Once Upon A Time In UNYE...

Once Upon A Time there was a kingdom called Ünye MNV Anatolian Vocational And Technical High School.In this kingdom lived a Prince called Muhammet AYDIN and his knight heroes,Davut,Samet,Mert,Emirhan,Muhammet,Kaan,Abdullah,Emirhan,Ekrem and Pınar.These heroes and heroine resided in Ünye planet.One day when these heroes were bored and wanted to make a change for their beloved kingdom,they ran into eTwinning universe.

The heroes decided to meet the Prince and On the day after the Prince and Heroes meeting,The Prince used his magical kettle to make a wish which immediately offered the prince to create a planet in eTwinning Universe that would be called English In Street with UNYE MNV HEROES.

This was the dream of the Prince Muhammet all his life and he had his dreams come true thanks to his heroes and magical kettle of course.

He was determined to make this wish come true.So,he decided to call a meeting with the heroes again.

BALÇOVA ANATOLIAN HIGH SCHOOL

WHAT DOES EIS MEAN FOR YOU ?

Eis is the answer for what can make a teacher the happiest person in the world. From the very beginning of this project first we as Balçova Anatolian High School believed in each other and completed each other from different aspects then we chose to cooperate with our partner schools as teachers and students without any prejudice. Our pale and dark corridors transformed into a living street with english conversations by our students own hand made materials like q-matic, X-ray machine and decorations. EIS helped them to penetrate their poetic nature and we watch their performances with admiration, for the first time in their language learning journey, they tasted the beauty of literature with its pure taste. All the students experienced the team work and cooperation and they put a sign an unforgettable products through years. English In street was a pace setter by all other project coordinators yet unfortunately they could not make it happen as its original one. After second jump, they could not move on. The core of success is believing. Unless one can believe, one can not achieve. We worked day & night and at semester holiday without considering the time. EIS made me feel that I’m a real teacher throughout my 23 years of teaching career. EIS made me dream of the highest dreams to make my students dream come true. 

ISIS O CONTI/ ITALY

When we started English in Street, in October, I was quite puzzled because it was my first e-twinning experience and I felt it very hard to explore the system and to be a co-foundator at the same time.

The project was well structured and very useful to learn communicative functions in situation. It was funny but very expensive in terms of time, as my classes have only three hours of English per week and I knew we had to do everything at school, so little time was left for other activities during my lessons.

We found our way to change our school: we overcame the denial to paint our corridor, changing our classroom in a very colourful way and we received a lot of positive comments. Month after month we invented boards which were doors (the tolerance door), columns (autism awareness day), and our mottos are still on our windows (to shadow us from the sun )

The nicest part was to write comments in the platform, as most of my students were really committed and interested into it. Acting dialogues was at first a real challenge, but soon it became a funny game. All students wanted to play a role and I tried to involve all of them more and more. Effects? Positive effects are that they all are in love with English now.

Even more surprising was the effect of the dissemination action in my school, all the students invited asked to their teachers to be a part of EIS, and I gave lessons in other classes about some parts of English in Streets.

All my doubts were solved thanks to the founder of the project, Mr Aydin, who was always ready to help, and whom I thank for this nice experience.

Bu proje ile bir çok ilki yaşadık. Güzel dostluklar kurduk ve insanların birbirlerini sevmeleri için mesafelerin önemli olmadığını gösterdik. Daha önce varlığından habersiz olduğumuz bu güzel ve özel insanlarla harika işler çıkardık. Hem eğlendik hem bir şeyler öğretmeye, öğrenmeye çalıştık. Ve tüm bunları sayende yaptık. İlk günden beri canla başla çalışmalarını hayranlıkla izledik ve izlemeye devam ediyoruz. Bizlere de bu değerli "English in Street" ailesinin bir parçası olma fırsatı verdiğiniz için teşekkür ediyorum bir kez daha. Bu çalışma ile bir çok öğrencimizin içindeki o gizli cevheri açığa çıkardık. İlk gün çekinerek, uyanarak bu çalışmada yer almak isteyen öğrencilerimiz ileriki süreçlerde daha kendinden emin ve bir şeyleri yapabilmenin verdiği mutlulukla aktif rol almak istediler. Bunu görmek inanılmaz bir mutluluk. iyi ki varsın, iyi ki tanıdık seni. Şairin dediği gibi: "Güzel hayat isteyen güzel insan biriktirsin." Bize tam da bunu verdiniz. Güzel insanlar tanıdık ve güzel dostlara sahip olduk. Teşekkürler..

Bir projenin bittiğine üzülebileceğimizi, birlikte ne kadar güzel şeyler yapabildiğimizi, öğrenirken ne kadar eğlenebileceğimizi, birbirimizden ne kadar çok şey öğrenebileceğimizi, aslında oldukça yaratıcı ve yetenekli olduğumuzu :) ve çok daha fazlasını öğrettin, hissettirdin, yaşattın bize EIS. İyi ki bu değerli projenin bir parçası olmuşuz. SEVGİLER.

MUĞLA/YATAĞAN ANATOLIAN HIGH SCHOOL

English in Street was a beginning for our school. It was an unforgettable experience for our school which is far away from the city centre and it let our students liven up their school lives. Our corridors have come to life thanks to monthly themes in the project. Moreover, English in Street helped our students not only improve their language skills but also their social skills as well. Using various computer programmes, drawing on the walls and pa,nting them, singing Sway song and all other activities contributed to their many-sided improvement. All in all, being a part of this project was amazing for me and my students. Thank you :)

DENİZ BEBEK AYNALI- YILDIZ ANADOLU LİSESİ/BURSA

Hello, I am the English teacher of Bursa Yıldız Anatolian High School.I am happy to be in this wonderful project with precious colleagues and students.My fourteen students have worked hard and completed the requested things for the project.They had fun and sweet thrills when they were doing dialogues.It is the first time that our school has had a witness such a nice experience.Besides,’’English in Street’’ was the first project for me.My students and I feel lucky that we have done same job as the other schools have done.We shared same feelings all together.It makes me very proud to see how my students talented and willing for this project.It is not an end.Every finish line has a beginning. Therefore ,It is  really good to have you EIS !

Darıca TOKI Mesleki ve Teknik Anadolu Lisesi Ebook

I was very excited at the beginning. We had fun when we were working all together. We found out that our English developed. We worked hard and successed. Now we are a little E TWINNING FAMILY Sümeyya Arı

I love English very much, but I did not have a chance to come out on the middle level, but by participating in this project, I learned a lot of English poetry by visualizing English. I liked the project very much. If it weren't for my last year and this project would continue in the year, I would love to participate again. Aleyna Ece Zeren

It was a challenging and tiring project. Despite the fact that it coincided with the week of examinations, we managed to complete it. I improved my ability of both listening and reading through this project. I am glad to take part in this project. Ceyda Atlı

eTwinning project gained me a lot of things. Thanks to the project I understood the responsibility to be together with our friends, we met with new people. Sometimes we tired but most of the time we had a lot of fun Sude Şimşek

This project was exhausting, but we had a lot of fun. Our teachers supported us very much, thank you very muchI liked the etwinning project. Beyzanur Yıldız

This project helped to improve my English. We had fun with our friends and teachers. I'm glad I joined the twinning project. Dilan Çelik

As part of this project, I feel very lucky to have worked for a very good purpose. Kübra Türkoğlu

I learnt how to make dialogues. I can speak easily at the airport  and at the hotel. My speech, my pronunciation improved. Moreover I can memorize quickliy and easily. While studying and performing the dialogues, I enjoyed a lot. Hamidenur Çakar

I was excited to be involved in this project. It made me a little more interested in English. I watched English videos to make pronunciations better. It was a nice and useful experience for me. Zeynep Akbulut

It was a great expirence for me.I am glad to join this project.I had new friends

 I would Like to thanks all my friends and valuable teachers who contributed Eylül Yaşar

 I am proud of joining this precious, unique project. By the help of my teachers and friends , I could perform and do my best. I learned speech patterns in an enjoyable way. Thank you. Ayşenur Kılıç

First of all, I am happy to take part in this project. Sometimes we tried to do our best. This project made me new friends. It made me spend time together and have fun. I feel very lucky to have participated in this project. Aysu Bahar Boz

Karaman Prof Dr. Ömer Dinçer Anatolian İmam Hatip High School

What EIS means to us

As Prof Dr. Ömer Dinçer A.İ.H.L we are proud to be a member of EIS.

First of all, pupils’ interactions during EIS affected their relationship with their classmates, project partners and teachers. Their contribution to the design of the project corners made our pupils took responsibility which also improved their self-confidence.  They improved language skills through dialogues. Students became more motivated and more productive. Real life like situations made students engage in their own learning proces

Dervişpaşa Anatolian High School Project Summary

As Dervişpaşa Anatolian High School, we joined English in Street e-twinning project with two English Language teachers. Gülşah Kılınç and Nilay Oğlakkaya set up two different groups. Each group consisted of 10 students. We started our project activities in December,2018.During the project each group took part in all project tasks separately. We designed airport, café, hotel, bank, library, souvenir, hospital, cinema and post office corners. Each group shot their own videos in these corners. All of the students took responsibilities eagerly. They enjoyed preparing the corners, rehearsing and acting in the videos. Values such as friendship, love and tolerance were emphasized with project boards made with Web 2 tools and watching films like Hachi:A Dog’s Tale, Secret Superstar and Taare Zameen Par.    

With this project our students improved their speaking skills. We as two ELT teachers observed the students’ development in fluency, accuracy, vocabulary and pronunciation. They also improved their digital skills like using Web 2, designing logos and video making. This project helped them gain self confidence in speaking English. They overcame the prejudice of speaking English in public. In conclusion our students took part in all steps of the project actively, eagerly and efficiently.

WHAT A SWAYING YEAR!

First of all, I would like all you to know that I am writing these words on behalf of my EIS heroes. As an observer and teacher of them, I must say that they have experienced a great year and different activities as a student, maybe for the first time in their lives. Most of them think the school is a place where teachers tell something and they listen and learn it, but EIS has shown that the school can be a productive and entertaining learning environment as well. As a result of this, they start to come to the school eagerly and feel themselves as an important part of this school. EIS provides them different perspective and as a teacher of them, I am very glad to see it. As my final words, I must say that I am feeling really happy to be a part of this great EIS family and to meet amazing people. I hope EIS will give us big motivation in order to be a part of other swaying projects. EIS FOREVER.

Muhammed Sayid Özcan

Midyat IMKB Anatolian High School

Adana Male Anatolian High School: English in Street Project summary

This year we were also a member of the English in Street Project, written and coordinated by Muhammed Samet AYDIN. This amazing project had many beneficial effects on the students and teachers involved. Firstly, with the monthly dialogue tasks, our students had the chance to use spoken English in a natural way. As they are shy and not confident enough to speak in a foreign language, thanks to this project they have overcome their prejudice and are now eager to use English verbally. Also their abilities to accomplish a project increased a lot. They learned to coordinate and socialize with each other. Moreover they learned to take on duties and complete them in time. Secondly, our students showed increased awareness on issues like International Women’s Day, Valentine’s Day, Safer Internet Day and World Autism Day. Additionally students cared about values like friendship, tolerance, love etc. and payed attention to cultural and religious events, which raised their cultural awareness. Through this project our school corridors regained a fresh new touch and students at our school raised increased interest towards English. Finally, as part of this project, I can say that the coordination of the schools and the contributions to all of the tasks were amazing. With these words we want to say ‘thank you’ to all the participants.

Muzaffer ATASAY ANATOLIAN HIGH SCHOOL

my name is Semra Çakır. I have been teaching English at Muzaffer Atasay Anatolian High School for 9 years.I wanted to participate in this project so much because I thought that it had a real atmosphere as it was understood from ts name. Thank you so much Mr. Aydın as you have included our school to your project. yes, it really has a real atmosphere for both for students and teachers. We have learnt lots of things from each other, especially me..Tthis is my first project and I did not know much when I first started hence; thank you all my dear friends. My students and I enjoyed together while we were preparing the corners. boards, logos,etc.. They took responsibilities, learnt new programmes but firstyl they leant to use english except for grammar in daily usages. The school atmosphere has changed . I believed we made a difference as pariticipants at school. English is everywhere and forever :)

YILMAZ KAYALAR SCIENCE HIGH SCHOOL

‘English in Street’ is the first e-twinning project for me and my school. At first we were really worried if we could manage it but as time progressed, all the worries were replaced by excitement. This Project shone in everywhere in our school. It attracted all students and teachers. They started to wait curiously which dialogue we were going to shoot and where. It created such an authentic atmosphere that not only our project memebers but also other students in our school involved in it. We really enjoyed taking part in such a magnifient project. It is a milestone for our school as it changed the belief that academic success is the most important thing in life. All in all it is such a perfect experience that lasts a lifetime with many new friends from different parts of our country. We really felt ourselves being a member of lifelong family. 

BURSA GEMLİK HİSAR ANATOLIAN HIGH SCHOOL

ENGLISH IN STREET

English In Street is a window opened to the joy of English. During the process, we all became a part of this joy and learned English. Especially our students could stop their fear of speaking English and improve their pronunciation, and this is the most important profit of the project,EIS. Outputs of the project were created by the students and all the project students built the street on their own. Eventually, happiness when they saw the whole  made us excited. Therefore , both our  and our students’ motivation has increased. Shy and silent students in the class have gained self confidence and our English success has stepped up.

As the English Street was getting completed, it took the attention of the other students and teachers. During the breaks and lunch times our students spent time in the street we had built and  examined English books, practiced English brick by brick. And the teachers wondered about our studies, constantly asked questions about the street. After learning the aim of the project, they liked it and congratulated us. So this project has became the source of proud for us.

Finally, this project which hugs and unites the whole school has made us satisfied.

Emine ARABACI                                                                                               Z. Emel ALA

 English Teacher                                                                                             English Teacher

      At the beginning of this education year , our English teachers told us that there was a project called “English In Street” as an e-Twinning project.We – both our teachers and students – didn’t know anything about e-Twinning and its projects.One of the things we learnt in this project is how to run an e-Twinning project.

           As time passed,we learnt about the details of the project.It was about the dialogues commonly used in English in daily life.Speaking English is very difficult for us and this was one of the reasons our teachers joined this project.We were supposed to act these dialogues in places like a hotel,library or a bank.At first,we thought about how we should arrange these places at school.After some discussion,we decided to paint one of the walls in the school.There are some students good at drawing and painting.They helped us about it while we were memorizing our dialogues.Every month after the painting was finished,we acted and recorded our roles.The recording period was very enjoyable.We had great time with our teachers.One of the most important contribution of this project is these funny moments.Thanks to this project , there is a lovely wall in our school now.Besides, other students and theachers can use these dialogues and develop their English. Also, we had the chance to talk with other students from different cities and express our likes and interests.

           When it was June , our wall was finished .As the school was coming to an end, “English in Street “became a bigger project praised by everybody.This year wasn’t a monotonous and ordinary school year for us because we were a part of this project and EIS family. We are thankful to Mr.Muhammet Aydın for this amazing experience.....

PURSAKLAR ANATOLIAN IMAM HATIP HIGH SCHOOL

Our first duty was preparing a logo . This was really enjoyable for my students. The students in this project are not good at English so learning the meanings and the pronounciation of the words took time ; but they had enjoyable times while preparing the corners and acting the dialogues. It was a different experience to use word art . They really liked using the programme. This project is really a different experience and an enjoyable work for my student

AĞRI EROL PARLAK FINE ARTS HIGH SCHOOL -ENGLISH IN STREET- SABRİYE AKMAN

English in Street is not just an ordinary project but a rare,priceless,unique one for all of us.It has managed to set up strong links among all the participants from every region of Turkey and also from the other countries.It includes teaching,learning, friendship,sacrifice,unity,responsibility and lots of other good thingsIt has improved our students’ language skills,drama skills,art skills,technological knowledge, self-confidence and responsibilities.They have got the chance of meeting e-twinning portal as they hadn’t even heard of its name before this project.Also members of this project have become the examples of success in terms of acting,drawing,painting,designing,speaking,workingWe are so pleased to become a part of this great project.We thank to Mr.Muhammet Samet AYDIN for this unique project.

This was the project of my life and my students.The project turned into a dream that we dont want to wake up.We have proved that a perfect project could indeed change the lives of the people and the education system for the better.English In Street has achieved this.This is a project of which effects will be felt forever.         

ELBİSTAN SCIENCE HIGH SCHOOL           

We are proud of being in this project. We learned cooperating, being group, being member of family. Using English in daily life made happy us. Especially teaching English at a science high school is really big problem. Via this project we changed this thought. Thanks all friends, thanks all students, thanks all school. Last and best thanks to you dear boss Muhammed Aydın...

ŞİLE OYA ALİ OSMAN KEÇİCİ SOCIAL SCIENCES HIGH SCHOOL

When we decided to participate in this project , didn't think that my students (also other schools' students would take advantage of that street  too much but everything was different, not as usual as other projects. That project gave us lots of opportunities such as there is a live street in our school now , We are better at how we use technology what makes our lives,works easier also enjoyable, we did great works . My volunteer students have started to have fun with those corners. Firstly, they learnt to cooperation, all of them have enjoyed while working on, rehearsing dialogues, trying to learn what is important in learning English and the most substantial part is participation, being together They made it and as their teacher I am very glad to see all of it thanks to our coordinator Mr Aydın to give us this chance  . We all did our corners with our efforts. In the first part, we painted our walls to the concept of themes like at cinema,at the libarary or at the post office and then did our dialogues that was unbelievable other students of our school also joined that. Every corner has its own beauty, helps them to live in the street! They play,they sit,they read lots of things like that..

All term passed and we finished our project themes unfortunately but after we used those corners for other schools in our neighborhood. ,they came and see , our students studied dialogues with them  and they all enjoyed... Thanks to our Beloved project EIS. That was a great experience for me also for my students.

                                                                                                                                                   SİNEM ORDEK

                                                                                                                                            The Teacher of English

CUMHURİYET VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL

'English in Street was happiness and enthusiasm for us. We learned new things and enjoyed a lot.We made good friends and loved each other..Wonderful things could be achieved under favour of EIS.In addition EIS helped to improve social awareness in various subject. Friendship,sincerity ,love, collaboration were keys of the EIS.I think there are lot to say about the project but for me it's not only Mr.Aydın 's dream but also all partners' dream.So we loved EIS , we loved him.The dream came true for us.Thank you for everything..

    Arpaçbahşiş Vocational and Technical Anatolian High School-Mersin

Being a part of English in Street project is a great experience for me and my students. I have participated such a big event for the first time and my project founder coordinated the project in an excellent way. Mr. Aydın and my other collegues have taught me a lot about e-twinning projects.

               At first my students were worried about their English is not good. They thought they could not be successful in the dialogues because of their poor English. As the time passed by they felt they could do something. They saw they can act and read the sentences correctly if they study enough. The feeling of success gave confidence to them. Most say that the students of the vocational schools can't do anything, especially they say they can't be successful at such kind of activities,projects, etc. The success of my students showed it is not true. My students have accomplished the project successfully.

               The project was important for my school, too. We have an English street now. All the other students in the school like the street and they want to be a part of the street activities. The other English teachers of our school have great places to study speaking classes now. The project made a difference at the school. The ordinary and boring school corridors became a colourful place.

               I want to thank all of the participants in the project, but especially my project founder for being so helpful and creative. Thank you my dear EIS family!

                                                                                                                            Emel TUNGA

                                                                                                                          Teacher of English

                                                              Arpaçbahşiş Vocational and Technical Anatolian High School-Mersin

İZMİR GAZİEMİR MARTYR MURAT YILDIZ MULTI PROGRAM ANATOLIAN HIGH SCHOOL

Hi! I am the English teacher of İzmir Gaziemir Martyr Murat Yıldız Multi Program Anatolian High School. I am very glad to be part of this unique project with my beloved thirteen students. We have done all the steps of the project with joy and enthusiasm. I’ve had the chance of getting very close to my students. It was my first project experience and it is a big chance that it occured with English in Street. We are all around the Turkey as schools but I felt very close to all the members. Doing the same activities and having the same street was just like being neighbours. Working with my students till the school is closed have never been so funny. They forced us to leave the school many times. And of course the project’s schedule was perfect. There was no place to worry about the tasks. Everything has already been there when we needed. Thanks to Muhammet Aydın, we are a part of this big family and we have experienced such a productive year.