jueves, 16 de abril de 2009

SCHOLAR TRIP TO LONDON


My dearest students. As you already know some of the students who study English in EOI Puerto del Rosario and AEOI Jandía went to London. This trip was organized by me and David who is the English teacher in Jandia. We had a great time there and I'd like to share it with all of you.
First of all I want to say THANK YOU to all the students in Puerto del Rosario, Gran Tarajal and Jandia who helped us to made this dream come true when they bought the tickets for the book draw. Secondly we are really grateful to the Patronato de Turismo del Cabildo de Fuerteventura, Ayuntamiento de Puerto del Rosario, TUBILLETE.COM and especially to Eva Laynez, The London Walks, James from ANSWER ENGLISH who found the school where our students had the English lessons (LANGUAGE IN LONDON SCHOOL) and, last but not least THANK YOU to Carolina Mordini, our Principal, and all the teachers who work here for their support.

As a result of these collaborations and the hard work that David and I did we were able to go to London from March 11th until March 18th. We were a group of 30 people. Our students worked hard once we were there because apart from the English lessons they attended, in addition, they read a book in English and each one wrote a diary which will be soon in this blog.

As far as I'm concerned this experience has been really important for me. I enjoyed myself a lot and all the activities included in our programme
took place without any problem. Above all I'm really grateful to Simon, Adam and Fedora who were the London Walks guides for having created a good atnosphere in the group. Simon was our first guide and he showed us the area of Westmister and the Westend. Apart from this he gave us a wonderful history lesson. Then Simon introduced us the Ghosts of the Old City. In spite of his strong Scottish accent, this tour was quite different because it took place at night and we visited places that tourists never have the opportunity to see. After that, on a sunny and warm Sunday morning we went to Greenwich with Fedora. I enjoyed a lot this tour because we went from London to Greenwich by boat. While the guide of the boat was giving information about the places , we saw London from the river Thames.




Moreover our students liked a lot the lessons with a native teacher. We were lucky because our hotel, The Royal National, and the Language in London School were quite near. Just 5 minutes walking. The first lesson took place at the British Museum which was also near the hotel and the school and the second one was at the school.
The students had a new experience and they could see the different approaches in the learning process. In the meantime, don't think that all they did was working hard. They had time to enjoyed themselves and have fun. In their free time the y went around London and they visited the main attractions in this beautiful city. Many of them went to musicals and I think that all of them went shopping. It was funny because although London is a big city I found many of them along Oxford Street which is the street where you can find all kind of shops.
In conclusion, I enjoyed myself organizing this activity and spending some time with the students outside the EOI. I'm really proud of them because they spoke in English during the trip and in just one week they improved their oral skill. The diaries they wrote were great and I hope that soon you can enjoy reading them in this blog.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO ALL THE PARTICIPANTS IN THIS FIRST BUT I HOPE NOT THE LAST SCHOLAR TRIP!!!!!!!!!!!
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