Our school participates in the AIESEC project in cooperation with Warsaw School of Economics. This project enables students from all around the world to serve an apprenticeship
in various parts of the globe.
Between 15th and 19th of December our school hosted three students: Terry (New Zealand), Claire (China) and Vicente (Mexico). They had the opportunity to conduct classes and participate in various projects. They took part in a school Christmas Eve and ,accordingly, they learnt Christmas customs, shared the communion wafer and sampled traditional dishes. They listened to the choir, Drohiczyńskie Warsztaty Muzyki Liturgicznej. These students stayed in our students’ houses and visited Sokolow.
They even went to the hairdresser.
Each class participated in such lessons. It was really beneficial for students, because they could demonstrate their knowledge of English. We learned a lot about students’ life and culture.
The first person with whom we had a lesson was Terry
from New Zealand.
He prepared for us a multimedia presentation.
He talked about the culture of New Zealand and sang a
traditional song accompanied by a dance, called the Haka Maori.
This made a great impression on us and some of us were
even scared.
Players before the match also sing and dance this
dance.
The main language spoken by New Zealanders is English,
but Maori is a traditional language.
Besides all of these, he talked about religion,
people, politics, traditional dishes, holidays.
He described how the holidays are celebrated in New Zealand. The tradition of this country is much more different
than our Polish tradition. At that time,
a lot of people take their families to have a picnic. Christmas Eve is
not celebrated at all, what is more, on 24th December all the people work as usual.
He also told us about the animal species that have become extinct -
Kiwi.
The second lesson was conducted by Claire from China.
She also prepared a multimedia presentation for us and
talked about the traditions of her country. She told us about the religion and traditional dishes.
The red colour is regarded as the colour which brings
luck, so there is plenty of it in China.
Claire showed us red New Year's Eve ornaments, which are
affixed to the windows. They depicted dragons, butterflies, flowers, etc.
We could have a closer look at Chinese signs. Caire taught us how to write down different words on a special mat. It was
amazing experience for us, because after short period of time the words
disappeared. Anyone willing could try to write something in Chinese. This
experience showed us that the Chinese language is very difficult.
The last person with whom we had lesson was
Vicente from Mexico. He, like the other two students, prepared the presentation
which described his country: culture, traditions, food, religion.
His lesson was very interesting. He brought a lot
of toys. He took with him a Mexican attire: the well-known sombrero and poncho.
We took a commemorative photo of it.
Vincente found common ground with our classmate. She exchanged
with him the knowledge of Mexican soap operas.
We enjoyed the meeting with students.
By dint of lessons, we learned a lot about the culture
of other countries.
They readily answered the questions and shared interesting stories. It was interesting experience!
Lots of love,
Marta i Ola
