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| Pershing Students |
Positive affective attributes increase when personal, international bonds are created. It has always been the case when students find things relevant to them. Students usually find themselves with some of the same ideas, interests and feelings.
The students participating in this program will expand their horizons and hopefully think about the world as a whole. A global community is taking place.
Our communities are quite different and this brings about a wonderful new arena of learning for all. Burguillos del Cerro, Spain is a rural town of about 3,200 inhabitants. Inversely, our school alone has a population of about 1,500 students with the metropolis of Houston having roughly about 2.622 million people, and is the 4th largest city in the USA.
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| Burguillos' students in Carnaval costume. |
Therefore, I once again will be collaborating with Ms Alejandra Guerrero of CEIP Nuestra Señera de Guadalupe in Burguillos del Cerro, Spain.
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| *Ms. Guerrero and her students. |
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| Pershing students. |
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| Pershing students. |
As a final note, Ms. Guerrero and I will also collaborate on a few projects with the students this year. We will certainly write about them in future posts.
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| *Ms. Guerrero's students getting ready for Carnaval |
Ms. R. Aguilar
* Ms. Alejandra Guerrero and her students are celebrating carnaval in Burguillos.
PROYECTO EXTREMADURA
ReplyDeleteDomingo, 7 de febrero, 2016
Un proyecto de Amistad y conocimiento medioambiental con un toque histórico y cultural.
HOUSTON- BURGUILLOS AMIGOS POR CORRESPONDENCIA DE 6º GRADO.
Se ha demostrado que el intercambio de amigos por correspondencia a través del mundo tiene numerosos beneficios para los estudiantes.
Algunas de las ventajas de poder escribir a un amigo internacional son que ellos,se animan a escuchar nuevas perspectivas. Por otro lado, empiezan a ser conscientes de la existencia de otras culturas, economías, historia y geografía de las comunidades de los países involucrados.
Los alumnos, son conscientes también de la importancia de desarrollar y conocer una segunda lengua, o lengua extranjera. Las gratificaciones que reciben después parecen una opción difícil en este gran mundo tecnológico donde vivimos, sin embargo, nada da más placer a los estudiantes que finalmente recibir una carta manuscrita de alguien de su misma edad, que vive a muchos kilómetros de su casa,aunque tengan que esperar un par de semanas para recibirlas.
Los atributos positivos crecen cuando se crean lazos internacionales de amistad y afecto.Este siempre ha sido el caso cuando los estudiantes encuentras cosas que les estimulan, cosas relevantes para ellos. Normalmente, se ven a ellos mismos con las mismas ideas, intereses, sentimientos...
Los alumnos que participan en este programa, expandirán sus horizontes y llenos de esperanza, verán el mundo como una unidad. Una comunidad globalizada está teniendo lugar.
Nuestras comunidades son bastante diferentes, y esto, nos abre un maravilloso y nuevo ámbito de aprendizaje para todos. Burguillos del Cerro, España, es un pueblo rural de unos 3.200 habitantes. Por el contrario, sólo nuestro colegio tiene una "población" de 1.500 estudiantes dentro de la metrópolis de Houston, la cual tiene sobre 2.622 millones de habitantes, siendo la cuarta ciudad más grande de EEUU.
Por lo tanto, una vez más, colaboraré con Ms. Alejandra Guerrero del colegio público Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe en Burguillos del Cerro, España.
Veintisiete estudiantes del colegio Pershing y veintisiete del colegio Ntra.Sra. de Guadalupe han empezado a escribir e intercambiar cartas e intereses.
Esperamos que nuestros alumnos disfruten, aprendan y construyan una buena amistad durante el resto del curso escolar.
Como nota final, la señorita Guerrero y yo colaboraremos en algunos proyectos más con los alumnos este año. Escribiremos sobre ellos en publicaciones futuras.
* Ms. Guerrero y sus estudiantes están celebrando los carnavales en Burguillos.
I think this is an amazing program that will help people learn a lot about other places through human interaction. It will also help speck other languages that will help them in the long run when applying to schools or jobs. This program also helps people to make friends on other sides of the world. It also creates people skills and confidence in the long run that will help people student.
ReplyDelete-Layla Natnael
I think that this is a very great opportunity for the kids in this program. They will get to learn new things about each others cultures, schools, etc. The students will actually get a chance to practice the language they are learning. They will actually get an opportunity to have an experience most people can't get, through their daily life. The kids will probably know each other for a long time and can actually communicate with people from another country than their own. It will be an experience to remember for all of them. Overall, I think that this is a very good program.
ReplyDelete-Janvee Patel
Giving me the opportunity to write to someone in a whole other country has taught me so much already; not only about how to speak the Spanish language, but I realized there are people that share the same interest as me on the other side of the world. I've learned a lot about what people in Spain prefer to do during their free time, and in exchange, they've learn a little about what I like to do. Writing to my pen pal has showed me that there's so much more to the world than what goes on in our cell phones. This has definitely defined me as a more open-minded, considerate, and inquiring person. And to top things off, I get the chance to teach my pen pal English and how we do it in Texas! I want to do something about the people who don't get this amazing opportunity that I have. I want to be able to show them that there are bigger things out there. In conclusion, I have appreciated reading about this.
ReplyDelete-Emili Burns
I did not know what penpals were until last year, when I was chosen to write to one in Spain. Now, in 8th grade, I also have a penpal that I have gotten in contact with. I think the idea of having someone from a totally different way of life contacting you is a thing that can change anybody's way of thinking. In this century we are lucky to have an easier way to converse and communicate with people that speak a different language and follow certain traditions that, until now, I hadn't even heard of. The children in Burguillos aren't exposed to the amount of people or the way of living that we encounter everyday which makes the interaction with them much more special. I could talk about the weather, holidays, foods, or even my family to my penpal when I couldn't talk about these things with a friend because it wouldn't be an interesting conversation to keep. Most importantly, the outcome of these interactions can aid us in everyday difficulties that normally wouldn't of been accomplished before having a penpal that's in a different continent.
ReplyDelete-Maddie Wentworth