Experiences

1. What the students liked most:

- face to face exchanges

- sports activities

- the flights/the travelling itself

- learning about another culture

2. What they took away:

- use of English as project language

- more self-confidence

- some were encouraged to do fitness exercises and to rethink their diet, one participant started to eat veggie food

3. What the students would have liked more:

- more exchanges/more visits

- more communication

- more activities without the project teachers

- learning more about the other culture, learning about traditional food

4. What the project teachers would like to see:

- more actual work on the project in the respective countries, participants should work on local issues

- something should also be presented (final product: such as a dance performance or a theatre play)

- the pupils should talk more with each other (suggestion: accommodation in host families, tasks to be completed in mixed
groups, e.g. shopping together, preparing food together, eating together)