’S EVALUATION QUESTIONNAIRE Did it improve your relationship with your schoolmates? 22 answered that it was useful to know each other better 3 answered that they already had good relationship before

GROUP WORK STUDENT’S EVALUATION QUESTIONNAIRE Was it useful for the knowledge of English language? Everybody answered affirmatively because they had the opportunity to practise what they had studied and also to look for new words and sentences to express what they wanted to perform. Moreover they said they had learned from each other and also found the presence of the language assistant very useful during the last two sessions.

GROUP WORK STUDENT’S EVALUATION QUESTIONNAIRE Did all the members of your group contribute to the same extent? 15 answered affirmatively 8 answered negatively 2 said they were not sure

GROUP WORK STUDENT’S EVALUATION QUESTIONNAIRE Would you like to repeat this experience in the future? Everybody answered affirmatively and with great enthusiasm as they think that they learned having fun and, now they have tried it, they think well organized group- work is very good to integrate people. Many of them suggested to change the groups next time.